Yesterday we enjoyed a concert from the Great Lakes Navy Band here
@SpaceCenterHou
. They're celebrating Houston Navy Week and honored all our Navy Astronauts during their performance, including USMC Colonel Nicole Mann and USN Captain Josh Cassada who are onboard
@Space_Station
!
What a privilege to get to be onboard to greet Crew-4 upon their return to Earth. Many thanks to the crew of the Mighty MEGAN for all your work to bring them home safely. P.S. Next time, can I drive??
After 170 days in orbit, our SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splashed down at 4:55pm ET (20:55 UTC) Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing our fourth
@Commercial_Crew
mission to the International
@Space_Station
:
Weβre celebrating 2022
#WorldSpaceWeek
by highlighting space and sustainability! π±
The
@Space_Station
carries exterior payloads that obtain climate-related data from stationβs unique vantage point, helping both scientists and farmers alike.
Thanks to our STS-125 servicing mission on
@NASAHubble
in 2009 we are lucky to have both
@NASAHubble
and
@NASAJWST
observing at the same time. Check out the observations of the. DART impact.
As a
@NASA
Astronaut, Iβm delighted to have the opportunity to support
@SpaceCenterHou
as their new Chief Science Officer, connecting the public with the excitement of space exploration!
#WeAreGoing
We are excited to welcome
@NASA
astronaut Megan McArthur, Ph.D. as our first chief science officer.
This role will inform new educational programs leveraging the latest tools and resources dedicated to empowering people of all ages in
#STEM
.
Learn more:
Hello Council Bluffs! Spotted you from ISS but this is my first in-person visit. Met this interesting chap by the river; I told him the
#UP4014
coin is already back on Earth but he kept Looking Up! πMaybe getting ready for
#ArtemisLaunch
?
Last month,
@Astro_Megan
returned a Big Boy
#UP4014
challenge coin that flew on the International Space Station. The coin will be now be on display at the
@UPRRmuseum
.
Megan McArthur of
@NASA_Astronauts
shares how going
#BacktoSchool
can be both exciting and intimidating β just like her first time in Astronaut training! Check out this video by
@NASASTEM
as students head back to the classroom!
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of our IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), we are launching a contest to name 20 exoplanetary systems to be observed by Webb Telescope.
Read the full Press Release here:
What does our planet look like from space?
If you look down on Earth from just 300 miles above the surface, you can see bright swaths of red and green, or yellow and purple light from the upper atmosphere. This is called airglow.
Learn more:
The Space Shuttle Motion Base Simulator is back! Thanks to
@BonnieJDunbar
and restoration team for bringing it to Lone Star Flight Museum for preservation & display. Whoβs ready for some Ascent/Entry runs? Iβll bring the Flight Data File!
Just watched Return to Space documentary, it brought back all the feels! During pandemic we didnβt really get to celebrate the historic achievement of Demo-2 with
@AstroBehnken
@Astro_Doug
@SpaceX
@NASA
so Iβm glad to see this story told.
During Expedition 65, we recorded the sounds of our daily life onboard
@Space_Station
for NASA's Curious Universe. Listening to the podcast really takes me back! Congrats to the team for your Webby Award nomination! See all the NASA nominees here .
Thank you to the faculty, staff, and especially students of my alma mater
@UCLAengineering
for a wonderful visit last week. I loved seeing the campus up close, visiting with old friends, and making new ones!
The most incredible story of leadership and survival is the epic journey of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew. Amazingly, his ship the Endurance has been found in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica 3km deep.
β¨ We're looking for bright minds to find their place in space, science and aeronautics as one of our
@NASAInterns
!
Know someone with the right stuff? Is it you? Explore opportunities for Summer and Fall 2022 & apply at: