Our Earth, our home.

Today we celebrate the first human space flight made by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, kicking off a new era of discovery for the benefit of all of us. #InternationalDayofHumanSpaceFlight

Since 1961, 600+ people have flown to space. Apply to be among the next 600! go.nasa.gov/49vR7F6

The first ever shuttle launch 🚀

On April 12, 1981, NASA astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launched aboard space shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39A as part of the STS-1 mission, ushering in a new era of space exploration for humanity.

Happy #PiDay ! Today at NASA, we’re celebrating circles & spheres in science and nature.

Take the human eyeball, an important sphere to our astronauts. Long periods in space can affect vision…& possibly the very shape of the eyeball itself. Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=vDqLQG…

Space begins & ends on the ground.

Our Colorado team showcased our ground systems capabilities with tactical edge, relay ground stations & SDA systems at the CO Aerospace Day @ the Capitol.
Deputy Secretary Don Graves experienced a VR simulation of a ground station set to be deployed to Guam.

Deputy Secretary Don Graves To top off the day, our very own Col. Doug Hurley, Sr. dir. of business development and former astronaut, shared about his adventures in orbit.

Learn more how we’re enabling a connected future from the ground up: ms.spr.ly/6010cdFpr

Another beautiful winter day in Utah!

Remembering the crew of STS-107.

On this day in 2003, the seven-astronaut crew was lost when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry. David Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon were on board.

Beautiful day here in Northern Utah!!!

A new dawn for Endeavour 🚀🌅 Today, the Science Center reached a major milestone toward its future ready-to-launch display of Endeavour with the successful lift of the orbiter. This marks the first time this process has been accomplished outside of a NASA or Air Force facility.

And, we have LIFT OFF of NG-20! 🚀 ms.spr.ly/6015iLvSz

The S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson is on its way to NASA's International Space Station to supply astronauts with critical cargo!

Go, #Cygnus !

Up close and personal with Shuttle Atlantis on 39A ahead of STS-135 in 2011.

#ShuttleSunday

📸Larry Sullivan for NSF L2 / MaxQEnt.

1/ We're super excited to have NASA & SpaceX Astronaut Doug Hurley @astro_doug on MoonDAO Live this week, right here on X! Let us know what you'd like to ask Doug in the comments below!

Earlier this week two of our GEM 63XL #solidrocket boosters flew for the first time ever and successfully boosted the inaugural launch of ULA’s Vulcan Rocket!

The 5th generation boosters are ready to support the #VulcanRocket for years to come! 💎🚀

Two BE-4 methane engines from Blue Origin and two GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters from Northrop Grumman power the first United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket toward space

Providing nearly one million pounds of thrust at lift-off, two of our GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of ULA’s #VulcanRocket and the Peregrine mission today. Learn more: news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/…

ULA Launch Director Tom Heter authorized tanking operations to begin, and the countdown has resumed to fuel the #VulcanRocket with nearly a million pounds (454,000 kg) of cryogenic propellants. Liftoff of #Cert1 is targeted for 2:18amEST (0718 UTC). bit.ly/vulcan_cert1

In three days, the longest monolithic solid rocket boosters ever manufactured will help power the inaugural flight of ULA’s #VulcanRocket . Manufacturing GEM 63XLs monolithically provides major efficiency benefits: ms.spr.ly/6011icAn3

📸 #VulcanRocket rolled to Space Launch Complex-41 Friday in preparation to launch the #Cert1 flight test Monday at 2:18amEST (0718 UTC). See our Flickr album for all photos! flic.kr/s/aHBqjAnDaZ

A commander's lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX booster. arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/…