Instagram posts by user nasa from the past day
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Welcome home! The four astronauts of #Crew2 landed safely at 10:33 p.m. EST (03:33 UTC), in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
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When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth? ☄️ Small asteroids and other tiny particles bombard our planet daily, but almost all of them burn up s...
✨ What sights are waiting for you in the night skies of November?
Early in the morning of Nov. 19 (starting around 2 a.m. EST/7:00 UTC), much of...
Did the Helix Nebula catch your eye? 👁️
All eyes are on this eerie Spitzer Space telescope image that shows infrared radiation from the well-stud...
Pizza planet? No, it’s Jupiter. But we’ve just learned some incredible new science from the supreme planet.
New findings released on Oct. 28 from ...
Pizza planet? No, it’s Jupiter. But we’ve just learned some incredible new science from the supreme planet.
New findings released on Oct. 28 from ...
Space spiderweb alert! 🕷
Here’s a creepy celestial @NASAHubble photo of a dying star called CW Leonis - just in time for Halloween!
The orange-...
🤔 We Asked a NASA Technologist – How Did Perseverance Pick its Landing Spot?
Believe it or not, the rover made the decision on precisely where t...
🤔 We Asked a NASA Technologist – How Did Perseverance Pick its Landing Spot?
Believe it or not, the rover made the decision on precisely where t...
Spotted: signs of a potential planet about 28 million light-years away 🔎 🪐
For the first time, astronomers may have detected an exoplanet candi...
PUMPKIN SPACE > PUMPKIN SPICE 🎃
This colorful star-forming region looks a bit like a seasonal cosmic brew. Blue baby stars scattered among ...
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA's DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
We're crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid... on purpose!
Our #D...
PUMPKIN SPACE > PUMPKIN SPICE 🎃
This colorful star-forming region looks a bit like a seasonal cosmic brew. Blue baby stars scattered among ...
Moon rocket stacking complete 🥞
Just before midnight on Oct. 21, the Orion spacecraft was secured atop our Space Launch System rocket at @NASAKenn...
🐉 We're getting ready to ride a Dragon into space!
Crew-3, our fourth crewed mission with SpaceX to develop reliable, cost-effective commercial sp...
I mean… 😍
If you have a chance tonight, catch a glimpse of the full Moon. The nearly full Moon is seen here as it rises from The Observatory at A...
We asked a NASA Expert: What if an Asteroid Were Going to Hit Earth?☄️
There are no known threats to Earth, but asteroid expert Dr. Kelly Fast say...
🌌 What mysteries await us at the heart of our home galaxy?
This panorama of the Milky Way's galactic center brings together data from our orbiting...
There is magic in the night 🔮
Above the Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica, approximately 273 miles (440 kilometers) above Earth, as...
🌌 What mysteries await us at the heart of our home galaxy?
This panorama of the Milky Way's galactic center brings together data from our orbiting...
