Messier 96

"Insertion of astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (foreground) and Thomas P. Stafford into Gemini-6A spacecraft prior to launch."

Date: December 15, 1965

NASA ID: S65-66744

IC 405 & 410 Mosaic - Flame and Tadpole Nebulas

the number of spacecraft failures recently has been absolutely insane and it all comes down to tech bros barging into the industry going "it's not that hard wtf is nasa so bad" and then completely skipping out on any testing

Jupiter and Mars, footage captured by me through my Dobsonian with a DSLR. Tracking done by hand.

Plasma ejecting from sun on November 7, 2024

Supernova 1987A

The remnant of Supernova 1987A, located in a neighboring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, appears at the center of this image. The red, gaseous clouds that surround it fuel a firestorm of new star formation.

And congrats to Mercury for being Tumblr's least favorite planet!

This one was expected, I love Mercury but it just looks (and is tbh) a little boring. Still a cool planet, love the craters!!

NASA spacewalker Michael Hopkins

iss064e027386 (Jan. 27, 2021) --- NASA spacewalker and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works to ready the International Space station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades.

NASA Johnson on Flickr