Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together. Specifically, Earth's Moon shared the eastern sky with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster, as viewed from Alberta, Canada. Astronomical images of the well-known Pleiades often show the star cluster's

Europe Clipper launch date set! @nasa #space #SpaceExploration

Looking forward to chatting #tomorrow with 🌊Sylvia A. Earle & Liz Taylor! 🗓 Thurs Sept 5 @6PM EDT/3PM Pacific Register for Free to watch LIVE: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Ocean Elders #SHARINGSPACE #DiveIn #DiveinWithUs

The upcoming Polaris Dawn mission is still holding for better splashdown weather conditions. Launch can be no earlier than Friday September 6. Stay tuned for updates.

#OTD 9/5/1983: #SpaceShuttle #Challenger (#STS8) touched down at Edwards Air Force Base 🛬, making the first night landing in NASA's #shuttle program youtu.be/-fele04GrQM?si…

#OTD 9/5/1908: 🇮🇹 Italian cosmic-ray physicist Edoardo Amaldi was born. A founding father of the European Space Research Organization. #ESRO later became European Space Agency, which named Automated Transfer Vehicle, #ATV3, after him. esa.int/About_Us/ESA_h…

#OTD 9/51984: Space Shuttle #Discovery completed its maiden voyage, #STS41D. Over the next 27 years, it would go to #space 38 more times—more than any other #spaceshuttle in the fleet. Discovery is on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. NASA National Air and Space Museum

#OTD 9/5/1977: Launch of NASA's #Voyager1, currently over 15.2 billion miles from Earth and moving at a speed of approximately 38,000 MPH: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov NASA JPL #space

#TODAY: I'll be joining 🌊Sylvia A. Earle & Liz Taylor on #DiveIn at 6PM EDT/3PM Pacific Register for Free to watch LIVE: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Ocean Elders #SHARINGSPACE #DiveinWithUs

There's still time to register for #TODAY's #DIVEIN w/ Sylvia A. Earle & Liz Taylor talking about my new book, #SHARINGSPACE! 6PM EDT/3PM Pacific Register for Free to watch LIVE: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Ocean Elders Mission Blue

I'll be at BAM Film for the next installment of NY Women in Film & TV's #ScienceInMotion Screening Series! The Longest Goodbye screens for free Wed 9/11, 7 PM followed by an exclusive Q&A. I'll also signing my new book,#SHARINGSPACE. Hope to see you there! nywift.org/event/nywift-b… #space

Join us for an orbital sunrise 🌍 Astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this time-lapse from the International Space Station as the orbiting laboratory passed over Europe.

Congratulations to Curiosity Rover and the team for surpassing 1 million laser shots on the Red Planet! The rover uses ChemCam to analyze rocks and soil. Did you know? ChemCam was the only laser operating on Mars until NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover brought SuperCam in 2021.

Our “Astroquarks” hosted a live recording of Walkabout the Galaxy at #DragonCon2024 this past weekend. Get inspired by space with this exciting interview with former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman! Tune in here: sciences.ucf.edu/physics/walkab… #SpaceU

#OTD 9/6/1969: Neil Armstrong was welcomed home to Wapakoneta, Ohio, with a parade and celebration. Bob Hope was marshal for the parade, and the Goodyear Blimp made an appearance as well! airandspace.si.edu/stories/editor… NASA #space #Apollo11 #Moonlanding

.Boeing Space's #Starliner spacecraft is set to undock from the space station at 6:04pm ET tonight. Meanwhile, the Exp 71 crew wrapped up the week with health and climate research and orbital cleaning. More... go.nasa.gov/3XcvAgJ

🚀#OTD 9/6/2013, NASA's #LADEE #spacecraft was launched to the #Moon to gather detailed information about the thin lunar atmosphere. It was the first deep #space mission launched from NASA Wallops. science.nasa.gov/mission/ladee

#ICYMI - Yesterday's #DiveIn with Sylvia A. Earle and Liz Taylor. It was such an honor to be talking with a pair of people who are each still paving the road to exploration! youtube.com/watch?v=GTLqeP… Ocean Elders Mission Blue #SHARINGSPACE

I was excited to visit my friend Baratunde Cola & see his company for the 1st time. The technology he developed has many aerospace applications, and I like the Carbice emphasis on people and community - purposely locating their facility within walking distance of schools.

Will you spot #Starliner? Check the visibility map - and let me know if you see it!