Happy Birthday, NASA! On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing #NASA. Eisenhower Library

“Okay, Houston. As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there's a fundamental truth to our nature. Man must explore. And this is exploration at its greatest.” – David Scott #Apollo15 | July 30, 1971 contactlight.de

From a million miles away, NASA captures Moon crossing face of Earth. (Yes, this is real) Credit: NASA/NOAA

A quick fact about NASA. On August 9, 1968, NASA decided that #Apollo8 should go to the moon. It launched on December 21, 1968, just 134 days later. It was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low orbit earth and the first to orbit the moon. contactlight.de

Put this on your calendar – tonight is International Observe the Moon Night! Hopefully the skies will be clear for unobstructed observation. NASA has some additional details in the link below for those who want to #ObserveTheMoon I’m looking forward to this one!

Nestled near the foot of Mount Adams in Washington's Cascades Range, Conboy Lake is a scenic gem within the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge offers visitors diverse scenery and abundant recreational opportunities like hiking and birding. Photo by Henry Kammetler

Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared. Suddenly visible were pervasive red aurora, green

On his birthday, #NASARemembers Ron McNair. McNair was a Ph.D. in physics, black belt karate instructor, jazz saxophonist, and an astronaut. In 1984, he flew to space on his first NASA mission, tragically perishing in the Challenger accident 2 years later. go.nasa.gov/3YbKog9

October 22, 1968. The crew of #Apollo7 on the flight deck of USS Essex (CVS-9). contactlight.de forallmankind.de

The tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS were a sight to behold. Pictured, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was captured near peak impressiveness last week over the Eastern Sierra Mountains in California, USA. The comet not only showed a bright tail, but a distinct anti-tail pointing in

The incandescent light bulb, a device instrumental in defining our modern life, was successfully tested for practical use for the first time #OTD in 1879 by Thomas Edison. Work on a filament lightbulb had been progressing for some time prior the test – but it was Edison’s

Golden Saturn by James Webb Space Telescope

Hummingbird found shelter in the rain

Once-in-a-lifetime-shot. A bright meteor burned up in the atmosphere while capturing Andromeda Galaxy. 📸 Gong Yurui and Liao Guihe

A once in a lifetime shot ✨

1969 Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead software engineer for the Apollo Program, stands next to the code she wrote by hand that took Humanity to the moon in 1969⠀