This month in 1972: the Apollo 16 command module (Casper), as seen by John Young and Charlie Duke, aboard the lunar module (Orion), when they returned from three successful days on the lunar surface. Astronaut Ken Mattingly was waiting for them in their ride home.
How do you study the elusive snow leopard that lives in the high elevation mountains of Central Asia? Well for wildlife biologist & landscape geneticist Imogene Cancellare (@biologistimo) it usually means searching for and examining cat poop! #ScientistFridays
13-year-old Alexander named our next Mars rover, @NASAPersevere. Now, he's building his own rover at home. Try it yourself & learn about engineering with these #NASAatHome activities:
📦 ✂️ Cardboard rover: https://t.co/UnSAswSQm2
⚙️ 🤖 Open source rover: https://t.co/Bhhq0VCuNq
Imagine being given the opportunity to explore the deepest parts of the ocean, discovering species that we've never even heard of! That's what ocean explorer Shirley Pomponi got to do!