Thomas Ballard

Makes soft landings on regolith.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship on its twelfth flight test

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Onboard views from Starship and Super Heavy V3, which are equipped with upgraded cameras capable of streaming 4K video through every phase of flight via @Starlink

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Views of Starship in space from a @Starlink satellite

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 takes flight for the first time → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[Cameron Schwartz @nyoomtm]

Liftoff of Starship V3, from the dunes right outside the pad.

This is the most insane shockwave action I have ever seen on video. Absolutely mad.

📽️ Me for @WeAreSpaceScout

[Sci-Fi Archives @SciFiArchives]

Illustration by Philippe Bouchet created for Greg Egan’s novel Isolation.

[Marc Simonetti @kemar74]

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

[Sci-Fi Archives @SciFiArchives]

Earth's Last Citadel cover art by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, 1977

[NSFVoyager2 @NSFVoyager2]

Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 30s of light travel time from Earth (2026:142:120000:1L)

[Sci-Fi Archives @SciFiArchives]

The cylindrical interior world of Rama - Bruce Pennington (1973)

[Barry Bonzack @bonzack]

Senator Mark Kelly's shuttle pressure suit is proudly on display in his office. But it has a secret....
@SenMarkKelly

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

The next chapter of lunar exploration is taking shape.

Next week, we are announcing our first steps towards surface capabilities and mobility. Preparation for the first Moon Base is well underway.

[Xavi Bros @Xavi_Bros]

A 2 million suns mass black hole at the heart of galaxy NGC 1365, situated 60 million light-years from us, seems to be growing in this amazing Chandra and @NASAWebb image:

[Maxarick @Maxarick]

Perigee raise maneuver and orbital sunrise from Orion's SAW cameras

[Maxarick @Maxarick]

Beautiful view of ICPS on Artemis II

[NSFVoyager2 @NSFVoyager2]

Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 25s of light travel time from Earth, or 25,406,000,000 km / 15,787,000,000 mi / 169.828 AU (2026:140:120000:1L)

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship stacked on the pad at Starbase

[Jason Major @JPMajor]

This Apollo 17 photo (AS17-146-22386) taken by mission commander Gene Cernan is particularly interesting, not because there are UAPs or UFOs in it but because we can see the LRV with Jack Schmitt at it and then waaaaaay in the distance, the LM is just a tiny little point of gold.

[Jason Major @JPMajor]

Titan and Saturn's rings seen beyond the night limb of Enceladus (the dark area across the bottom) by Cassini on May 18, 2010