isittimetosleepyet:

buttergin:

burgerwizard:

reblog if you love the moon, or any other really big rock

Does this include Dwayne

Of course it does

mymodernmet:

Glow-in-the-Dark Constellation Dress Lights Up Like the Stars at Night

selfloveandsuch:

graysea:

The Solar System!

bonus Pluto!

THIS IS THE PUREST THING EVER

cosmicfunnies:

Happy TRAPPIST-1 Day!

Here’s a comic on our latest discovery!

http://www.space.com/35806-trappist-1-facts.html

bai-xue:

penbrydd:

ithelpstodream:

out of this world trolling lmao

Washington Post confirms. For more context:

The tweet was quoting Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth
person to walk on the moon. He famously said of viewing Earth from
space: “You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag
him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of
a bitch.’ ” This quote has been cited as an example of the overview effect, a perspective shift toward global unity and conservation reported by astronauts struck by the planet’s fragility.

Petition to take Trump to the moon ~~(and leave him there)~~

primarybufferpanel:

sosuperawesome:

3D Printed Planets and Moons, made to relative or true scale in 1:1.5 billion, 1:1 billion or 1:0.7 billion sizes, sold singularly, in sets, in bottles, or with surface detail relief.

By Little Planet Factory on Etsy

Well now I’m picturing my cats batting them around my living room, which is both amusing and terrifying

a-pantheism-blog:

Never gets old 🙂

Soccer ball that survived Challenger finally makes it to space

laporcupina:

A soccer ball that was aboard the Challenger shuttle when it exploded
in 1986 — and surprisingly found intact amid the wreckage — has finally
made its way back into space.

The miracle ball was launched into orbit last week, just days after
the anniversary of the tragedy. It belonged to NASA astronaut Ellison
Onizuka and had been signed by the Clear Lake High School boys and girls
soccer teams, of which his daughter was a member.

“This ball was on Challenger that fateful day,” astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted, along with a picture of the black-and-white soccer ball floating outside the International Space Station.

“Flown by Ellison Onizuka for his daughter, a soccer player,” he said.

…Kimbrough, who is commander of the ISS’s Expedition 50 crew, went on
to reference Clear Lake High School in his tweet, adding the hashtag
#NASARemembers.

Like Onizuka, his son is currently a junior at the school and also plays sports.

“The soccer ball in many ways has continued the mission my father embarked upon so many years ago,” Onizuka’s daughter, Janelle Onizuka-Gillian, explained in a statement released by CLHS.

“It has continued to travel and explore space, while inspiring so many through its history,” she said.

After Challenger broke apart, Onizuka’s soccer ball was recovered
among the wreckage that fell into the ocean. Several other items that
belonged to him were also found floating in the water, including a
football and an American flag.

black-to-the-bones:

The film “Hidden Figures,” based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly, focuses on the stories of Katherine Johnson (left, after receiving the Medal of Freedom in 2015), Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan, African-American women who were essential to the success of early spaceflight. Today, NASA embraces their legacy and strives to include everyone who wants to participate in its ongoing exploration. “Progress is driven by questioning our assumptions and cultural assumptions,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says in a new video. “Embracing diversity and inclusion is how we as a nation will take the next giant leap in exploration.“

– Source

Let’s learn about today’s black heroes we all can look up to!

robinwright:

The shoulders of the women that we stand on are three American heroes; Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson. Without them, we would not know how to reach the stars.