“Putting this journey into words will not be easy, but I will try. I am finally where I was born to be,” said astronaut Anne McClain of her first voyage to space. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Qi3MaR

Experiments in forest observation, protein crystal growth and in-space fuel transfer demonstration are heading to the International Space Station following the launch Wednesday of SpaceX’s 16th mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/2zN8inF

This image of the horizon is as it was seen from the cockpit of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F/A-18 research aircraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Rzi17V

Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring a new crew to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2BMOaDo

A Nova Labs Robotics “BrainStorm Troopers” team member from Reston, Virginia, asks a question during an Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) announcement. via NASA https://ift.tt/2DRLJ44

This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic is of a portion of the immense Coma cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 300 million light-years from Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FPwtHp

In Mars’ Wirtz Crater, these dunes are likely active. via NASA https://ift.tt/2TXbOED

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders and astronaut Mike Massimino ring the closing bell of Nasdaq after the NASA’s InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. via NASA https://ift.tt/2DYpVEF

NASA social media participant Bryan Branly takes a photograph of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) model before the Mars InSight pre-landing briefing. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ByIayc

A new study using observations by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope reports for the first time that silica — one of the most common minerals found on Earth — is formed when massive stars explode. via NASA https://ift.tt/2PKyb1g