1981 NASA diagram gives a cutaway view inside a space shuttle.
Ship Ready for Return (Unfinished) - Chesley Bonestell
What a man. John Glenn ❤
We don’t have any real pictures of the Milky Way galaxy. Most non-illustrated images of the entire Milky Way spiral are actually of another spiral galaxy called Messier 74. It’s impossible to take a full photo of the Milky Way’s spiral structure because it’s about 100,000 light-years across, and we’re stuck on the inside. Source Source 2 Source 3
This is about as good as we can get:
This picture of the Milky Way was captured by NASA’s COBE satellite. This photograph was taken using the infrared spectrum, which allows astronomers to peer through the gas and dust that normally obscures the center of the Milky Way.
Image Credit: The COBE Project, DIRBE, NASA
constellation Cetus
Sufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābita’ of 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Ṣūfī), Bologna 1250-1275
BnF, Arsenal 1036, fol. 34v
A month of moons 🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒
TODAY IN HISTORY: On January 24, 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe made its closest approach to planet Uranus.