/r/nasa
r/NASA is for anything related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the latest news, events, current and future missions, and more.
Welcome to r/NASA
/r/NASA is for anything related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the latest news, events, current and future missions, and more.
Note: r/nasa is an unofficial forum and not representative of NASA or the US government
Please try to keep everything posted relevant to NASA.
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Rule #1: All submissions must be related to NASA
The focus of r/NASA is primarily around NASA itself and the work it does. Submissions and comments should reflect that focus.
Rule #2: Only images with content directly related to NASA are allowed
Drawings/artwork, astrophotography (not from NASA), pictures of Legos, memes, screenshots, image macros, etc. are generally not permitted. Images should be direct links to the original NASA image whenever possible, otherwise a source for the image must be provided in the comments. Submitted images with requests for identification ("what is this?") will be removed.
Certain exceptions are made on Creative Sunday, please see the wiki page for details.
Rule #3: Video submissions must come from an official NASA or related account.
Video submissions must come from an official source (ie.. NASA or ESA). Other content may be approved at the discretion of moderators. Links to the "NASA live stream - Earth From Space LIVE Feed | Incredible ISS live stream of earth from space" or similar videos (including UFO videos, etc.) will be removed and posters subject to a ban.
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Posts/comments linking to fundraising, merchant, or petition sites (e.g. kickstarter, Amazon, change.org, etc.) are not permitted.
Rule #5: No clickbait / conspiracy theories
Clickbait, conspiracy theories, and similar posts will be removed. Offenders are subject to permanent ban.
Rule #6: No duplicate posts of the same event/subject
Duplicate posts of the same event/subject will be removed.
Rule #7: No blogspam or websites with stolen/scraped content
Links to blogs or similar sites that are primarily just reposting content from an original source (e.g.nasa.gov) are prohibited.
Rule #8: No low effort posts
Low-effort posts will be removed. Examples of low-effort posts are those which can be easily found with an Internet search (e.g., “When did Apollo 11 launch?”).
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All posts and comments must use "Safe For School" language and content.
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- Former NASA flight surgeon D.K. Broadwell, MD, MPH
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See Also
Current NASA Missions:
- /r/APOD
- /r/CuriosityRover
- /r/HiRISE
- /r/InSightLander
- /r/ISS
- /r/JamesWebb (JWST)
- /r/JunoMission
- /r/LucyMission
- /r/PerseveranceRover/
- /r/OSIRIS-REx
- /r/SpaceLaunchSystem
Past NASA Missions:
Other Space Agencies/Companies:
- /r/AndoyaSpace
- /r/BlueOrigin
- /r/ESA (Europe)
- /r/ISRO (India)
- /r/JAXA (Japan)
- r/NorthropGrumman/
- /r/Roscosmos/
- /r/SpaceX
- /r/ULA (United Launch Alliance)
- /r/VirginGalactic/
Topical subreddits:
/r/nasa
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Apollo 1
Hello,
As an avid fan of the early space program, Michael Collins’ book, “Carrying the Fire”, tops my chart of early space exploration and aviation accounts. I’ve read it about 5 times, and every time I read it I learn something new. An interesting detail I found this last time was that following the Apollo 1 tragedy, none of the almost 20 astronauts quit the program. As a pilot and engineer myself, I can understand on a much more basic level the endless difficulties with sending a man into space, along with the endless risks. Looking from the outside in, I can say that I would not have climbed in one of those rockets before the Apollo 1 events, nevermind after. My question is: What was the driving force that these Astro’s collectively felt that they needed to keep risking their lives for? Did they genuinely have the confidence that NASA could deliver them safely to the moon? Did they feel a sense of duty, not unlike storming Normandy beach, to be the people that beat the Russians in the space race? Did they just have more courage and bravery than I (obviously)? Maybe all of the above? What say you?
11:57 UTC
About ergonomics on Gemini Program
Hello everyone and sorry that my first post here is a question, but I could not find the information.
I remember reading or listening somewhere that the Gemini cabin had to be reengineered because the astronaut responsible for supporting the engineers was smaller than most of the other Mercury 7 astronauts.
Unfortunately I can't find the information online.
Did I dream it?
Thanks in advance for your time and answers
11:51 UTC
1977 Presidential Statement.
03:22 UTC
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes
The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the interstellar environment—but their atomic hearts are growing weaker and weaker.
13:29 UTC
Is there a way to still download the downloadable version of NASA's Eyes?
I loved that software and would use it all the time, the browser version just doesn't seem to have as many options as the downloadable one, unfortunately.
10:33 UTC
Does NASA or any other space agency track asteroids with potential lunar impacts?
I know it is an important goal to site and track large asteroids that may pose a danger to Earth. But does this same mission extend to our Moon? I can't imagine the amount of damage a large rock hitting the moon might cause of us on Earth. More specifically, I guess, for stuff in orbit around Earth.
01:30 UTC
The 30 Doradus region of space, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
17:23 UTC
Maybe it’s a dumb question, but I can’t find anything online
How many astronauts are in service today? There are hundreds of them or maybe just a dozens?
12:08 UTC
Inside Voyager 1’s Comeback: NASA Rescues Humanity’s Distant Messenger
23:58 UTC
Does NASA have a Bluesky Account?
Please say yes.
05:27 UTC
How many times farther from earth is Jupiter than mars?
The distance ratio seems to be roughly three given that mars missions take around 6 or 7 months normally with current technology but I'm excited for innovations that could bring that down and flybys that have been able to take direct trajectories to Jupiter have made it to the Jovian system in 18-24 months despite not sticking around once there. The Europa clipper could've made it that fast (compared to the MEGA trajectory) had it used the SLS instead of falcon heavy. Am I right?
15:24 UTC
I get the Artemis missions, putting man back on the moon, but why couldn't we just send a probe to get more lunar samples?
I understand why the Artemis mission are happening, but why couldn't we just send a Perseverance-style probe to get samples, then use a small rocket to bring them back. It wouldn't be anywhere near as hard as the actual Perseverance return mission, because wouldn't all we have to do is escape lunar gravity, then deorbit it? Why has NASA or some other space agency done that?
19:22 UTC