While capturing the Moon, a mysterious object suddenly appeared and hit its surface a moment both rare and shocking! 🌕💥 It could be a space rock or asteroid, as the Moon has no atmosphere to stop or burn objects entering its path. Each impact adds another crater to its already marked surface silent proof of how active and unpredictable space really is. 🌌 What do you think it was an asteroid or something else? 👽 #space #SpaceX #NASA #fblifestyle | Cosmic Adventure

The space agency is also asking the broader commercial space industry to detail how they might get the job done more quickly, hinting that NASA leadership is prepared to sideline its current partners. CNN spoke with half a dozen companies about how they plan to respond to NASA’s call to action, which the agency will formally issue once the government shutdown ends, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4oSQ9Ln | CNN

On November 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/SkE22C This was the first mission NASA sent to Mars in almost 20 years. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was an orbiter. It transmitted data from NASA's Mars rovers Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity back to Earth. The spacecraft also did a lot of its own science. It found surface channels on Mars that appeared to have been created by running water. It looked at the sout