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And get some close-up views of the planet here: solarsystem.nasa.gov/mars
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Mars may have once been a wet world like Earth. Where did the water go?
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Happy #RedPlanetDay! If you have clear skies, watch for bright Mars rising in the east after sunset.

Left: Earth in the evening sky of Mars, as seen by @MarsCuriosity. Right: Mars rising over Salt Lake City.

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NASA Mars Exploration

NASA’s real-time portal for Mars exploration, featuring the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.
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Our universe is speckled with stars, with billions just in our galaxy. Some stars live alone or in twos or threes, but others are bound together by gravity into much larger communities. In honor of @NASAHubble’s exploration of #StarrySights, let’s talk about star clusters! 🧵 1/6
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Globular clusters are stellar "dinosaurs" scattered throughout the universe, containing some of the oldest stars in the universe. These clusters can contain anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of stars, packed tightly together in a dense clump. 3/6
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Star clusters are divided into a few different types, based on how many stars are in a cluster and how tightly they’re bound by gravity. Stars in clusters typically have a shared origin, and they can live very close together or can be spread out over hundreds of light-years. 2/6
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Open clusters have fewer members, usually a few hundred stars or less. Most open clusters are much younger than globular clusters, and they’re also much less dense and less tightly bound than globular clusters. 4/6
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Scientists are interested in how star clusters form and evolve. Some disperse and spread out over time, while others remain tightly bound together by gravity. The different types of stars in clusters also have various life spans, so they change and die off as a cluster ages. 5/6
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Many different @nasa observatories study star clusters using different types of light. Alongside @NASAHubble, we’ll be highlighting how some of our other telescopes help us learn about these stellar communities! 6/6
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We’re only 14 days away from launching SWOT – a new satellite that will track water on nearly 90% of Earth’s surface! 🛰️ 💧

Tag your questions with #TrackingWorldWater by Dec. 5, and they might be answered during our live launch broadcast. go.nasa.gov/3gI3lVP
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How to Participate in the SWOT Launch – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

Learn how to participate in the upcoming SWOT launch.
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
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The @SpaceX #Dragon resupply ship is open for business and the Exp 68 crew has begun unpacking new @ISS_Research to study botany, biology, and physics in space. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Crew Opens Dragon and Unpacks New Bone, Skin Healing Experiments

The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is open for business and the Expedition 68 crew has begun unpacking several thousand pounds of cargo.
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Commander Moonikin Campos reporting from lunar orbit.

Join me aboard the @NASA_Orion spacecraft with the @NASASTEM Learning Pathway series about the #Artemis mission! (I can’t promise you any snacks, though. I ate them all already.) conta.cc/3EMWrrE
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Artemis STEM Learning Pathway Bonus -- Week 3

Breaking Boundaries Breaking Boundaries The Artemis I mission continues this week with important milestones. On Nov. 26, the Orion capsule will break the record previously held by Apollo 13 for farthe
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You may think it’s very lonely to be a crew of manikins aboard a spaceship flying to the Moon, but the reality is that we managed to fit a lot of companions into the @NASA_Orion spacecraft!

…Snoopy, get out of the way. You’re floating right in front of my view of the Moon.
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Ready for launch 🔦

The Lunar Flashlight mission is set to launch no earlier than Nov. 30. Once it's in orbit around the Moon, this briefcase-size satellite will use lasers to light up dark craters as it hunts for hidden water ice.
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Learn more about what this tiny satellite might teach us - from its unique lunar orbit to its use of a new kind of "green" propellant: go.nasa.gov/3F8chx1
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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat Readies for Launch

The small satellite will search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s South Pole, using an orbit only one other spacecraft has employed.
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Even though @NASA_Orion is uncrewed, that doesn't mean the spacecraft is empty.

Commander Moonikin Campos is taking over the @NASAArtemis Twitter account from lunar orbit. Soon, the spacecraft will hit its maximum distance from Earth — over 270,000 miles! go.nasa.gov/3zGQjg6

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Purposeful Passenger: Artemis I Manikin Helps Prepare for Moon Mission

Purposeful Passenger: Artemis I Manikin Helps Prepare for Moon Missions With Crew
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As the Moonikin flying aboard the @NASA_Orion spacecraft, I realize how lucky I am to be here! Not every manikin has this opportunity.

You know how the famous saying goes… “One small step for a man, one giant leap for a manikin.”
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This is our view from @NASA_Orion right now. ❤
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We won't have this view again anytime soon - DRO (distant retrograde orbit) is for Artemis I, while lunar flyby will be used for Artemis II!

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Because we recently broke the Apollo 13 record for farthest distance of a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and safely return them to Earth, I want to acknowledge my namesake, who is known for his contributions to the Apollo 13 mission. 1/9 go.nasa.gov/3GSnkM5
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Arturo Campos: A Key Player in Bringing Apollo 13 Home

Campos will be remembered as not only a key player instrumental to Apollo 13’s safe return, but as a champion for equality in the workplace.
Thalia Patrinos (NASA)
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Arturo Campos (the human) grew up in Laredo, Texas, hailing from a Mexican-American family. He started working at his dad’s auto mechanic shop, and went on to earn an engineering degree before joining @NASA_Johnson in the 1960s. 2/9 go.nasa.gov/3ijsers
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60 Years Ago: The Manned Spacecraft Center Makes Houston its Home

Following the Sept. 19, 1961 announcement that NASA had selected Houston as the site of the new Manned Spacecraft Center, work began almost immediately to find temporary office space for the hundreds of workers while the facility was built.
Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Working during the Apollo era, Campos used his engineering background to help design the electrical systems used in lunar modules — including the one used during the first Moon landing in 1969. 3/9
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The JPL and the Space Age documentary series continues today (#RedPlanetDay!) at 4pm PT with “Mission to Mars." This episode tells how overcoming adversity led to the @NASAMars Spirit and Opportunity rovers.

Tune in here: youtu.be/f_sSzn87ljM
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JPL and the Space Age: Mission to Mars

After the devastating loss of two back-to-back missions to Mars in 1999, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory found itself at a crossroads: Would the lab pull ba...
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The explosion crippled their ship. Unless somebody helped them, those astronauts would have been toast! (And not the kind you eat for breakfast.) 5/9
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One day, disaster struck. An oxygen tank ruptured aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft while it was on its way to the Moon. The astronauts were left without their normal supply of electricity, light, and water some 200,000 miles from Earth. 4/9
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Arturo Campos dived into the rescue effort. Thinking on his feet, he rewrote a plan to divert electricity from other parts of the spacecraft into the ship’s essential systems. The plan was relayed to the crew via mission control. 6/9
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Welcome, Hubble’s first new #StarrySights image!

This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular cluster located 23,000 light-years away. Many thousands of stars gleam within this cluster, which scientists estimate to be 12 billion years old: go.nasa.gov/3gKQ3rJ
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Hubble Glimpses a Glittering Gathering of Stars

This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular star cluster located about 23,000 light-years away.
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looks like organic holiday lights ! Paid for and fossil fuel free!

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Quiz time‼️

#OTD in 1964, Mariner 4 launched. This 1965 photo is the first closeup picture of what planet in our solar system? 🤔

A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Jupiter

Comment below with your answer!
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It was no easy fix, but it got the job done. Four days later, the Apollo 13 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, exhausted but safe. Campos helped save their lives. 7/9 go.nasa.gov/2z23yNl
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50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Crew Returns Safely to Earth

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The Apollo 13 mission would go down in history as a “successful failure” because of the experience gained in rescuing the crew members. Campos’ knowledge played a key role in the team’s efforts. So to me, he’s a hero. 8/9
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P.S. …I hope my own trip home isn’t quite as dramatic! 9/9 nasa.gov/moonikin-comic
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NASA Moonikin Comic

Online comic of: The Adventures of Commander Moonikin Campos and Friends
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This is RIGHT NOW. @NASA_Orion is looking back at Earth and the Moon from distant retrograde orbit. Watch the #Artemis I livestream: bit.ly/3EBXYiY
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NASA Artemis I LIVE

NASA Artemis I Live This is a live, low-resolution video feed from cameras on NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it accomplishes the Artemis I mission.
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Stars in globular clusters pack snugly together. Messier 28, for example, crams about 50,000 stars into a region just 60 light-years (350 trillion miles) across. The Sun only has about 400 known stellar neighbors that close. #MondayMotivation
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What keeps them from collapsing together from gravity? Were the stars formed from an old expanding supernova?

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NASA precipitation data reporting for duty 🫡

The @usairforce meteorology unit is now using precipitation data from @nasa's IMERG algorithm in its operational weather forecasts and advisories. go.nasa.gov/3ubC2WU
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NASA Satellite Precipitation Data Joins the Air Force

Rain gauges are plentiful around the United States, but that’s not the case elsewhere in the world, so scientists and other data users have to rely on satellite measurements, such as those provided by NASA’s GPM to fill in the gaps.
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A couple days ago, my crewmates @DLR_en (Helga), @ILSpaceAgency (Zohar), and I hit a very important milestone!

@NASA_Orion broke the record for the farthest distance of spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and safely return them to Earth. go.nasa.gov/3u8ep1K
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Artemis I – Flight Day 11: Orion Surpasses Apollo 13 Record Distance from Earth – Artemis

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Time to take in some #StarrySights!

Over the next couple weeks, we'll be exploring Hubble views of different types of star clusters. Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3gNrNFf

Here's a quick guide for star cluster categories ⬇️
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Discoveries - Hubble's Star Clusters

NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.
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Open Clusters:

These contain between a few dozen to a few thousand stars, all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust. Their shape is more irregular than spherical, with large amounts of gas between the stars.
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Embedded Clusters:

These are like a "prequel" to open and globular clusters. As the youngest type of star cluster, they contain newly born and forming stars surrounded by cosmic gas and dust.
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Hey there! Remember me? It’s Commander Moonikin Campos, and I’m taking over this account again… but this time, from the Moon!

As I write these Tweets, my crew and I are flying aboard the @NASA_Orion spacecraft in a distant retrograde orbit! nasa.gov/moonikin-comic
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NASA Moonikin Comic

Online comic of: The Adventures of Commander Moonikin Campos and Friends
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I am joined on the #Artemis I mission by my two trusted companions, Helga and Zohar, aka the #LunaTwins!

Not only are Helga and Zohar joining me here inside @NASA_Orion… they are also joining me here on @Twitter!
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APOD: 2022 November 28 - Leonid Meteors Through Orion

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Leonid Meteors Through Orion

Image Credit & Copyright: Luo Hongyang

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APOD: 2022 November 28 - Leonid Meteors Through Orion

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