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Commander Moonikin Campos here. I’ve had a very busy day, taking selfies with the #LunaTwins, writing Tweets, capturing data from lunar orbit…

Sadly, I’ve got to let the #Artemis social media nerds have their account back.
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Aside from me taking over the #Artemis @Twitter account, today was exciting for another reason — @NASA_Orion has hit its maximum distance from Earth, at over 270,000 miles!

I have accomplished so much. 🥹
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Listen to (another!) black hole 🔊
This one bangs. Literally. Material surrounding a black hole can produce intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation that can bounce off clouds of gas & dust in space. @chandraxray's sonification turns these ''light echoes'' into sound.
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that's completely different from the other one, which sounded eerie.

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LIVE NOW: The @NASA_Orion spacecraft is about halfway through the #Artemis I mission around the Moon. Hear from NASA leaders on the upcoming milestones leading up to splashdown on Dec. 11. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxN…
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Stay tuned with the #Artemis I mission by:

Following this account
Using the @NASA_Orion tracker
Checking the @nasa TV schedule

All links are here: bit.ly/3VAlAeF
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Follow NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission: Live Tracker, Latest Images, and Videos

On Nov. 16, 2022, the Artemis I mission officially began with the launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket. The rocket and spacecraft lifted off from historic Launch Complex...
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for a second there I thought this was a KSP screenshot and three Kerbals were pictured at the bottom of the photo...

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Tonight at 5pm ET (22:00 UTC), @nasa leaders will provide an update on the #Artemis I mission, which we are now halfway through!

You know what they say, time flies when you’re flying around the Moon! youtu.be/3bZlfpSOHik
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NASA Briefing on Mid-point of Artemis I Moon Mission

NASA will host a news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the status of the uncrewed Artemis I flight test as the Orion spacecr...
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That’s all she wrote! Commander Moonikin Campos, over and out.
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The wetlands of Adair Bay mark the transition between the Great Altar Desert in northwestern Mexico and the Gulf of California.

In this @Space_Station astronaut photo, mangroves and other salt-tolerant plants appear green and blue waterways snake through gray mudflats.
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You can recreate both moments in our "Eyes on the Solar System" experience: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste…
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Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL

Explore the 3D world of the Solar System. Learn about past and future missions.
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#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell provided the first direct evidence of pulsars, rapidly rotating neutron stars. Decades later, the first exoplanets were found – orbiting pulsars, helping launch a new era of discovery. #MondayMotivation: Change the world
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Overview | Planet Types – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

So far scientists have categorized exoplanets into the following types: Gas giant, Neptunian, super-Earth and terrestrial, but there is complexity within these groups.
Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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In 1977 NASA's robotic Voyager 1 spacecraft captured the first full view of Earth & the Moon together in a single frame. Today @NASA_Orion, designed to carry astronauts to the Moon, sent its own view of the Earth-Moon system. Follow along with #Artemis I: blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/
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And get some close-up views of the planet here: solarsystem.nasa.gov/mars
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Mars

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’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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Just to let you know that your threads do not have the posts linked to each other, plus they are not being posted in order.

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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.
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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

Kelli Mars (NASA)
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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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