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The Exp 68 crew's four astronauts rested today after Monday's departure of the @SpaceX #Dragon while the three cosmonauts focused on cardiac research. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Let's see how nauseous you get 😵

The Human Vestibular Function experiment used a spinning chair to test Skylab astronauts' susceptibility to motion sickness, before, during, and after their time in space. #50YearsAgo

More on Skylab medical experiments: go.nasa.gov/3k4jtCz
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Greenland’s largest ice stream is expected to contribute more to sea level rise by the end of the century than models previously indicated.

This animation shows thinning since 2007 and projected through 2100, with the greatest thinning in yellow.
🧊➡💧: go.nasa.gov/3jV963G
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So, I hear you. But what do you really want me, as an individual who already drives an economy car and lives a very frugal, low-impact lifestyle, to do about it? I can say anything I want about how I wish governments would push for Right to Repair, green energy incentives, and a reinvestment into our transportation and shipping industries but they just... don't listen to me. Kind of at all.


Fond memories! My very first rock core, from back in Sept. 2021, now sits sealed up and waiting for potential return to Earth. Six of 10 sample tubes are now down in my backup set.
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You might remember I collected two samples from this rock, as I’ve done in several spots. From each of those sites, I’m keeping one sample, and setting one down in this sample depot I’m building.

More on each sample: mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-sample…
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NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230110.ht… #APOD
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NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Matthew Dieterich

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"Cone Nebula"

Imaginative!

Still, better than some random number. 🤷



Dragon has undocked from the @Space_Station and is on its way home! Splashdown is scheduled for 5:19am ET (1019 UTC) on Wednesday, Jan. 11, off the coast of Florida.
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The @SpaceX #Dragon undocked from the station at 5:05pm ET today. It will return several tons of science cargo to Earth on Wednesday for analysis. nasa.gov/live
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The @SpaceX #Dragon cargo ship undocked from the station at 5:05pm ET today and will return to Earth on Wednesday loaded with several tons of scientific cargo for analysis. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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The @SpaceX #Dragon is due to undock from the space station at 5:05pm ET today live on @nasa TV to return scientific cargo back to Earth on Wednesday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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LIVE: @SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft is bringing tons of @ISS_Research, including a space radiation vest and orbiting plant experiments, back to Earth.

Undocking is scheduled to start shortly after 5pm ET (2200 UTC). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKM…
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Speedy travel to other worlds, oxygen pipelines on the Moon, growing bricks on Mars—researchers will explore these futuristic ideas with funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program! Take a look: go.nasa.gov/3QtNKql
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Light from these 3 galaxies traveled up to 13.1 billion years to reach us! The farthest contains only 2% the oxygen found in our Milky Way. @NASAWebb's instruments identified oxygen, hydrogen, and neon, which line up in a stunning resemblance to those seen in nearby green peas.
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This #MoonCrushMonday, we're reminiscing about International #ObserveTheMoon Night. We had record-breaking participation in 2022, with 4282 registrations from 125 different countries. See how people around the world celebrated: go.nasa.gov/3Iw7iZj.

Photo credit: Carol Botha
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Galactic Green Peas 🟢 🟢 🟢
In @NASAWebb's very fist image, scientists have now identified three of the earliest galaxies, and they resemble a rare type in our cosmic neighborhood: Green pea galaxies. go.nasa.gov/3GPdQB2
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NASA, is it possible to add alt text to all the nice pictures you post every day?


For four years, @NASAInSight studied Mars' interior, marsquakes, and Martian weather.

Join our @reddit Ask Me Anything on Jan. 10 at 3pm ET (2000 UTC), where mission experts will answer your questions about the lander's legacy: reddit.com/r/askscience
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The science-filled @SpaceX #Dragon cargo craft will undock from the station at 5:05pm ET today. Meanwhile, the Exp 68 crew collected blood and saliva samples for analysis. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Update: @nasa’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Bering Sea at 11:04 p.m. EST on Sunday, Jan. 8, the @DeptofDefense confirmed.
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#OTD in 1969, @nasa announced the crew for Apollo 11, the first mission that would land humans on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were to make the trip… if all went well on Apollo 9 & 10.

Who was on the backup crew? Hint: go.nasa.gov/3Qfn4tq
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We would love it if this bot also published news about the first "A" in NASA: Aeronautics. Or create a new bit that tracks #NASA #Aeronautics. #aviation #avgeeks #rotorcraft #Helicopter #aam #vtol #evtol #h2aero #electricFlight #h2flight #hydrogen #electricVTOL
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Tails of Comet ZTF apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230109.ht… #APOD
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A tale of two tails. Ionic, isn't it? These dusty puns don't have a snowball's chance in hell, do they. Comet down below. I'll show myself out. ☄️


Tails of Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Francisco Hernández

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"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet"

#HappyBirthday to the late cosmologist Stephen Hawking. Changing our view of the universe with his theories and outreach, Hawking was also an avid advocate for continued space exploration.

📷 Hawking at NASA in 2008
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Hoping to read more books in 2023? Get started with the Hubble history book “Not Yet Imagined"!

1) Get a free e-book: go.nasa.gov/3ZlQgTx

2) Or if you're at #AAS241, swing by the @nasa Booth from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 or 10-11 a.m. on Jan. 9 to get a signed copy!
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Where Your Elements Came From apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230108.ht… #APOD
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It would be very interesting to also correlate this with a timeline of when these origins were "discovered"? NASA - can do?
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What are the gold colored ones like 43 Technetium? Seems there's 7 colors used, but only 6 in the key table (?).

Cool as f* though. 😀



Where Your Elements Came From

Image Credit & License: Wikipedia: Cmglee; Data: Jennifer Johnson (OSU)

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.@APoD One minor punch up would be a metric for elements that are the result of decay of other elements. IE Radon is present from uranium decay.


Exoplanet ... or eggs-oplanet? 🥚
Some planets are so close to their stars that they're being pulled and stretched as the stars consume them. WASP-12b is one such doomed world. 🍳 go.nasa.gov/3IvnUjZ
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does this mean WASP - 12b doesn’t spin on its own axis?

If it is spinning on its own axis, why hasn’t it been pulled equally on all sides?



Peering inward toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy, a globular cluster shines bright, 50,000 light-years from Earth.

@NASAHubble is essential to helping scientists study these tightly bound groups of stars found in all types of galaxies. go.nasa.gov/3Zm2o71
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This math equation proves there is life other than earth. Numbers don't lie.


How did NASA prepare for landing humans on the Moon in 1969? By sending the Surveyor landers to check out the surface and practice soft landings!

Surveyor 7, the last of the series to fly, launched to the Moon #OTD in 1968 and returned 21,274 pictures! go.nasa.gov/3ZelFHF
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People are trying very hard to explore space.
And there are even some successes in this.



Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230107.ht… #APOD
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Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit

Image Credit & Copyright: Zarcos Palma

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Recently at NASA:

@NASA_Orion arrived at @NASA_Kennedy, @NASAPersevere made a cache deposit of Martian samples, and we bid farewell to @NASAInsight.

Looking for more space and aeronautics in the new year? Subscribe: go.nasa.gov/3CRYObt
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Join us Jan. 9 as @SpaceX’s #CRS26 undocks from the @Space_Station. Coverage starts at 4:45pm ET (2145 UTC) here and on go.nasa.gov/3iiZors.

Here's what the cargo craft is bringing back to Earth, including agriculture and radiation experiments: go.nasa.gov/3QjIiGD
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NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after almost 40 years in space.

The @DeptofDefense currently predicts reentry at approximately 6:40 pm EST on Jan. 8.
go.nasa.gov/3Iv7Iz3
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Thank you for your service ERBS!

Somewhere around 235,000 orbits of the earth if it's doing 16 laps a day?

Wow, did it really travel >5B miles? It's crazy it's traveling distances comparable to voyagers just 'running laps around the house' instead of into the great unknown.



Inspections are underway 🔍

@NASAKennedy technicians are conducting inspections of @NASA_Orion’s heatshield, which experienced temperatures near 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit as the capsule faced its biggest challenge—reentering the Earth’s atmosphere. go.nasa.gov/3vP0RZy
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.@nasa TV begins its broadcast of the departure of the @SpaceX #Dragon at 4:45pm ET on Monday. The U.S. cargo craft will undock from the station at 5:05pm packed with scientific cargo for return to Earth two days later. nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to…
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Science Alert!
Next week, @nasa will be sharing recent discoveries at a science conference. Meanwhile, we'll be sharing the science with *you*! Stay tuned for new planets, @NASAWebb discoveries and more! nasa.gov/feature/nasa-science-…
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Could I go out there and just live in this nebula? That sounds like a pretty happy life.


We’re howling for the first full moon of 2023. 🐺

The first full moon of the year is known by many names, such as the “Wolf” Moon. Look to the night sky on Jan. 6 to spot our lunar companion, with the bright star Pollux keeping it company.

More: go.nasa.gov/3jXT6y0
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I collected this rock core back in Nov. 2021. Bringing samples from rocks like this back to Earth for closer study could be really revealing.🔬
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