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1/2 History making missions will require a next generation ride.

@nasa is seeking proposals from industry for a LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) that will transport astronauts across the Moon to explore during #Artemis missions: go.nasa.gov/43q2dJe
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Hot new bombshells enter the villa.

Otherwise invisible to the unaided eye, infrared data from @NASAWebb and x-ray data from @ChandraXray make details in these proper fit cosmic wonders available by mapping the data to colors that humans can perceive:
go.nasa.gov/43wTsx9
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The Exp 69 and Ax-2 crew members continued their human research studies to improve life on Earth and in space into Friday. Spacewalk procedures were also reviewed and cargo was organized for an upcoming return to Earth. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Clouds of vaporized rock, and perhaps even glittering gems, could fill the skies of some distant worlds. Now add howling winds and broiling temperatures so hot they'd tear molecules apart. exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1709/…
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Completing a squad of severe weather satellites, testing out a ssssnake-like robot, and sending the second all-private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station—all in a week’s work at NASA. See what we’ve been up to.
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Data incoming!

@nasa’s CPEX-CV mission flew off the coast of Cabo Verde in 2022 to study infant storms and how dust, moisture and other factors affect storm intensification. The data is now available to the public. #OpenScience go.nasa.gov/3BWzdNl
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We’re launching solar arrays, small satellites, and a plant experiment to the @Space_Station on the next @SpaceX cargo mission, set for June 3.

Tune in on May 30 at 2pm ET (1800 UTC) for details. #AskNASA your questions and we may answer them on-air. go.nasa.gov/430oldn
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Paula Cain started her career in fashion design—now, she's a thermal blanket technician at @NASAGoddard, making sure our telescopes and spacecraft can run at a steady temperature.

Learn more about her journey in our latest @NASASTEM episode of "Surprisingly STEM!"
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Our @NASAEarth TROPICS mission is safely in orbit following today's successful launch by @RocketLab. Two small satellites join a pair already in space, where they'll track the formation and evolution of tropical cyclones, including hurricanes. go.nasa.gov/3MVXPwa
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We certainly know where we'd like to visit!
Check out our Exoplanet Travel Bureau: exoplanets.nasa.gov/travel/
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Virgo Cluster Galaxies apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230526.ht… #APOD
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#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew began to activate Skylab, moving into the Orbital Workshop (OWS), where it was about 55°C (130°F). It took hours to assemble and deploy the parasol through the scientific airlock.

Once deployed, the OWS's temperature began to drop. #Skylab50
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Space jellyfish! 🪼

This "jellyfish galaxy" JW39 is about 900 million light-years away. It earned this nickname because of the galaxy's trailing tendrils of star formation that stretch away from JW39's central disk.

Explore more: go.nasa.gov/3q1N0j2
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in reply to NASA

I love you posts, but could you think about adding alt text to you pictures? It's be so more accessible!


This week on #SpaceToGround, a full house at the station with the arrival of the Ax-2 private astronauts and a cargo craft delivery; plus learn about CIPHER, @nasa’s experiments to unlock how human bodies react to long space journeys.
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The Apollo 10 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean just as the Sun was rising #OTD in 1969. 🌅

Stafford, Young, and Cernan's successful mission cleared the way for the first humans to land on the Moon a few months later in July. go.nasa.gov/42X2sLZ
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Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Abdullah Alharbi

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230526.ht… #APOD

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LIVE: Watch the second pair of shoebox-sized satellites launch to orbit for our storm-tracking TROPICS mission. Liftoff on a @RocketLab Electron rocket is targeted at 11:46pm ET (0346 UTC) at the opening of the launch window. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ynKO…
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Liftoff! Two small satellites are on the way to join two already in orbit for our TROPICS mission. TROPICS will provide near-hourly data that could improve forecasts of tropical cyclones and severe weather.
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LIVE: Watch the second pair of shoebox-sized satellites launch to orbit for our storm-tracking TROPICS mission. Liftoff on a @RocketLab Electron rocket is targeted at 11:46pm ET (0346 UTC) at the opening of the launch window. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ynKO…
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Teamwork makes TROPICS work 🛰️🛰️

Launching two pairs of small satellites into criss-crossing orbits will allow TROPICS to measure storms near the equator almost every hour. go.nasa.gov/43efNjm
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Want to intern with us? Applications are open to enrolled STEM and non-STEM undergrads, graduate students, and recent graduates.

Check out the opportunities available for our fall 2023 class of @NASAInterns. Apply by Saturday, May 27: intern.nasa.gov
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Outside the U.S.? Select NASA internship opportunities are also available for international students: go.nasa.gov/InternationalInter…
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The Exp 69 and #Ax2 crews were busy researching space biology aboard the station as a new cargo ship was being unpacked on Thursday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Intense fires in Canada, fueled by unusually hot and windy weather, produced smoke that covered skies in May 2023.

This animation shows the volume of soot from @nasa’s GEOS-FP model, which combines satellite, aircraft and ground measurements. go.nasa.gov/3owCIXP
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6 hours after Skylab 2 launched #OTD in 1973, the crew reached Skylab and got its first view of the damage.

The protective shield of the Orbital Workshop was missing, one of the solar arrays was gone, and the other only partially deployed. #Skylab50

🔗 go.nasa.gov/3MGLqvP
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in reply to NASA

I was learning about this the other day on Secrets of the Universe.. they fixed it with a special piece of reflective cloth they draped over the spot
the James Web Telescope uses something similar to block the heat of the sun.. a series of them that lowers the temp by something like 600 degrees


NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is 4 months away
from returning to Earth with a sample of asteroid Bennu. Scientists will examine the sample with questions about,

🧬Origins of life
📚 History of the solar system
🪨 Changes to the sample on its journey.

blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/
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Our @NASASTEM educator and classroom resources make it easy to bring space to you, in classrooms or at home schools. Through partnership with the @usedgov, we provide free, high-quality STEM and space science resources for the nation’s educators: bit.ly/43647ig
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Violet Delights
Spiral galaxy Messier 74 is about 32 million light-years away. Here, @NASAWebb outlines gas and dust in infrared while @Chandraxray spotlights high-energy activity from stars. @NASAHubble shows additional stars and dust in visible light. go.nasa.gov/3Mz7Pds
#NASAExoplanets


50 years ago today, Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz lifted off from @NASAKennedy, heading to Skylab: America's first space station.

Our Skylab missions laid the groundwork for @NASA_Astronauts to live and work in space, from the @Space_Station to the Moon and beyond.
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Meet Emily Gargulinski, a @NASA_Langley scientist who watches fires from space. 🔥

She uses geospatial data to evaluate what's happening with those fires on the ground, better understanding their impacts on farmers, communities, and more: haqast.org/
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Galactic besties!

The two galaxies in this #HubbleClassic view are gravitationally interacting with each other.

Located about 200 million light-years away, NGC 5754 is the bigger one. NGC 5752 is just below it.

Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3oAWH7F
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Cat's Eye Wide and Deep apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230525.ht… #APOD
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Astronauts Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, and Joe Kerwin, the first Skylab crew, launched in an Apollo spacecraft to the damaged space station #50YearsAgo today. 🚀 #Skylab50

Task #1: Save Skylab!
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in reply to NASA

It's a shame that the Mastodon app is so glitchy I often can't close the window after watching a video, no matter how many times I click the X. Now I don't want to even run videos here anymore. If we're going to be Twitter, we need to get this thing working better.


Almost all known black holes come in two sizes: small and gigantic. Data suggests intermediate-sized ones exist, but they're rare.

Astronomers using @NASAHubble have found evidence of one in a star cluster about 6,000 light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3WBaMys
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Typhoon Mawar was one of the strongest in decades to lash the U.S. territory of Guam.

When @noaa-20 captured this image on May 24, the storm carried sustained winds of about 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour—equivalent to a category 4 storm. go.nasa.gov/3BRB8D7 🌀
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Launching soon: NASA’s TROPICS is a constellation of CubeSats that will help scientists learn more about tropical cyclones like Mawar. 🛰️ 🌀

The satellites will collect information about temperature, precipitation, water vapor, and clouds. go.nasa.gov/3BRB8TD
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Cat's Eye Wide and Deep

Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-François Bax, Guillaume Gruntz

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230525.ht… #APOD

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‘I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you, I can read your mind…’

Is it the symbol of the Watching Eye of the Great Feline Overlord?

How can any one be hostile to the beauties , the wonders, the symmetry found by science?

String Theory? Schrodinger’s Cat?
I love to be playful with these.

I have the profoundest respect for the many areas of the world science has opened up. I am profoundly grateful to see & learn of it all.



Climate change may be affecting our health in surprising ways, from spreading insect-borne diseases, like malaria, to worsening seasonal allergies. NASA satellites and data help us study these public health threats and reduce their impacts.

Details: go.nasa.gov/3q1a8y6
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That’s it for now! Meanwhile, I’ll be out here exploring Mars and collecting more samples – hopefully for years to come. Follow along with my journey, here or at: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.
#PerseveranceRover


Due to strong upper-level winds, launch of two small satellites for our cyclone-tracking TROPICS mission on a @RocketLab Electron rocket is now targeted for no earlier than Thurs., May 25 at 11:30pm ET (0330 UTC). go.nasa.gov/3MUXZ6Y
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