One galaxy + three observatories = lots of information (and beauty!) from NGC 1672!

Visible-light data from Hubble, along with X-ray data from @ChandraXRay and infrared observations from @NASAWebb, combine in this amazing view 60 million light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3MOWR3p
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Space Life Science-1 (SLS-1), launched on Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-40) #OTD in 1991, was the first Spacelab mission dedicated to life sciences research AND the first NASA mission to have 3 women on board.

Research took place in a module, shown here, in Columbia's cargo bay.
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In the Center of the Trifid Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

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Today's #CRS28 cargo launch is being waved off due to high winds in the recovery area.

Monday's launch attempt is scheduled for 11:47am ET (1547 UTC), with NASA TV coverage beginning at 11:15am ET (1515 UTC).
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Two weeks of skis and snowmobiles and snowshoes, temperatures down to -40F, and countless frozen granola bars.

This is the life of scientists studying snow in Alaska with @nasa’s SnowEx mission. ❄️

Watch the mini doc:
youtube.com/watch?v=E0XnW_41bn…
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When construction of NASA's first Space Shuttle began #OTD in 1974, its name hadn't yet been chosen. First called the Constitution, it was later named Enterprise after the fictional ship in #StarTrek! 🖖

Learn about Enterprise and its naming process: go.nasa.gov/3oGdbM2
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Color the Universe

Image Credit: Unknown, possibly C. Flammarion

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Are you a summer or winter person? ☀️❄️

The Nemuro Strait in these #Landsat images is one of the largest sand spits in Japan. In the summer, sea grass and kelp can be seen in Notsuke Bay, while in the winter, the bay’s shallow waters freeze over.

go.nasa.gov/3INvvcX
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A geyser on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, the #Ax2 all-private astronaut crew depart the @Space_Station, and an independent panel of experts discusses unidentified anomalous phenomena: all this & more, this week at NASA.

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Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan blasted off in the Gemini 9A spacecraft #OTD in 1966 for a 3-day mission to practice docking with a target vehicle and test a new propulsion system on a spacewalk.

Things didn't go quite as planned ➡️ go.nasa.gov/3C4csqY
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Foggy mornings in the Himalayas… gotta love those @Space_Station views 🏔️😍

Can you spot Everest in this photo?
go.nasa.gov/43tFlIS
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Calling all tabletop gamers! Have you ever wondered about the “alignment” of various cosmic objects?

For #InternationalTabletopDay, we sorted some Hubble views of our universe into different alignments. ⬇️
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Lawful: Grand design spiral galaxies

“Grand design” spirals earned their nickname because of their very well-defined, distinct spiral arms. Spiral galaxies are actively forming stars and make up a large amount of all the galaxies in our nearby universe!
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Neutral: Lenticular Galaxies

These “in-between” galaxies have traits of both spiral and elliptical galaxies: they host a central bulge of tightly packed stars, but they lack arms. Like ellipticals, lenticulars have older stars & little star formation.
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Chaotic: Quasars

A quasar is a beacon of intense light from the center of a distant galaxy that can outshine the entire galaxy. Powered by hungry black holes, they devour a lot of gas and dust that gets heated to high temperatures, and they unleash a torrent of radiation.
#Hubble

"This is the greatest experience, it's just tremendous."

#OTD in 1965, Gemini IV astronaut Ed White became the first American to perform a spacewalk, floating for 23 minutes while attached to the spacecraft.

Read about his spacewalk: go.nasa.gov/3CpeSAR

📷 by Jim McDivitt
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Charon: Moon of Pluto

Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Naval Observatory

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Keep your eyes on the berg 👀 🧊

NASA’s Terra satellite captured Iceberg A-76A splintering into smaller pieces near the remote island of South Georgia. A-76A broke off from A-76 shortly after the initial calving event two years ago. go.nasa.gov/3WJ602h
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Glazed, powdered...or filled with lava? It's likely that volcanic activity played a role in forming these donut-shaped craters. The craters are unusual in shape but are fairly widespread on the pockmarked lunar surface.

#NationalDonutDay
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Solving a dilemma with an antenna and a nimble gimbal.

Engineers at @NASAAmes recently tested a gimbal on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), preparing the rover for future communications as it explores the lunar surface. go.nasa.gov/3C9cRIF
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

Engineers Test VIPER’s Very Nimble Gimbal

As VIPER, NASA’s next Moon rover, wheels about atop Mons Mouton – a large flat-topped mountain on the Moon’s South Pole – one small but mighty piece of hardware will be critical for the team of rover drivers and scientists to send it commands, know w…

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Hubble’s observations of Jupiter’s moon Europa revealed water vapor in its atmosphere and the possibility of water plumes erupting off its surface.

In 2024, the @EuropaClipper will take a closer look – and you can go, too! #SendYourName on the spacecraft: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
#Hubble

You're invited to sign the poem “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

The poem (and your name!) will travel 1.8 billion miles on Europa Clipper’s voyage to Jupiter!
#Hubble

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s poem celebrates water—what connects the two ocean worlds @EuropaClipper travels between.

Make your special connection to Europa & #SendYourName aboard our spacecraft on this 1.8 billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
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#25YearsAgo today, Space Shuttle Discovery launched from @NASAKennedy for STS-91, the final mission to dock with the Mir Space Station.

Learn more about the mission: go.nasa.gov/43zOzmS
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Keep your eyes in the sky throughout June — you may see the Moon, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, or even the Stars of the Summer Triangle!

Get the details with our monthly episode of What’s Up: go.nasa.gov/37ePy0B
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Webb’s looked at galaxies from both sides now…

From dust structures in mid-infrared light to stars in near-infrared light, Webb’s dual vision is helping us to see star-forming regions — such as galaxy NGC 5068 — as never before: bit.ly/42jAp8f
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Webb peers behind bars

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While Armstrong and Aldrin were landing on the Moon in July 1969, a 30-day NASA mission in the Atlantic was also underway! 6 aquanauts drifted along the gulf stream on the Ben Franklin submersible ⚓ #ArchivesUnderTheSea #ArchivesHashtagParty

Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=SfOQyx316m…
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