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We’re celebrating the start of @NASAPersevere’s third year on Mars. The rover recently deposited ten samples of Martian soil.

As Percy continues to study the Martian surface, scientists gain new insights that may help future explorers on the Red Planet. go.nasa.gov/3IJ7p3g
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First discovered in May 2005, it was confirmed #OTD in 2006 that @NASAHubble had discovered 2 more moons orbiting Pluto. Later named Nix and Hydra, @NASANewHorizons flew by in 2017, capturing photos. These tiny moons are only 20–70 mi (32–113 km) wide! go.nasa.gov/3Kt0Jrn
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Our Increasingly Active Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Mehmet Ergün

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I thought this was a Shrove Tuesday pancake themed post at first glance....


UPDATE: NASA's @SpaceX #Crew6 mission to the @Space_Station is now scheduled to lift off no earlier than 1:45am ET (0545 UTC) on Monday, Feb. 27, with live coverage beginning at 10pm ET Sunday.

Follow our Crew-6 blog for the latest mission updates: blogs.nasa.gov/crew-6
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LIVE: After meeting today to discuss the status of our upcoming #Crew6 launch to the @Space_Station, mission leaders are providing updates about the mission. Listen in: piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=M-tv…
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As a winter storm bears down on the US, that has us thinking of weather on other worlds. Winds on HD 189733 b blow at 5,400 mph (2 km/s). That would send silicates in the atmosphere (glass!) flying sideways. Dayside temps are 2,000 degrees F/1,090 C. go.nasa.gov/3KsS3RG
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An outbreak of devastating fires in Chile in early February 2023 has diminished, but the burned landscape remains visible from space.

NASA’s Terra satellite took these false-color images before (left) and after the fires (right).

Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3IhChql
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Venus’ high temperatures can melt lead solder and its atmosphere is so massive that on the planet’s surface, it would feel as though you were a kilometer underwater. Amazingly, a NASA-funded team is building a battery that can operate in these conditions: science.nasa.gov/technology/te…
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Most asteroids are small enough that they burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. But what would happen if a large asteroid were heading toward us?

This week on @nasa’s Curious Universe podcast, scientists talk about defending Earth from asteroids. 🎧: go.nasa.gov/3xG61Z9
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Understanding our nearest star, the Sun, helps us better understand conditions for planets orbiting similar stars. And to do that, sometimes we have to look beyond the light we can see. 👀 go.nasa.gov/3Krr9d2
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This week’s episode of our Curious Universe podcast is all about asteroids. Tune in to hear about our latest asteroid missions and what we hope to learn from these building blocks of the universe: go.nasa.gov/3IJq4Mo
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The Exp 68 crew scanned their muscles and inspected BEAM today as a pair of crew ships prepare to blast off to the orbital outpost. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Inspiration is all around us.

Hamid Oloso, a computational scientist at @NASAGoddard, was inspired by different people along his journey from growing up in Ibadan, Nigeria to working at NASA on Earth system models.

Learn more about his story: go.nasa.gov/41ixpJY
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We need this shirt:

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NASA has learned a lot about asteroids in the last few years, and more information is on the way!

Tune in to this week to @nasa’s Curious Universe podcast for an episode all about asteroids: go.nasa.gov/3Ip6XWy
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Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💛💚

During Mardi Gras season in 2012, the Mississippi River broke through its eastern bank and created a new channel to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mardi Gras Pass. #Landsat 8 recently captured this image of the pass.

Learn more: go.nasa.gov/41km8t0
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Hubble is known for its spectacular images of our universe. But how exactly are those images processed from the data the telescope collects?

Find out in this video! ⬇️
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Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls

Image Credit & Copyright: Tara Mostofi

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Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230221.ht… #APOD
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my eyes always catch Orion when I step outside. It almost never fails, it’s like I’m drawn to those stars.


Have you noticed two bright "stars" in the western sky just after sunset? Those are the planets Jupiter and Venus. Over the next few days, they'll appear closer and closer together in the sky every evening, culminating in a close conjunction on March 1st. piped.kavin.rocks/hcgj6KsR-fc?…
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Just a comment. I notice you don't tend to use alt text, which would help people with visual issues and also people who would like to know more about the images. Is anyone monitoring this who might consider it?


A microbe found in @YellowstoneNPS during @NASA-funded research is now the basis of a protein in meat-free breakfast patties and nondairy cream cheese. The protein is also growing on the International Space Station as potential astronaut food! spinoff.nasa.gov/NASA-Helps-Se…
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hi NASA bot. I really love the posts you’re sharing. I want to share them as well, but I’ve made a commitment to only share posts that have AltText describing their images. Can I encourage you to be inclusive of all social media users by using AltText? Even the official blue-bird NASA accounts use AltText. Thanks and I hope you consider it 😊


A butterfly in the stars 🦋

This #HubbleClassic image of the Butterfly Nebula shows layers of gas being ejected from a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.

Eventually this nebula will fade and leave behind a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf: go.nasa.gov/3KoP25a
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John Glenn made history #OTD in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. He made 3 orbits (2 of them manually controlled) in the Friendship 7 capsule before splashing down.

Read the details of this landmark space flight: go.nasa.gov/40UWMSa
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NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way

Image Credit: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (STScI); Processing: M. H. Özsaraç (Türkiye Astronomi Derneği)

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An astronaut on the @Space_Station captured this photo of South Padre Island along the Texas coast.

Barrier islands like this one play a critical role in protecting the mainland from the damaging effects of storms. go.nasa.gov/3SaSFO1
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"If she says they're good, then I am ready to go."

Before his 1962 orbital flight, John Glenn was wary of trusting his life to a machine's trajectory calculations and asked that Katherine Johnson check them. #BHM

More on mathematician Katherine Johnson: go.nasa.gov/3Ef1sbX
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if you can read this, and not lament how many brillian insights over centuries were missed because of made up race and gender roles, there's something wrong with you.

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Where can I find a list of NASA math's ? Is there anyone else you're proud off ? A search for NASA math's in Google results in Katherine Jonson for the first 5 pages. I did find a document on your site where she was listed as coauthor with Skopinski, T. H. who wrote several books and articles


Technology developed to help monitor astronauts' exposure to radiation in space is now being used in a diagnostic test to improve cancer treatment for people on Earth. More about this @NASASpinoff: go.nasa.gov/3XLghts
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Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared

Image Credit: NASA, WISE, IRSA, Processing & Copyright : Francesco Antonucci

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thanks for starting to add alt-text! But in this post one of the images does not have it.


The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft fired its deorbit engine at 10:15pm ET today sending it towards Earth's atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean. More... go.nasa.gov/3EjkE86
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I wonder if #Pachyderms think about the folks who make these posts for us.

I do. I think wow, someone takes time off of their day to day hey you guys, look what happened while you were asleep. And it was only 430km in the sky. #Travelling at 25,000 km/hour.

To the person behind the #NASA badge here on #Mastodon, thank you for #keeping us enthralled.



See other striking images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: mars.nasa.gov/mro/
#NASAMars


Two years ago today, the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the @NASAPersevere rover descending through the Martian atmosphere beneath its parachute. More about the robotic explorer's journey and what comes next: go.nasa.gov/3k7hVbe
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One galaxy, two views
@NASAHubble and @NASAWebb have now both observed spiral galaxy NGC 7496, providing data across multiple wavelengths of light. Webb's infrared ranges help us see how stars and galaxies form. go.nasa.gov/3Z3u6ol
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The ISS Progress 82 resupply ship undocked from the station at 9:26pm ET on Friday. Its deorbit burn is now scheduled for 10:15pm tonight. More... go.nasa.gov/3IzoTPy
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We're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!

NASA's @SpaceX #Crew6 mission is scheduled to lift off from @NASAKennedy at 2:07am ET (0607 UTC) on Sunday, Feb. 26, with live launch coverage starting 10:30pm ET Feb. 25. Watch with us here and on NASA TV: go.nasa.gov/3Ef8ddO
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Other #Crew6 live coverage highlights:

- Feb. 21, 12:30pm ET: Crew arrival at @NASAKennedy
- Feb. 24, 10:30pm ET: Prelaunch teleconference
- Feb. 27, 1am ET: Crew-6 docking coverage begins (with docking at 2:54am ET)

All times are subject to change—stay tuned for updates!
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Understanding ocean color from satellite images can be challenging.

The @nasaocean PACE mission, launching in 2024, will see Earth’s ocean colors in new detail.

Learn about PACE: go.nasa.gov/3IuYkv1 🌊 🌈 🛰️
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In the latest episode of Down to Earth, astronaut @AstroVicGlover sits down with his daughter to discuss the important lessons he took away from his time in space. 🌎
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#OTD in 1977, Enterprise, the Space Shuttle prototype, took to the skies for the first time perched atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft high above what is now @NASAArmstrong in Edwards, CA.

Learn more about these early Shuttle tests: go.nasa.gov/3ltHoMa
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I worked in an office near JPL in Pasadena back in 2012 and caught this photo of Endeavour's last ride before becoming an exhibit in the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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