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NASA's Deputy Administrator @Astro_Pam spoke at the National Space Council's Users' Advisory Group meeting yesterday. Check out photos from the meeting! 📷flic.kr/s/aHBqjAtfj5
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Overnight #Crew6 completed a dress rehearsal for launch and the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket completed a brief static fire test ahead of a no earlier than 1:45am ET Feb. 27 launch to @Space_Station. Check out 📷: flic.kr/s/aHBqjAt42F
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Jones-Emberson 1

Image Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier, Jean-François Bax, David Vernet, C2PU/OCA

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Check out this dynamic duo:

COWVR and TEMPEST are small and mighty weather instruments, now helping forecasters track tropical cyclones. They were built to test the potential of using low-cost sensors to do some of the work of bulkier, pricier satellites. go.nasa.gov/3ZiYlI4
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The uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft lifted off at 7:24pm ET on a two-day journey to the space station to replace the MS-22 that experienced a coolant system leak in December 2022. Read more.. go.nasa.gov/3IZyPSV
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.@nasa TV is live as an uncrewed replacement Soyuz spacecraft prepares to launch to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. go.nasa.gov/3YWmNiz
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Scientists have found that Venus’ “squishy” surface shows signs of geothermal activity. This discovery provides a window into how planets like Earth may have had dynamic surfaces even before forming tectonic plates: go.nasa.gov/3Irmzcb
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Squishy? I don't understand these technical terms. Can you clarify?


Fueled by a heatwave and prolonged drought, fires continue to burn in the Iberá National Park in northeastern Argentina.

The fires began in late December 2022 and were still ablaze when #Landsat 9 took these images on Feb. 19, 2023. go.nasa.gov/41efMuW
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This false-color image makes it easier to distinguish unburned vegetation (green) from the recently burned landscapes (brown).

The image was made using infrared, near infrared, and visible light data from #Landsat 9.
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What we learn about other planets informs our understanding of our own planet. A new study using archival NASA data shows that Venus may be geologically active in regions called coronae, providing hints about early tectonic activity on Earth. go.nasa.gov/3Isy03b
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Pacybara: Accurate long-read sequencing for barcoded mutagenized allelic libraries biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/…


Two rockets on opposites side of the world stand ready to launch to the station as four Exp 68 crew members prepare to return to Earth. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Seeing the science of @NASAWebb come together is, well, it's the best! Combined observations of the exoplanet WASP-39 b show fingerprints of atoms and molecules, as well as signs of active chemistry and clouds in its atmosphere. 🤩 go.nasa.gov/3KsQyTM
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With #Crew6, we’ll gather new information in experiments that will bring us closer to our goal of landing on Mars, testing microgravity’s effect on flames and immunity, as well as collecting microorganisms from outside the Space Station. Get to know the mission.
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🔔 LIVE: Deputy Administrator @Astro_Pam speaks at the first meeting of the recently-appointed National Space Council Users' Advisory Group: nasa.gov/live
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In honor of #IntroduceAGirlToEngineeringDay, meet some of the women who support the space station and learn about their journeys from engineering to leadership for NASA and the orbiting laboratory. 🛰️ go.nasa.gov/3XUedj6
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3 days after John Glenn's landmark space flight, President John F. Kennedy met the astronaut at the Launch Operations Center (now @NASAKennedy) #OTD in 1962 to present Glenn with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

More images from this day in history: go.nasa.gov/3ShuNYV
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Amen John Glenn youtu.be/Jf6H2o0fjiY


"And in the end, we are all so close when it comes down to it. We do act like family. We are there for each other."

Nyla Trumbach is the lead mechanical test operations engineer at @NASAStennis. #IAGTED go.nasa.gov/3ILPA3L
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The @SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft for the #Crew6 mission to @Space_Station was rolled out at Launch Complex 39A overnight. More 📷 flic.kr/s/aHBqjAt42F
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Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230223.ht… #APOD
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Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries

Image Credit & Copyright: Josep Drudis

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When the astronauts of #Crew6 launch to the @Space_Station, they will have more than just great views of Earth ahead of them.

Learn more about the exciting experiments that they will perform to benefit future space exploration & those back home on Earth: go.nasa.gov/3SkbWfS
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🎶You're a shining star. No matter who you are.
Shining bright to see. What you could truly be.🎶
Once again, @NASAWebb unveils our universe. Here you can see *some* of the stars of a globular cluster. Even very dim, low mass stars can be seen. (A feat!) go.nasa.gov/3ILMCMB
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I have to do this.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.'

To all the stars!



Many stars are small, compared with our Sun (and others are much, *much* more massive). To reveal the smaller stars, @NASAWebb had to block the incredibly bright light from the crowded center of the cluster. The sky of a planet at the center would be bright and filled with stars!
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“I love video games and thought we should meet people where they are, which is another way of creating content with people in mind.”

Courtney Lee leads @NASARoman’s social media. Explore her approach to sparking excitement and curiosity about science: go.nasa.gov/3Sqpgzu
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If you have clear skies after sunset this evening, watch for the crescent Moon with bright Jupiter and Venus nearby. Details: solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatchi…

See how this celestial line-up came together using our 3D solar system simulator: go.nasa.gov/3Sk0zoc

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NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, heading to the space station to replace the Soyuz MS-22 following a radiator coolant leak. @nasa TV coverage begins at 7pm ET, Thursday, Feb. 23. go.nasa.gov/3kjvvZ1
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An uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch Thursday, Feb. 23, to replace the Soyuz MS-22 ship after its radiator coolant leaked last Dec. Live coverage will begin at 7pm ET (0000 UTC), with liftoff set for 7:24pm ET: go.nasa.gov/3kjvvZ1

Watch on nasa.gov/live
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Coolant leak! We’ve got a coolant leak in the warp core! I estimate a warp core breach in two minutes!


Two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies are on collision courses in a new study by @ChandraXray. Researchers suspect dwarf galaxies merge to create larger galaxies like our Milky Way & may give insight into our galaxy’s past: go.nasa.gov/3IMggRT
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Starstruck? 🌟

This Hubble image shows star cluster M92. About 27,000 light-years away, it’s one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy.

Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars held together by their gravitational attraction: go.nasa.gov/41l5Jo8
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I often wonder what the night sky would look like near the centre of one of these globular clusters


M92 was also one of @NASAWebb's first science observations, partially to test how well Webb observes stars that are densely packed together. Plus, Webb operates at longer wavelengths and is able to detect smaller, fainter stars in shorter amounts of time: go.nasa.gov/41gVa5o
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If you're curious about the empty portion, the center of M92 is very bright, so Webb isn’t able to capture it at the same time as the fainter stars at the edges.

Webb’s new observations can be combined with Hubble's existing data, allowing astronomers to learn more about M92.
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Four Exp 68 crewmates prep for return to Earth next month during @ISS_Research operations. They also await a Soyuz crew ship launch set for 7:24pm ET on Thursday and the @SpaceX #Crew6 launch at 1:45am on Monday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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NASA's Chandra Space Telescope uses its Xray eyes to spy black holes on a collision course! These black hole pairs are at the center of dwarf galaxies and the impending mergers can help us understand the early universe. Yay, @chandraxray! go.nasa.gov/3XNTYU8
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar on Feb. 21, 2023 after traveling across the Indian Ocean for two weeks.

This @noaa-20 photo was taken just prior to landfall.
🌀: go.nasa.gov/3lXjAAP
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Gold stars for you! 🌟

Shown here is M92, a cluster of thousands of stars located 27,000 light-years away in our Milky Way. One of Webb’s first science observations, this was taken as part of a program designed to help scientists make the most of Webb: go.nasa.gov/3ILMCMB
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Gold stars for you! 🌟

Shown here is M92, a cluster of thousands of stars located 27,000 light-years away in our Milky Way. One of Webb’s first science observations, this was taken as part of a program designed to help scientists make the most of Webb: go.nasa.gov/3ILMCMB
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Why is part of this view black? The core of this cluster is too bright to capture at the same time as the fainter stars at the edges. In this format, Webb’s data also overlaps nicely with existing @NASAHubble data, allowing scientists to combine both sets to learn something new.
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They are really just making up excuses for why a monolith is blocking their telescope.

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