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.@NASAKennedy teams are performing the final checkouts of @NASA_Orion’s service module before joining it with the crew module.

The service module will provide water, air, propulsion, & more to the #Artemis II astronauts as they journey around the Moon go.nasa.gov/45UsAZZ
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Our Artifacts program is open! Eligible institutions can apply to receive historic NASA artifacts to use in STEM education. Create an account and search for items including shuttle tiles, science instruments and spacecraft models like this @NASA_SLS model: go.nasa.gov/3MXGvpc
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The Exp 69 crew is unloading the @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft while two @NASA_Astronauts prepare to install a roll-out solar array during a spacewalk on Friday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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How do we know what Earth's climate was like long ago?

If you look closely, there are clues just about everywhere across our globe. Some are easy to see and others are more subtle. @NASAClimate scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt explains more. Want even more?: climate.nasa.gov/faq/20/how-do…
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How do we know what Earth's climate was like long ago? If you look closely, there are clues just about everywhere across our globe. Some are easy to see and others are more subtle. @NASAClimate scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt explains.

Want even more?: go.nasa.gov/3NihKpm
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The cores of two collapsed stars violently merge to release a burst of the deadliest and most powerful form of light, known as gamma rays. These beams shine a million trillion times brighter than the Sun for up to 30 seconds! go.nasa.gov/45TpaX6
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R to @NWS: Check the air quality in your area at airnow.gov


Fires in Canada are sending smoke across the U.S.

This @nasa GMAO animation models where the smoke may travel in the coming days. Concentrations of PM2.5 – small particles common in smoke that degrade air quality – are shown in yellows and reds.
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I’m in southwestern Ontario, the worst of it right now. I have respiratory disease and have spent the day hiding in my room with my air purifier on max. I hope it rains soon.


Gemini IV, crewed by @NASA_Astronauts Jim McDivitt and Ed White, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean #OTD in 1965 after a successful 4-day mission including the first ever American spacewalk.

More about Gemini IV: go.nasa.gov/3quLq9O
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50 years ago: the first ever repair spacewalk! 🔧

When Skylab was launched on May 14, 1973, one of the solar arrays on its Orbital Workshop was ripped off and the other was jammed closed with debris. The space station was losing power.
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#OTD in 1973, astronauts Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin were finally able to free the jammed solar array during a challenging 3 hour and 25 minute spacewalk.

Skylab's power source was restored and the crew could get back to doing science! go.nasa.gov/3NbuWME
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Refill, please! 🥛

Shasta Lake, California’s largest reservoir, filled to nearly 100% capacity last month. Heavy rains and meltwater from an above-average snowpack earlier this year helped counter a prolonged drought. go.nasa.gov/43Pmok7
#Landsat watched it fill up ⤵️
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Out of curiosity, do you know what has been the impact to our groundwater systems in California? Do you have a way of measuring the health of our aquifers?
And, while we’re at it, do you have a way of providing a map of aquifer basin health in different parts of the US?


M94: A Double Ring Galaxy apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230607.ht… #APOD
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M94: A Double Ring Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Brennan

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Hoag's Object

Look closely around the 1 o'clock position to see another distant ring galaxy in the background.

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More than 2,700 light-years from Earth, eight planets orbit a star slightly larger than our Sun. This system was found using machine learning; researchers trained computers to look for signs of planets in data from the Kepler Space Telescope. exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1476/…
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Fires are still burning in Canada.

New fires – some caused by lightning – raged in Quebec in early June, prompting evacuations and air quality warnings.

@nasa’s Aqua satellite captured this image of smoke from the fires on June 3, 2023. go.nasa.gov/3oQEN10
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I was breathing that in today all the way over in Toronto. And we had it good compared to many places.
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It's haunting! It was not so great here in Toronto either, but it looks like you may have had it worse. We are at the mercy of the winds.


Cosmic smoke & telescope mirrors?

Webb found complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth. This sets a new record for the most distant detection of these big, complicated molecules: bit.ly/43M4YEG
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If you guessed the Chausey Islands in the English Channel, you're correct! This area has some of the largest tidal ranges on Earth. go.nasa.gov/3J3Cyyb
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y’all- just spill the beans on the aliens already


Go with the flow this #OceanMonth 🌊

France’s Chausey Islands, located in the English Channel, experience some of the largest tidal ranges on Earth.

365 islands are present during low tide (left image), but only 52 remain when tides are high (right). go.nasa.gov/3J3Cyyb
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What does it take to get ready for a spacewalk?

Here's a behind-the-scenes look with @Astro_Woody, who will make his first trip outside the @Space_Station on Friday, June 9:
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"'NASA for all.' That's something that I think is really important because we are the universe, right? We are made of star stuff."

Celebrate #Pride and learn how Rebecca Sirmons helps tell the story of the universe as NASA TV's executive producer: go.nasa.gov/3IVxzj7
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''It is not darkness that unites us,
not the cold distance of space''
Send your name to Europa: europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-b…
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Peer pressure.

@NASAHubble spots a galaxy about 50 million light-years away that holds some surprises: Two nearby galaxies are influencing it and it may or may not have a supermassive black hole at its center. go.nasa.gov/45It84O
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Happy 91st birthday to the seventh person to walk on the Moon, Dave Scott! 🎂 🎉

For this #TriviaTuesday, tell us which other Apollo Moon walker he flew with on the Gemini VIII mission in 1966.

More photos and stories from the birthday boy's missions: go.nasa.gov/3WXumFC
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It’s puzzler time 🧩

Tell us what we’re looking at and where in the world this is. Bonus points if you can tell us why it’s interesting!

We’ll share the answer at 3 p.m. EST. go.nasa.gov/43gMVH3
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cocoon with star child. Pretty obvious. Oh, and avoid Europa.


Meet galaxy cluster MACS 1206.

In this #HubbleClassic view, some galaxies appear warped. This is caused by gravitational lensing, which occurs when the gravity of a massive object (like a cluster of galaxies) distorts light coming from behind it: go.nasa.gov/43O8qyV
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Over 7,000 pounds of new experiments, new solar arrays, and other cargo has arrived at the station after the @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft docked to the Harmony module at 5:54am ET today. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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The @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is seen with with its nose cone open approaching the space station above western Asia. Watch live now... nasa.gov/live
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The @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is approaching the station today packed with over 7,000 pounds of cargo. It will dock at 5:50am ET live on @nasa TV. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Star Eats Planet

Illustrative Video Credit: K. Miller & R. Hurt (Caltech, IPAC)

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For millions of years after the big bang, the universe was filled with an opaque fog. Within a billion years, the fog cleared and the universe became transparent. @NASAWebb is helping us understand by studying some of the earliest galaxies we've ever seen. go.nasa.gov/3qui2k5
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Norse mythology. In the beginning, fire on one side, ice on the other. In the middle, a foggy chasm. Always neat when science and mythology meet.
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Everything in that deep field view is a galaxy. :boggle:


LIVE: Tune in as we review next steps for the Psyche mission, set to launch no earlier than Oct. 2023. The spacecraft will study a metal-rich asteroid of the same name that may be the partial core of a building block of rocky planets in our solar system. youtube.com/watch?v=kVsTaLcP7M…
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Astrophysicists and citizen scientists teamed up to find three possible exoplanets in the last data from the Kepler telescope -- as it was running out of fuel. (Two planets were confirmed.) go.nasa.gov/3MEFSkw
#MondayMotivation: Follow @DoNASAScience and discover worlds!
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@2ndStar
FYI

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GRBs (gamma-ray bursts) produce the highest energy light in the universe from catastrophic star events. A recent burst was nicknamed the BOAT (for brightest of all time), the 7-minute blast may have been the brightest GRB in 10,000 years! go.nasa.gov/3X0q3tc
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Liftoff! 🚀

@SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is headed to the station following a successful launch at 11:47am ET today. #CRS28 will deliver new science, food, supplies and equipment to the station. Docking is set for 5:50am ET on June 6. More: go.nasa.gov/3qw2gFm
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Watching a breakup like 🫣🧊

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of the Amundsen Gulf in northern Canada before (left) and after (right) fast ice broke up in late May of 2023. go.nasa.gov/43H72hl
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All the exoplanet locations can be further explored here: exoplanets.nasa.gov/travel

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Dragon flies! @SpaceX's #CRS28 cargo launch lifted off from @NASAKennedy at 11:47am ET (1547 UTC). Learn more about the @ISS_Research it's sending to space: go.nasa.gov/43dcbOt
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LIVE: We're sending science—and a new set of unrolling solar arrays—to the @Space_Station!

@SpaceX's uncrewed #CRS28 mission is scheduled to launch at 11:47am ET (1547 UTC), weather permitting. Watch with us. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1PlJQ…
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