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A Soaring Success!

#OTD in 1977, NASA's first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise completed its first free flight, with Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton piloting it down to the runway at @NASAArmstrong.

Watch video from the flight: go.nasa.gov/4557hE3
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In 2022, severe lightning ignited fires in Alaska. 🔥

A year later, @VUamsterdam scientists with @nasa’s ABoVE project are studying the burned tundra to understand how Arctic fires impact plants, soil, permafrost and more. go.nasa.gov/3DQ2fiF
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Since leaving Earth 18 years ago today, @nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet and captured stunning imagery from above. See more highlights from this veteran explorer: go.nasa.gov/47pY8rf
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This week at NASA:

The @NASAArtemis II astronauts visit the spacecraft that will take them around the Moon, teams practice recovery for the #Artemis II splashdown, and @NASAWebb takes another look at the most distant star ever detected.

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Ghirigori - Star Scribbles

Image Credit & Copyright: Paolo Palma

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Ghirigori - Star Scribbles apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230812.ht… #APOD
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Much of our exploration of other worlds in our solar system begins at home.

More on Planetary Analog Studies: solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/p…
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Then, at 3:30pm ET (1930 UTC), we'll host a NASA Science Live show to discuss recent climate trends and how we can use satellite data to manage the effects of climate change. Use #AskNASA and your questions may get answered on air: youtube.com/live/HZ3q7yArd_8?f…
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On the heels of record-breaking June temperatures, @NASAEarth and @NOAA climate experts will give an update on the latest data at 11am ET (1500 UTC) on Monday, Aug. 14: go.nasa.gov/442EmiB
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NASA to Discuss Temperature Data, Climate Goals nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to… #NASA
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NASA discutirá datos de temperatura, objetivos climáticos nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-di… #NASA
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You are in space✨
The famous Pale Blue Dot reveals Earth as a bit of light in a sunbeam from 3.8 billion miles (6 billion km) away. @NASAVoyager was much closer than we can get to exoplanets, but rare photographs reveal exoplanets as bright dots. But those dots...
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Botany, physics, and spacewalk cleanup duties continued on Friday as the @NorthropGrumman #Cygnus cargo craft fired its engines to boost the station. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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MEDIA: Register to join us in Utah to see preparations for the return of the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying America’s first asteroid sample collected in space. The event will also include a news conference, and tours of the landing area and clean room. go.nasa.gov/455LBrx
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#OTD in 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured these images of the asteroid Vesta on its mission to characterize the processes of our solar system's early evolution.

More about Dawn's mission: go.nasa.gov/47d7qXB
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Me: drinks lots of water, eats healthy, does my skincare routine

My skin:
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a moon turning silently in the abyss, the ravages of time and space written across its face


Vote now for our #SXSW panel picker topic to hear firsthand from the #Artemis II astronauts, the first crew to venture into deep space aboard @NASA_Orion.

Learn how the Artemis II mission will help @nasa establish a long-term presence on the Moon. bit.ly/3Ov8hKG
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I voted for your panel! Sounds terrific. Mine is about high and low tech methods mediums/psychics employ to communicate with spirits. #paranormalpanel #swsw panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/1337…


Students from Oklahoma and Texas will have the opportunity to hear from @NASA_Astronauts aboard the station.

The calls with astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio will air live on NASA TV on Aug. 14. nasa.gov/press-release/oklahom…
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The glowing, ghostly galaxy in this #HubbleFriday image is called NGC 6684.

Located 44 million light-years from Earth, it resides in the constellation Pavo! Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3OqgnUO
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it has a distinctive Deep Space 9 feel to its shape!


NASA Seeks Student Ideas for 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-se… #NASA
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Messier 51 in 255 Hours

Image Credit & Copyright: The Deep Sky Collective - Carl Björk, Thomas Bähnck, Sebastian Donoso, Jake Gentillon, Antoine and Dalia Grelin, Stephen Guberski, Richard Hall, Tino Heuberger, Jason Jacks, Paul Kent, Brian Meyers, William Ostling, Nicolas Puig, Tim Schaeffer, Felix Schöfbänker, Mikhail Vasilev

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Five Meters over Mars

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Ingenuity

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how wide is the lens on that drone (in 35mm format equivalent, if you can manage.)


NASA’s Disasters Program has been activated in support of the fires in Hawaii. As new information becomes available, maps and data products will be posted on the open-access portal: go.nasa.gov/3qqlht2
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The Exp 69 crew studied life science and physics today then cleaned up after a spacewalk. The #Cygnus cargo craft will also fire its engines to boost the station's orbit on Friday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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A fast-moving wildfire in Maui occurred during a period of strong winds and dry conditions. In this #Landsat 8 image from Aug. 8, infrared light shows the locations of active fires in yellow. The fires burned in the town of Lahaina and northwest of Kihei. go.nasa.gov/3OSyJPU
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Khanun isn't the only storm active in the Pacific right now. The @NOAA-@nasa Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of storms Khanun, Lan and Dora on August 9, 2023.
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Tropical Cyclone Khanun took a zigzagging path toward the Korean Peninsula.

The @NOAA-@nasa satellite Suomi NPP captured this image on August 8 when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour. go.nasa.gov/3qnk6KX
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Dry conditions and strong winds helped fuel destructive wildfires on Maui.

The Landsat 8 satellite captured this image in infrared on Aug. 8 at 10:25pm Hawaii Time: go.nasa.gov/47lzubn
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@gedeonm Looks like a man in a pain medication commercial. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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Learn more about how @nasa engineers test a prototype Mars lander: go.nasa.gov/3saK98q
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Oklahoma, Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station nasa.gov/press-release/oklahom… #NASA
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More than 2,000 light-years away, eight planets orbit a Sun-like star. The rocky inner worlds are closer to the star with gas giants farther out. All eight would orbit inside Mercury's orbit around the Sun! exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1476/…
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NASA to Host Media for Asteroid Capsule Drop Test Briefing in Utah nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to… #NASA
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The capsule looks just like the one in the old movie The Andromeda Strain


If you want to journal, but don't know what to write about, here are 5 ideas to get you started. psychcentral.com/blog/5-ways-t…


Moon Meets Jupiter

Credit & Copyright: Jordi L. Coy

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Hu! Funny thing!

Those Jupiter moons are all named after locations of The Expanse!



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Webb’s vision has revealed more details about Earendel. Now we know it's more than twice as hot and about a million times more luminous than our Sun!

Based on colors observed with Webb, astronomers think Earendel may have a companion star, too: go.nasa.gov/3Ovd9iJ
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Hubble broke records by observing the farthest star ever detected, Earendel!

Thanks to a lucky cosmic alignment, the gravity of a galaxy cluster between us & Earendel magnified the star’s light: go.nasa.gov/47pbT9w

Now, we know more about it with @NASAWebb on the job! ⬇️
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All about the Perseid meteors, which are actually small pieces of space debris that originate from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle go.nasa.gov/3OQ7e9s
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The meteors are coming! ☄️ The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13. It's a great time to watch for meteors, sometimes called "shooting stars" – especially if you have access to clear, dark skies away from city lights. youtu.be/Nz6m-9MZSmE?t=65
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