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#25YearsAgo today, STS-87, the 8th Space Shuttle flight of 1997, launched on its way to the @Space_Station. One of the notable achievements from this mission: Takao Doi became the first Japanese citizen to walk in space!

Check out other STS-87 highlights: https://go.nasa.gov/3ArHqsC
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NASA - STS-87

Mission Archives - STS-87
Lynda Warnock: KSC
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Happy Launchiversary, MAVEN! 9 years and still going strong! 👏 Catch up with all the latest from the MAVEN orbiter: https://mars.nasa.gov/maven/ #NASAhistory

Mars MAVEN Orbiter - NASA

NASA MAVEN Orbiter - overview, videos, images and information
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#HappyBirthday to the first American in space—pilot, naval aviator, and first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon—Alan Shepard! As one of the original NASA Mercury 7, and commander of Apollo 14, he was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990 🧑🚀 #NASAhistory
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One of those days 😖 #OTD in 2008 during their first EVA of STS-126, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen were working on @Space_Station construction when a grease gun leaked grease into a crew tool bag. While they tried to clean off the grease, the bag drifted away. #NASAhistory
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, what will concentrate solar energy best of all? In the 1960s @NASAglenn was working to develop systems that provide electrical power in space. One project was a Brayton cycle engine that used a large mirror to collect the sun's rays. Info in ALT text. #NASAhistory
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If you've been watching the #Artemis livestream, you may be wondering about the orange spacesuits on Snoopy and Moonikin Campos. Since 1986, pressurized "Pumpkin Suits" have been used for the ascent and entry portions of a space flight. 📙 Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3UOMe3u #NASAhistory

NASA - Spacesuits Built to Handle Pressure

A close look at the launch and entry suits astronauts wear.
Steven Siceloff, KSC
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🥾 Did you know that astronauts hike as part of their training? Hiking has been an element of astronaut survival training since the early 1960s and was part of geological training in the Apollo years. Enjoy these trekking images of @NASA_Astronauts for #NationalHikingDay #NASAhistory
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On the final mission to NASA's Skylab space station, launched #OTD in 1973, astronaut Bill Pogue (right) carried a flag representing 67 Native American tribes of Oklahoma as a symbol of pride in his Native American heritage. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://go.nasa.gov/3TF2v9F #NASAhistory

William Pogue

NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.
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Nearly 50 years elapsed between these two photos. #WeAreGoing!!! ⬇️ #Apollo17 at 12:33 a.m. ET on Dec. 7, 1972 ↘️ #Artemis I 1:47 a.m. ET today #NASAhistory
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Who's ready for a rocket launch!? 🚀 This dazzling sunset photo of Space Shuttle Atlantis was taken by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls @nasahqphoto the evening before the launch of STS-129: 13 years ago today. #NASAhistory
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We remember pilot Michael J. Adams, who perished #OTD 55 years ago when his X-15 broke apart after flying above an altitude of 50 miles. His was the only fatality of the X-15 program. Adams was posthumously awarded Astronaut Wings. Read more about Adams: https://go.nasa.gov/3E59Qd3 #NASAhistory

X-15 - Biography

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Success! #OTD 56 years ago, Gemini XII splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean 4 days after it had been launched into space, with astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin onboard! Postflight medical examination determined both astronauts were in good shape. 🧑🚀🧑🚀 #NASAhistory
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#50YearsAgo today, the second NASA Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-2) was launched. Dedicated to gamma-ray astronomy, it provided NASA with the first detailed look at the sky at gamma-ray wavelengths! @NASAUniverse #NASAhistory
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These women computers at the Muroc Flight Test Unit (now @NASAArmstrong) took advantage of a rare snowy day in California #OTD in 1949. ☃️ Their work: doing laborious calculations from long strips of data recorded by onboard aircraft instruments. @WomenNASA #AviationHistoryMonth #NASAhistory
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Remembering Ed White, aerospace engineer, test pilot, and the first NASA astronaut to step out of a spacecraft and let go, who was born on this day in 1930. More about this courageous trailblazer who was lost too soon: https://go.nasa.gov/3A12XrN #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1592238452145549314#m

Ed White

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An electrifying launch to the Moon ⚡ Within the 1st minute after its launch at 11:22 am #OTD in 1969, Apollo 12 was hit by lightning twice, knocking out many of the craft's electrical systems. Find out how mission control and the crew saved the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/3UFwC1K #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1592190623590846465#m

50 Years Ago: Return to the Moon

Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Mariner 9 successfully entered Mars orbit #OTD in 1971, beating the Soviet Mars 2 spacecraft which had an 11-day head start, to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet! Taking over 7,000 pictures, Mariner 9 mapped 85% of Mars's surface. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3zZ4zTe #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591838316030087173#m

In Depth | Mariner 09 – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
NASA Solar System Exploration
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60 years ago today, Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was named as pilot for Mercury-Atlas 9, the last mission of the Mercury Program. Cooper was the last NASA astronaut to be launched into orbit on a solo flight! Get more Gordo photos and stories: https://go.nasa.gov/3tgPGI9 #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591876051138854912#m

Gordon Cooper

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Gemini ✅ Next up, Apollo At 3:46 PM #OTD in 1966, the last mission of the ♊ Program, Gemini XII, launched from Cape Canaveral! Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin successfully docked with the Agena target vehicle and Aldrin performed 3 spacewalks. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3TsDAq3 #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591170403048849423#m

55 Years Ago: Gemini XII Closes Out a Successful Program

The primary objectives of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.
Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the last day we heard from the Viking 1 lander after its 6 years of collecting images, weather data and soil composition information from the surface of the Red Planet. @NASAMars Learn more about Viking 1: https://go.nasa.gov/3EcZmK0 #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591083372113121281#m

In Depth | Viking 1 – NASA Solar System Exploration

Viking 1 made the first truly successful landing on Mars. The Soviet Mars 3 lander claimed a technical first, but contact was lost almost immediately.
NASA Solar System Exploration
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#40YearsAgo today in 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia was launched for STS-5, the first official "operational" Shuttle mission. 4 astronauts made up the crew for this 5 day mission on which two commercial communications satellites were deployed, ANIK C-3 and SitS-C. #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591113531310559232#m
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Lifting off at 10:10am #OTD in 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia made its second trip to space for STS-2 with astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly on board. It was also Truly's birthday! What better way to celebrate than making your first trip to space. #HappyBirthday Richard Truly! #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591448238686670848#m
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Voyager 1's Saturn #photography: 💯 @NASAVoyager 1 flew by Saturn #OTD in 1980, discovering 3 moons (Atlas, Prometheus & Pandora) and taking this shot as it sped by on its way out of our solar system. Learn more about Voyager's rendezvous with Saturn: https://go.nasa.gov/3UEm8jP #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591475916806721538#m

Voyager - Saturn Approach

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Loss of contact with the @NASAMars Phoenix lander was reported #OTD in 2008 after its successful 157 sols gathering data near Mars's north pole. Like its namesake, this craft rose from the ashes of the Mars Surveyor lander and Mars Polar Lander missions: https://go.nasa.gov/3DRKcbD #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590788890281054246#m

15 Years Ago: Phoenix Mars Lander Launches to the Red Planet

Mars has long fascinated us as a place possibly once hospitable to life. The early robotic missions of the 1960s relayed images of a Moon-like cratered terrain with a forbiddingly cold and thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Remembering astronaut Ron Evans on his birthday. 🫡 As the command module pilot for #Apollo17, Evans holds the record for most time spent in lunar orbit. Read about how Ron and his wife Jan chose to commemorate his trip to the Moon in our newsletter: https://go.nasa.gov/3A1rMEb #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590751152693514244#m
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A near miss! 🆘 #OTD in 1962, research pilot Jack McKay made a crash landing of the X-15 #2 aircraft after an engine failure. McKay sustained injuries but eventually recovered and returned to flying and the craft was repaired and returned to service: https://go.nasa.gov/3UfP41l #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590388755634036738#m

X-15 #2 Crash Landing

NASA research pilot Jack McKay was injured in a crash landing of the X-15 #2 on November 9, 1962.
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Which Apollo mission is #Artemis I most analogous to? One answer is Apollo 4 (SA-501), the first "all-up" uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V rocket, which launched from @NASAKennedy 55 years ago today! 🧵 1/3 #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590358556695330816#m
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Defective satellites now 25% off! #OTD in 1984, STS-51A launched on a mission to show that the Shuttle orbiters could be used to retrieve malfunctioning satellites in orbit and return them to Earth. 2 satellites were brought back and refurbished. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3heifTx #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590026371216322561#m

35 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company”

Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Who's your STEM inspiration? This #NationalSTEMDay, we celebrate the men and women of NASA's history who have furthered aeronautics and space exploration, inspiring generations of young people to follow in their footsteps! 📷 Mary W. Jackson, NASA's first black female engineer #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590003715934765062#m
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#60YearsAgoToday, Grumman was awarded the contract to build the Apollo Lunar Module, the lander that carried astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface for the Apollo Program. It is the only crewed vehicle to land anywhere besides Earth! More: https://go.nasa.gov/3T43H6s #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1589702697371959297#m

50 Years Ago: The Apollo Lunar Module

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM), built by the Grumman Corporation in Bethpage, NY, was the vehicle that would take two astronauts down to the lunar surface and return them to the waiting Command Module in lunar orbit.
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The Mars Global Surveyor, launched #NOW in 1996, was the first successful mission to the Red Planet since the Viking launches of 1975. Over its 9 years in orbit, it sent more than 240,000 images back to Earth, including this one of Mars's north pole. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3hcvTXx #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1589664227769319426#m

In Depth | Mars Global Surveyor – NASA Solar System Exploration

Mars Global Surveyor returned more than 240,000 images to Earth. It also scouted landing sites for three Mars rovers as well as the Phoenix lander.
NASA Solar System Exploration
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#OTD in 2014, @nasa announced that data from the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) showed that the dark space between galaxies is brighter than we once thought! Learn about the potential source of the surplus infrared light here: https://go.nasa.gov/3E2q5cb #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1589339338747297795#m

NASA Rocket Experiment Finds the Universe Brighter Than We Thought

A NASA sounding rocket experiment has detected a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, a diffuse cosmic glow as bright as all known galaxies combined.
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Galileo's Farewell Tour 👋 #OTD in 2002, the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter's moon Amalthea marking the probe's last moon flyby. What it discovered about the red, irregularly-shaped moon was a surprise: Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3fk3BJW #NASAhistory http://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1588984501803384833#m

Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation Theories

Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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60 years ago today, Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was named as pilot for Mercury-Atlas 9, the last mission of the Mercury Program. Cooper was the last NASA astronaut to be launched into orbit on a solo flight! Get more Gordo photos and stories: https://go.nasa.gov/3tgPGI9 #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591876051138854912#m

Gordon Cooper

NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.
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Mariner 9 successfully entered Mars orbit #OTD in 1971, beating the Soviet Mars 2 spacecraft which had an 11-day head start, to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet! Taking over 7,000 pictures, Mariner 9 mapped 85% of Mars's surface. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3zZ4zTe #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591838316030087173#m

In Depth | Mariner 09 – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
NASA Solar System Exploration
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Which Apollo mission is #Artemis I most analogous to? One answer is Apollo 4 (SA-501), the first "all-up" uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V rocket, which launched from @NASAKennedy 55 years ago today! 🧵 1/3 #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590358556695330816#m
#artemis #NASAhistory

A near miss! 🆘 #OTD in 1962, research pilot Jack McKay made a crash landing of the X-15 #2 aircraft after an engine failure. McKay sustained injuries but eventually recovered and returned to flying and the craft was repaired and returned to service: https://go.nasa.gov/3UfP41l #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590388755634036738#m

X-15 #2 Crash Landing

NASA research pilot Jack McKay was injured in a crash landing of the X-15 #2 on November 9, 1962.
NASA
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Defective satellites now 25% off! #OTD in 1984, STS-51A launched on a mission to show that the Shuttle orbiters could be used to retrieve malfunctioning satellites in orbit and return them to Earth. 2 satellites were brought back and refurbished. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3heifTx #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1590026371216322561#m

35 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company”

Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Lifting off at 10:10am #OTD in 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia made its second trip to space for STS-2 with astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly on board. It was also Truly's birthday! What better way to celebrate than making your first trip to space. #HappyBirthday Richard Truly! #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591448238686670848#m
#otd #NASAhistory #happybirthday

#40YearsAgo today in 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia was launched for STS-5, the first official "operational" Shuttle mission. 4 astronauts made up the crew for this 5 day mission on which two commercial communications satellites were deployed, ANIK C-3 and SitS-C. #NASAhistory https://nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/1591113531310559232#m
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