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NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic astronauts who have flown in space. The table below lists these individuals of variousJohn Uri (NASA)
65 Years Ago: NASA Begins Operations
On Oct. 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially began operations. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law theJohn Uri (NASA)
NASA’s Origins - NASA
On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act “to provide for research into problems of flight within andNASA
Hey, that's us!
#OTD in 1959, Explorer 6 took the first photo of Earth ever taken by a satellite! It transmitted this image of a sunlit portion of the north central Pacific Ocean.
See more of the first photos of Earth from space: https://go.nasa.gov/3DzVhhQ
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3 days after being released from quarantine, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were showered with ticker tape and cheered on by an exuberant crowd in New York City #OTD in 1969.
More about the celebrations: https://go.nasa.gov/3Ov84Hl
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#DYK that more than 20% of the Apollo astronauts were left-handed? That's more than double the proportion of lefties in the general population! #InternationalLeftHandersDay
📷 A reunion of former astronauts at @NASA_Johnson in August 1978
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Smoking hot on your birthday 🔥 🙌
5 years ago today, @nasa's Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way become the first spacecraft to touch the @NASASun!
More about its mission to unlock the mysteries of the Sun's corona: https://go.nasa.gov/3rPCJY5
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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: https://go.nasa.gov/4557hE3
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Approach and Landing Tests Film Documentary
Documentary of shuttle Enterprise on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), separating from the SCA in flight, and in free-flight. Footage shows SCA pilots Fitz...YouTube
#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: https://go.nasa.gov/47d7qXB
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Overview | Dawn – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dawn was the first mission to orbit a dwarf planet and the first two orbit two bodies in the main asteroid belt.NASA Solar System Exploration
#OTD in 2005, STS-114 completed the Space Shuttle Program's 14-day "Return to Space" mission, the first after the tragic loss of Columbia 2.5 years earlier.
More: https://go.nasa.gov/45cQfnh
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STS-114 - NASA
STS-114 was the first Return to Flight mission since the tragic loss of Columbia Feb. 1, 2003. Two and a half years were spent researching and implementing safety improvements for orbiters and external tanks.Empty Test
Apollo, X-planes, and everything in-between: celebrate #BookLoversDay with some aerospace history!
We have more than 200 books in our NASA History Series available to download for free: https://go.nasa.gov/3YpXPJ1
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History Publications and Resources - NASA
The NASA History Series includes over 200 books and monographs on a wide range of topics from rockets and wind tunnels to the psychology and sociology ofEmpty Test
Revolutionary!
The GRACE mission, launched on March 12, 2002, flew twin spacecraft around Earth to measure tiny variations in gravity, and revolutionized our view of how water moves on our planet over its 15 years of operation.
A retrospective: https://go.nasa.gov/47e6HoZ
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GRACE Mission: 15 Years of Watching Water on Earth
In 15 years of operations, the GRACE satellite mission has dramatically changed our view of how water moves and is stored on Earth.NASA
We've got cosmic kitty content covered for #InternationalCatDay!
Captured by @chandraxray in 2002, this is actually two supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/47nlzRT
#meow
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#OTD 5 years ago, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captured its first light image, showing a wide swath of the southern sky using all four of its wide field cameras (image from one camera shown here).
Read about what TESS is up to now: https://go.nasa.gov/3OGqvKE
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Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellite (TESS) - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
#OTD in 1971, the Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour," with astronauts Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin aboard, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to end their mission. Although 1 of the 3 main parachutes collapsed, the crew was unharmed.
Read: https://go.nasa.gov/3QixFFR
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Owen Garriott (shown here) and his Skylab 3 crewmates performed a nearly 6.5 hour spacewalk #OTD in 1973 to install a 2-pole sunshade, change the film on the Apollo Telescope Mount, and install and repair equipment for experiments. #Skylab50
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/47rmpNR
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50 Years Ago: Second Skylab Crew Begins Record-Breaking Mission
On July 28, 1973, the second crew to occupy Skylab, American’s first space station, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on a planned two-month mission, at the time the longest human spaceflight.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Did Mars ever have the right conditions to support life?
#OTD in 2012, the @MarsCuriosity rover landed on the Red Planet. Sampling Martian rocks over 19 miles and 11 years, Curiosity continues to shine a light on Mars's history.
Where is Curiosity now? https://go.nasa.gov/3YksJT8
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Home | Curiosity – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity is the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars. View the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.NASA Mars Exploration
More than what meets the eye...
@NASAJuno launched on its 5-year journey to Jupiter #OTD in 2011. It has revealed what's under the planet's outer layer of swirling clouds, and provided unprecedented views of Jupiter and its moons.
What is Juno up to now? https://go.nasa.gov/456QkZw
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Juno - Jupiter Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch and mission summary for NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, which will help reveal the origin and evolution of Jupiter as well as our solar system.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
On his birthday, we remember the illustrious Neil Armstrong: test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, professor, and of course, the first person to set foot on the Moon.
Watch: 54 years ago today, Armstrong celebrated while in quarantine 🎂 https://go.nasa.gov/45aziKc
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✂️ Aug 5, 1969: Neil Armstrong's Birthday in Quarantine
13 seconds · Clipped by Michele Ostovar · Original video "Armstrong's Birthday in the LRL" by NASA JohnsonYouTube
Phoenix is so hot! 🔥
The Phoenix Mars Lander that is. #OTD in 2007, Phoenix was launched to the Red Planet on a mission to investigate the biological potential in Mars's icy far North. @NASAMars @NASAJPL
Dig in to its chilly findings: https://go.nasa.gov/459vyZb
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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)
We've got the data to prove it: @nasa has the right stuff when it comes to #ArchivesScience!
📷 In 1949, human computers obtain data from rows of manometers below the 18x18-inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel at @NASAglenn. #ArchivesHashtagParty
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5 years ago today, NASA announced the first @Commercial_Crew assignments to fly to the @Space_Station on SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft.
In 2020, @NASA_Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken became the first to be launched from US soil since the last space shuttle flight in 2011.
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The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury 🛰️
#OTD in 2004, the MESSENGER spacecraft launched to Mercury. It returned nearly 300,000 images over its 4 years in Mercury's orbit, revealing past volcanic activity and the presence of water ice.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/454jLvc
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In Depth | MESSENGER – 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
My favourite moon experiment was when the new camera refused to work, so some highly trained for anything moonwalker hit it with a hammer, a very expensive camera, a very expensive hammer, and the best part is: the camera started to work!
Only its tripod was never designed to absorb such a blow, and I recall the crystal clear video slowly tilting over, coming to rest pointing directly at the sun for a brief moment before going permanently dark.
Anyone else remember this?
What could be better than experiments in space? Experiments on the Moon!
#OTD in 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott performed his feather and hammer experiment on the Moon, demonstrating that without air resistance all objects fall at the same rate. https://go.nasa.gov/47cbHuk
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The Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop – Moon: NASA Science
At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, Commander David Scott (pictured above) performed a live demonstration for the television cameras.Moon: NASA Science
During their first few days on Skylab, @NASA_Astronauts Al Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma moved slowly to minimize their vertigo as they adjusted to weightlessness.
In this image taken #OTD in 1973, they have a meal together. #Skylab50
More: https://go.nasa.gov/3DG4ULX
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50 Years Ago: Second Skylab Crew Begins Record-Breaking Mission
On July 28, 1973, the second crew to occupy Skylab, American’s first space station, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on a planned two-month mission, at the time the longest human spaceflight.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Pilot John Manke first flew the X-24B, the "flying flatiron," on a glide flight #OTD in 1973. These glide missions represented the final milestone in NASA's piloted lifting body program that helped write flight plans for space shuttle landings.
More: https://go.nasa.gov/3OCBlAZ
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NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Lifting Bodies
Lifting Bodies demonstrated the ability of pilots to maneuver and safely land a wingless vehicle.NASA
Before 1964, we had no close-up photos of the Moon, and it wasn't known if astronauts could feasibly land on its surface. That changed when Ranger 7 sent back 4,316 images of the lunar surface before impacting the Moon #OTD in 1964.
More about Ranger 7: https://go.nasa.gov/3QhaGv4
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Astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin landed the Apollo 15 lunar module "Falcon" at the Hadley-Appenine site on the Moon #OTD in 1971. After landing, Scott performed the only stand-up EVA from the top hatch of the LM ever done.
Learn more about Apollo 15: https://go.nasa.gov/475YuTD
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Incredible journeys are better with your bestie
#OTD in 2020, the @NASAPersevere rover and Ingenuity helicopter began their adventure to Mars, lifting off from Cape Canaveral at 7:50 AM ET.
More on Perseverance: https://go.nasa.gov/3DN8xzT
And Ingenuity: https://go.nasa.gov/3O5R0HD
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover - NASA
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration.go.nasa.gov
20 years ago today, we celebrated the 1,000th day of continuous human presence on the @Space_Station.
Today is day 8,305.
📷 Expedition 7 astronaut Ed Lu and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko take some time out from work while on board the ISS, June 2003.
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The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50
Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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Skylab 3: Return to Skylab
Orbiting unoccupied since its first crew departed, Skylab, American’s first space station, prepared to welcome its second set of occupants - Commander Alan L. Bean, a veteran of the Apollo 12 Moon landing mission, and space rookies Pilot Jack R.Melanie Whiting (NASA)
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The Skylab 3 mission launched #50YearsAgo today with astronauts Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott on board, ready for a record-breaking 59-day mission furthering science on the Skylab space station. #Skylab50
Revisit Skylab 3: https://go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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Skylab 3: Return to Skylab
Orbiting unoccupied since its first crew departed, Skylab, American’s first space station, prepared to welcome its second set of occupants - Commander Alan L. Bean, a veteran of the Apollo 12 Moon landing mission, and space rookies Pilot Jack R.Melanie Whiting (NASA)
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Clap your solar… uh… paddles? and head to the next trivia night if you guessed Nimbus 4!
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Pawsitively the best astronaut portrait ever! 🐶
For his official NASA portrait in 2007, former astronaut Leland Melvin snuck his two fur babies, Jake and Scout, in to NASA's Johnson Space Center to pose with him. #NationalDogDay
Got a photo of you + space + your dog? Show us!
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Get in Irwin, we're going Moon driving!
Apollo 15, the 4th mission to put humans on the Moon, launched #OTD in 1971. Folded up in the lunar module (LM) was the first Lunar Roving Vehicle, allowing Dave Scott and Jim Irwin to venture farther from the LM. https://go.nasa.gov/43FoEKi
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The first Landsat satellite was launched 51 years ago on July 23, 1972. It was built on the same platform as another satellite from its time, giving them a similar appearance. For #TriviaTuesday, tell us which one!
A) Nimbus 4
B) Intelsat IV
C) Uhuru
D) GOES 1
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The first Landsat satellite was launched 51 years ago on July 23, 1973. It was built on the same platform as another satellite from its time, giving them a similar appearance. For #TriviaTuesday, tell us which one!
A) Nimbus 4
B) Intelsat IV
C) Uhuru
D) GOES 1
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