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37 years later to the day, the MESSENGER spacecraft sent back the first photo of Mercury from orbit #OTD in 2011! MESSENGER gave scientists the first new data on the composition of Mercury's surface since Mariner 10's final 1975 flyby.
More about Mercury: go.nasa.gov/3lPVmIT
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Exploration | Mercury – 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
Higher res photos please!
Mariner 7, launched #OTD in 1969, along with its twin Mariner 6 launched a month earlier, were sent to Mars to study its surface and atmosphere during close flybys. @NASAMars
Left: Mariner 4 photo of Mars, 1965
Right: Mariner 7 photo of Mars, 1969
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Clocking a time of 11.2 years, the Opportunity @NASAMars Rover completed a marathon on the red planet #OTD in 2015, travelling 26.2 miles (42.2 km).
Planned to last 3 months, Opportunity's mission lasted to 2018: go.nasa.gov/3lqD0Oz
What enduring NASA mission is your fave?
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Opportunity Mars Rover Finishes Marathon in Just Over 11 Years
There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday -- 26.2 miles (42.NASA
100 points if you know the Gemini III spacecraft's nickname! 💯
The first crewed flight of the Gemini spacecraft and America's first space flight with TWO astronauts (Gus Grissom & John Young) was #OTD in 1961. More on the mission: go.nasa.gov/3n8COE9
📷 Gemini III training
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Gemini Pioneered the Technology Driving Today's Exploration
Project Gemini proved to be more than a stepping stone to Apollo and the moon, it was a bridge to the future.NASA
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Comet me, bro!
Astronomer Caroline Herschel, born #OTD in 1750, was the first woman credited with discovering a comet and the first woman to earn a salary as a scientist. She went on to discover 7 additional comets in her lifetime! #WomensHistoryMonth
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Gemini VIII launched #OTD in 1966 to conduct the first ever docking in space. The docking went smoothly, but a critical failure necessitated an immediate abort of the mission.
Read about Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott's wild ride: go.nasa.gov/3JyLhZQ
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Apollo 9 splashed down #OTD in 1969 after completing its 10-day mission. It was the last crewed spacecraft to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean until Crew Dragon Demo-1 in 2019, 50 years later!
Watch a video with highlights of the Apollo 9 mission: go.nasa.gov/3ITxtaZ
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Apollo 9: 'A Hell of a Ride'
50 years ago, we tested the capabilities of our Moon landing spacecraft in Earth’s orbit. Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott and Luna...YouTube
A million-second exposure. 10,000 galaxies. One mind-blowing image.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field image unveiled a powerful, deep view of our universe #OTD in 2004.
This image only covers the amount of sky you can see through an eight-foot-long soda straw: go.nasa.gov/3FaoVLC
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Kepler Space Telescope Poster - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Kepler was NASA’s first exoplanet hunting space telescope. It ushered in a golden age of exoplanet discovery, with more than 2,600 worlds to its credit. We’re still making discoveries in Kepler’s data.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Echo, echo…
Hubble captured a “light echo” from the star V838 Mon. A sequence of images shows how a pulse of light from this star illuminated its surrounding clouds of material!
Find out more about V838 Mon, including an image released #OTD in 2004: go.nasa.gov/3SNCyG4
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This stunning aerial photo, captured from a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), shows Space Shuttle Columbia lifting off from @NASAKennedy #OTD in 1994 for STS-62.
Learn more about how the STA prepared Shuttle pilots: go.nasa.gov/3ZbIbAi
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NASA - Test Drive: Shuttle Training Aircraft Preps Astronauts for Landing
Shuttle Training Aircraft preps astronauts for landingTerry McDonald - JSC
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50 Years Ago: Pioneer 10 Launches to Explore Jupiter
Pioneer 10 began its unprecedented multi-year journey from Earth on March 2, 1972. Managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC) in California’s Silicon Valley, it was the first spacecraft designed to travel beyond the orbit of Mars.Kelli Mars (NASA)
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In Depth | Io – 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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NASA Research Pilot Bill Dana flew the HL-10 lifting body to an altitude of 90,030 ft (more than 27 km), setting the altitude record for the lifting body program #OTD in 1970.
About the HL-10: go.nasa.gov/3xM3YCy
📷 Dana after his 4th free flight in the HL-10 in Sept. 1969
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NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: HL-10 Lifting Body
HL-10 Lifting Body Project Summary Edwards, CA, from July 1966 to November 1975 to study and validate the concept of safely maneuvering and landing a low lift-over-drag vehicle designed for reentry from space.NASA
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55 Years Ago: Apollo AS-201 Test Flight
The first uncrewed spaceflight test of a production Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM), and the first launch of a Saturn-IB rocket, took place on Feb. 26, 1966.Kelli Mars (NASA)
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In Depth | Mariner 06 – 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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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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John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7
In February 1962, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. Both nations had developed spacecraft to send humans into space and selected a group of pilots to fly those spacecraft.Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Pluto Moons
Pluto's entire moon system is believed to have formed by a collision between the dwarf planet and another Kuiper Belt Object early in the history of the solar system.NASA Solar System Exploration
John Glenn made history #OTD in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. He made 3 orbits (2 of them manually controlled) in the Friendship 7 capsule before splashing down.
Read the details of this landmark space flight: go.nasa.gov/40UWMSa
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John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7
In February 1962, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. Both nations had developed spacecraft to send humans into space and selected a group of pilots to fly those spacecraft.Kelli Mars (NASA)
#OTD in 1977, Enterprise, the Space Shuttle prototype, took to the skies for the first time perched atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft high above what is now @NASAArmstrong in Edwards, CA.
Learn more about these early Shuttle tests: go.nasa.gov/3ltHoMa
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AFRC Contributions to the Space Shuttle Program
Ebook page for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Contributions to the Space Shuttle ProgramMichele Ostovar (NASA)
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Did somebody say touchdown?
NEAR Shoemaker became the 1st ever spacecraft to touch down on an asteroid #OTD in 2001. Although the probe wasn't expected to survive the landing, it surprised scientists by continuing to transmit data for ~2 weeks on Eros! go.nasa.gov/3JN2Vd0
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In Depth | NEAR Shoemaker – 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
Hubble upgrade!
STS-82, launched #OTD in 1997, was dedicated to servicing @NASAHubble. Over 5 EVAs totaling more than 33 hours, the telescope's scientific instruments were updated and Hubble's orbit was boosted by 3.2 km (2 mi).
Get the details: go.nasa.gov/3YuUhns
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About - Hubble Servicing Missions | SM2
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
"Hiya, Pal!"
Mickey Mouse greeted the astronauts and cosmonauts making up the prime crew for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project during a visit to Disney World #OTD in 1975. The visit took place at the end of a 3-day tour of the launch facilities at @NASAKennedy in Florida.
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The first Black astronaut in history to perform a spacewalk!
STS-63 Mission Specialist Bernard Harris gained this distinction #OTD in 1995. Before his 1990 selection as an astronaut, Dr. Harris worked at @NASA_Johnson as a flight surgeon & clinical scientist. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Apollo 14 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean #OTD in 1971 after a successful 9-day mission! It was the last of the Apollo missions to quarantine the astronauts upon their return. More on the completion of the mission: go.nasa.gov/3XayznR
📷 Astronaut Ed Mitchell disembarks
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After 2 years of study, NASA announced the selection of 5 possible Apollo landing sites on the Moon #OTD in 1968. The Sea of Tranquility (Site 2) was where Apollo 11 ultimately landed.
Read about the criteria that NASA used to choose the landing sites: go.nasa.gov/3Yjj3r1
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50 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Sites Selected
On February 8, 1968, after two years of study NASA’s Apollo Site Selection Board announced five potential landing sites for the first human lunar landing.Mark Garcia (NASA)
“The Moon is one big sand trap”
Astronaut Alan Shepard famously worked on his #golf game on the 2nd lunar EVA of the Apollo 14 mission #OTD in 1971. How well do you know your Moon golf trivia? Tell us how many golf balls are on the Moon!
Watch Al's shot: go.nasa.gov/40gDgPA
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Alan Shepard Hits A Golf Ball on the Moon
Apollo 14 Commander and original Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American to fly in space, tees off on the lunar surface during his 1971 mission, w...YouTube
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landed on the Moon #OTD in 1971, becoming the 5th and 6th humans to reach the lunar surface.
Watch highlights of NASA's 1st mission to the lunar highlands: go.nasa.gov/3HScjdV
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Apollo 14: ‘A Wild Place Up Here’
Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed Apollo mission and the third to land on the Moon. On January 31, 1971, Apollo 14 launched from Kennedy Space Center with a cr...YouTube
I feel the need...the need for speed! 💨
The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrocket" was first flown #OTD in 1948. One of the early transonic research airplanes, the Skyrocket later became the first aircraft to fly 2x the speed of sound.
More about the D-558-II: go.nasa.gov/3Ru386H
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D-558-II Skyrocket
The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.NASA
After @MIT, Dr. Ron McNair's research included electro-optic laser modulation for satellite-to-satellite space communications, and led him to apply to be a NASA astronaut.
Ron McNair is seen here training for his first mission, STS-41B (launched #OTD in 1984). #BlackHistoryMonth
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#NASARemembers: 20 years ago #OTD, Feb 1, 2003, at 8:59am ET, space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry. The entire crew perished.
Rick Husband
Willie McCool
Michael Anderson
Kalpana Chawla
David Brown
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon
We will never forget. go.nasa.gov/3YezowF
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20 Years Ago: Remembering Columbia and Her Crew
The year 2003 was shaping up to be an ambitious one for NASA, with six space shuttle missions planned, five to continue construction of the ever-growing and permanently occupied International Space Station.Kelli Mars (NASA)
A few months after the USSR launched Sputnik, the US's first satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space #OTD in 1958. Explorer 1 measured the radiation environment in Earth orbit, leading to the discovery of the Van Allen Belts.
Watch the news reel: archive.org/details/1958-02-03…
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First U.S. Satellite Launched! 1958/02/03 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
(1) Cape Canaveral launch of 30-pound Explorer satellite by 3-stage Redstone missile, press conference with von Braun and Van Allen with model, night time...Internet Archive
Apollo 14 lifted off from Pad 39A at @NASAKennedy at 4:03 pm ET #OTD in 1971. Commander Alan Shepard returned to space with Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa and Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell.
Read more about the launch: go.nasa.gov/3WOFR0c
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