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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 π°οΈ
#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: go.nasa.gov/454jLvc
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In Depth | MESSENGER β NASA Solar System Exploration
NASAβs 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. go.nasa.gov/47cbHuk
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The Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop β 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: 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, Americanβs first space station, lifted off from NASAβs 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: 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: 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: 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: go.nasa.gov/3DN8xzT
And Ingenuity: 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.
π· 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: go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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Skylab 3: Return to Skylab
Orbiting unoccupied since its first crew departed, Skylab, Americanβs 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: go.nasa.gov/44xOaSR
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Skylab 3: Return to Skylab
Orbiting unoccupied since its first crew departed, Skylab, Americanβs 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! πΆ
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. 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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NASA Administrator Dr. Thomas Paine (left) and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon wait aboard the U.S.S. Hornet recovery ship for the splashdown of the Apollo 11 command module #OTD in 1969.
Read more about Apollo 11's return to Earth: go.nasa.gov/3OghnvV
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Happy 24th birthday @chandraxray! Seen here just before being deployed from Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) #OTD in 1999, this powerful space observatory was initially expected to function for 5 years.
Read how Chandra has vastly advanced X-ray astronomy: go.nasa.gov/3OfPXWV
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
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
An unbeatable view
As the Apollo 11 astronauts make their way back home, they capture this image of Earth not long after leaving the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence.
See more photos captured by the Apollo 11 astronauts: go.nasa.gov/43todCz
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"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong's famous words upon stepping onto the Moon's surface were witnessed by 650 million people from around the globe #OTD in 1969. Watch βΆοΈ go.nasa.gov/46UfwEf
Do you have recollections of this day?
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Apollo 11: One Small Step on the Moon for All Mankind
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent more than two hours outside their spacecraft on the Moon. They studied the surface. They collected rocks. After almost a...YouTube
50 years ago, Skylab's prime spider, Arabella, was preparing for launch. From over 3,400 proposals from high school students across the country, the "Web Formation" experiment was one of 25 chosen to fly on Skylab. #Skylab50
πΈ Dr. Ray Gause feeds Arabella a fly in July 1973
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Judith Miles, a high school student from Lexington, Mass. (shown here discussing her project), proposed the βWeb Formation in Zero Gravityβ experiment to determine how well spiders adapt to microgravity.
Learn more about her experiment: go.nasa.gov/3OhDEt4
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These students were the first ever to have experiments flown in space, but they weren't the last. Student experiments have been conducted on the @Space_Station over the last 20+ years.
πΈ The 25 students whose Skylab experiments were chosen meet at @NASA_Marshall in May 1972
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10 years ago today the Cassini spacecraft peered past Saturn's rings and captured this image of a distant bluish planet and its moon. That's Earth, seen from over 900 million miles away! #SmileYoureOnCassiniCamera
Why was this photo taken? Read: go.nasa.gov/44NA2o7
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The Day the Earth Smiled
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame.NASA
On his birthday, we remember the legendary John Glenn. One of NASA's first 7 astronauts, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and the first astronaut to be elected to Congress in 1974.
go.nasa.gov/3Dhmi9J
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John Glenn: A Tribute to an American Legend.
Explore history, biography, and photos of legendary astronaut John GlennJohn Glenn: A Tribute to an American Legend.
Geo-quiz time! π€
Launched just before Y2K in Dec. 1999, NASA's Terra satellite has provided a continuous view of Earth over its 23 years of operation.
This is one of the very first images Terra took with its MODIS instrument on Feb. 24, 2000. What country's coastline is this?
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#OTD in 1966, John Young and Michael Collins launched for the 3-day Gemini X mission. The astronauts rendezvoused with 2 Agena target vehicles, set a record altitude for humans in space, and performed a spacewalk from one spacecraft to another.
Read more go.nasa.gov/3OggYtp
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Major General Robert White earned his astronaut wings in the X-15 when he reached 95.9 km (59.6 mi) in altitude #OTD in 1962, setting a world record.
Oh, and he was also the first pilot to fly to Mach 4, 5 & 6 #avgeeks #aviation @NASAaero
go.nasa.gov/3PLZB4T
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X-15 Pilot Major Robert M. White
Major Robert M. White is seen here next to the X-15 aircraft after a research flight.Yvonne Gibbs (NASA)
#OTD in 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered Vesta's orbit, studying the asteroid's geology and composition. Dawn revealed that Vesta is actually a protoplanet surviving from the earliest days of the solar system!
Learn more about the Dawn mission: go.nasa.gov/3NSTKrM
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Overview | Dawn β 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
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"This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control. We've passed the 11-minute mark. Now T-minus 10 min. 54 sec. on our countdown for Apollo 11."
Experience the July 16, 1969 launch of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins' mission to the Moon in real time: apolloinrealtime.org/11/
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Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.Apollo 11 in Real Time
Fueling up for an epic day in spaceflight history π₯© π³
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin were joined by Bill Anders (left) and Deke Slayton (right) for the traditional pre-flight breakfast of steak and eggs hours before liftoff #OTD in 1969.
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Which of these did Houbolt write in a bold 9-page letter to NASA's associate administrator? #TriviaTuesday
A. "Prithee, Robert, answer me honestly."
B. "Do we want to go to the Moon or not?"
C. "This idea has been treated very unfairly."
D. "Might I suggest one small step?"
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The Day Communication Went Global π
Telstar 1, the world's first active communication satellite, was launched by NASA #OTD in 1962. Almost two weeks later, it relayed the first live transatlantic TV broadcast.
Watch 1962 news footage: go.nasa.gov/3reJfrh
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Telstar at 50
On July 12, 1962, Telstar broadcast the world's first transatlantic television transmission.NASA
#OTD in 1967, Robert H. Lawrence was chosen for the MOL program: the first African-American selected as an astronaut for a U.S. space program. Tragically, he was killed in an accident before going to space.
More about Lawrence's legacy: go.nasa.gov/3NPi6nJ
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Robert Lawrence: First African-American Astronaut
The USAF selected Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., on June 30, 1967, as the first African-American astronaut by any national space program.NASA