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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: https://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: https://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: https://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 ▶️ https://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
📸 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 “Web Formation in Zero Gravity” experiment to determine how well spiders adapt to microgravity.
Learn more about her experiment: https://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.
📸 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: https://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.
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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! 🤔
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 https://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
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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: https://go.nasa.gov/3NSTKrM
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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
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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: https://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 🥩 🍳
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 🌍
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: https://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: https://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
#OTD in 1965, NASA formally announced its first class of scientist-astronaut candidates ⚛️🔭🩺
1st row: F. Curtis Michel, Harrison Schmitt, Joseph Kerwin. 2nd row: Owen Garriott and Edward Gibson
Read Joe Kerwin's essay about being part of this class: https://go.nasa.gov/3pydAQV
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Hands up if this is your dream job ✋
In 1968, this group of NASA researchers was building and drop testing lifting bodies from a radio-controlled mothership in support of NASA's lifting body program.
How the lifting bodies led to the Space Shuttle: https://go.nasa.gov/4327MNh
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Lifting Bodies
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The last Shuttle mission with a crew of two 👨🚀 👨🚀
#OTD in 1982, Apollo 16 astronaut Ken Mattingly and pilot Henry Hartsfield launched on the 4th and final test flight of the Space Shuttle Program, STS-4.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/431M6AO
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40 Years Ago: STS-4, Columbia’s Final Orbital Flight Test
Space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on June 27, 1982, to begin its fourth trip into space. Astronauts Thomas K. “TK” Mattingly and Henry W.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Protected eyes ✅ Looking cool ✅
Happy #NationalSunglassesDay 😎 Dr. Keith Manuel created a special titanium alloy frame without hinge screws for @NASA_Astronauts in the early '90s. The super-dark lenses of these shades blocked both UV and IR rays.
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While most aircraft run on fossil fuels, NASA has been working on alternatives for decades. 🌱
Helios, a record-breaking, remotely-piloted, solar-powered aircraft, suffered a mishap #20YearsAgo today, breaking apart over the Pacific.
More about Helios: https://go.nasa.gov/447cmLh
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NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Helios Prototype
Helios Prototype is a remotely piloted flying wing aircraft developed under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project.NASA
"What a way to come to California!" —Bob Crippen, STS-7 Commander
STS-7 touched down at Edwards Air Force Base #OTD in 1983, successfully completing Space Shuttle Challenger's 2nd mission.
More about STS-7, NASA's first space mission to include a woman: https://go.nasa.gov/3XhpwD4
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40 Years Ago: STS-7 and the Flight of Sally Ride
On June 18, 1983, space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its second journey to space, the STS-7 mission. Among its five-person crew, Challenger carried the first American woman into space, NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Born in Hawaii #OTD in 1946, Ellison Onizuka served in the @usairforce before making history as the first Asian-American astronaut to reach space. He tragically lost his life on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in 1986.
More on Onizuka's legacy: https://go.nasa.gov/3qNE3u1
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Ellison Onizuka: First Asian American in Space
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space.Yvette Smith (NASA)
On this #F86Friday, we remember the F-86F Sabre which was used as a chase aircraft for the D-558-2 Skyrocket and for pitch-up research. Primarily used during the Korean War, insights gained from its @NASAaero research shaped future aircraft.
Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3PrmBpM
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F-86 Sabre
The F-86F performed both pitch-up research and duties as a chase aircraft for the D-558-2. Its stay at the HSFS was brief. It arrived on June 23, 1954, and left on September 10 the same year.NASA
Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, and Paul Weitz splashed down in the Pacific Ocean #OTD in 1973, successfully completing the Skylab 2 mission. #Skylab50
The record for longest time spent in space was now 28 days. https://go.nasa.gov/3NKEZbT
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Skylab 2 Astronauts Splash Down After Record-Breaking 28-day Mission
Skylab 2 astronauts Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Pilot Paul J. Weitz, and Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin, completed their record-setting 28-day mission on June 22, 1973, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Recovery teams from the U.S.S.Kelli Mars (NASA)
#50YearsAgo today, the Skylab 2 crew said goodbye to Skylab and prepared for their return to Earth, taking this photo of the station that had been their home for the last 26 days.
Despite the slow start on the damaged station, they had salvaged the program, managed to accomplish the majority of their science goals, and broke the space endurance record during their stay! #Skylab50
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-skylab-2-astronauts-splash-down-after-record-breaking-28-day-mission
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Skylab 2 Astronauts Splash Down After Record-Breaking 28-day Mission
Skylab 2 astronauts Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Pilot Paul J. Weitz, and Science Pilot Joseph P. Kerwin, completed their record-setting 28-day mission on June 22, 1973, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Recovery teams from the U.S.S.Kelli Mars (NASA)
With 135 Space Shuttle missions spanning 1981-2011, what makes NASA's 57th special? #OTD 30 years ago, STS-57 launched with the first Spacehab module, providing extra workspace for experiments.
Read more about the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/3NjJxnT
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#OTD in 2008, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite launched to measure changes in sea-level rise. For a decade, it helped display the relationship between ocean circulation and climate change as well as weather forecasts!
Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3XbLkQA
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Cruising into Monday like a boss ✅
Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-111) made a picture-perfect landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California #OTD in 2002. @NASAArmstrong
More moments from Endeavour's history: https://go.nasa.gov/3Jgy8US
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Shuttle Endeavour
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#40YearsAgo today at 7:33 a.m. EST, Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to go to space.
Sending a cosmic salute to all the fearless women astronauts who've soared beyond boundaries and inspired generations. 🌟 💪 👩🚀 #WomeninSpace #Inspiration
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The "8 Balls" astronaut class turns 10 today! 🎱
NASA's 21st astronaut class of 8 exceptional men and women, chosen from >6,000 candidates, was announced #OTD in 2013. 2 of them, @Astro_Christina and @AstroVicGlover, have since been selected to fly to the Moon on #Artemis II.
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What was the last astronaut group to include members that went to the Moon?
Group 5, selected in 1966.
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40 Years Ago: STS-7 and the Flight of Sally Ride
On June 18, 1983, space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its second journey to space, the STS-7 mission. Among its five-person crew, Challenger carried the first American woman into space, NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride.Kelli Mars (NASA)
https://go.nasa.gov/3p804U6
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40 Years Ago: STS-7 and the Flight of Sally Ride
On June 18, 1983, space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its second journey to space, the STS-7 mission. Among its five-person crew, Challenger carried the first American woman into space, NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride.Kelli Mars (NASA)