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Good morning Atlantis!
#OTD in 1992 STS-45 landed. On board: future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Belgian citizen in space Dirk Frimout, and the 1st Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) experiments.

About the mission https://go.nasa.gov/3TM1Xke
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This Month in NASA History: STS-45 Studies Earth | APPEL Knowledge Services

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In just three more days, the four astronauts that will fly to the Moon on #Artemis II will be revealed!

64 years ago on April 1, 1959, the first @NASA_Astronauts, the Mercury 7, were chosen (announced on April 9). Of them, Al Shepard went on to crew a mission to the Moon!
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Patricia O'Donnell, who worked as a chemist for NASA for 44 years (1954–1998), won the Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal in 1991 for her work on nickel-hydrogen batteries. Her redesign of the electrodes improved the performance of the batteries by a factor of 10! … 🧵
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The redesigned nickel-hydrogen batteries have since been used on the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and in numerous other space applications. #WomensHistoryMonth

Learn more about her career at @NASAglenn: https://go.nasa.gov/3TVMNc7
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Mariner 10, the 1st spacecraft sent to study Mercury, took the first closeup photos of the planet as it made its first flyby #OTD in 1974. Pictured is a mosaic of images taken by the spacecraft about 6 hours before closest approach. @NASASolarSystem

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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: https://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.
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#60YearsAgo today the final test of the Saturn I's first stage, Saturn SA-4, launched from @NASAKennedy. The uncrewed suborbital test flight was successful, paving the way for tests of the second stage.
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After working as a human computer for years, Christine Darden became one of the few women aerospace engineers at NASA in the '70s, becoming well known for her research into supersonic aircraft noise, especially sonic boom reduction. https://go.nasa.gov/3JE3nZd #WomensHistoryMonth
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Christine M. Darden

Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-) is internationally known for her research into supersonic aircraft noise, especially sonic boom reduction, and recognized for her groundbreaking achievement as the first African American woman at NASA Langley to be a…
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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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In this photo taken 50 years ago in 1973, a Vought TF-8A Crusader flies with NASA's experimental supercritical wing. The airfoil design increased cruising speed and fuel efficiency, and is now used on nearly every modern commercial aircraft. @NASAaero

🛫 https://go.nasa.gov/3lCuZpO
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NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: F-8 Supercritical Wing

F-8 Supercritical Wing Background In the early 1960s, Richard T. Whitcomb, chief of the Transonic Aerodynamics Branch, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, conducted exploratory research that led to the invention and patent of the NASA Supercritical…
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We just called to say "Happy Birthday"! 🥳

Astronaut Jim Lovell, veteran of the Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13 missions, turns 95 years young today! Join us in wishing him many happy days ahead.
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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: https://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.
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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: https://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.
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On board was a crew of two: Commander Jack Lousma (right) had previously spent 59 days in space in 1973 with Skylab-3, but C. Gordon Fullerton (left), who had served on the support crew for Apollo missions 14 through 17, was making his first space flight.
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In case anyone is curious about what this orb was really created for, this is Model 1 of the LOLA Project. https://images.nasa.gov/details/LRC-1965-B701_P-05579
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NASA Image and Video Library

NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.
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This structure was built at @NASALangley in 1963. What is it? Wrong answers only!
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Dee O’Hara (seen here with the Apollo 14 backup crew in 1971) was NASA’s first aerospace nurse, caring for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronauts. Her career helped define the occupation of space nursing.

Read her oral history: https://go.nasa.gov/3mMjbkY
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Dee O'Hara Oral History

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#15YearsAgo today, astronomers using the Swift Observatory saw a stellar explosion that shattered the record for the most distant object visible with the naked eye. Originating 7.5 BILLION light years away, the light was emitted long before Earth formed! https://go.nasa.gov/3YL3XtZ
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NASA - A Stellar Explosion You Could See on Earth!

A powerful stellar explosion detected by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object visible with the naked eye.
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Radiation measurements from Voyager 2's flyby in 1986 suggest that two of Uranus's moons may have oceans beneath their surface!
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65 years ago today in 1958, Vanguard 1, America's second satellite and the world's 1st solar-powered satellite was launched! It confirmed that the Earth is not a perfect sphere.

Contact with Vanguard 1 was lost in 1964, but it remains the oldest satellite orbiting Earth.
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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: https://go.nasa.gov/3JyLhZQ
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Gemini's First Docking Turns to Wild Ride in Orbit

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Not your grandpa's space suit.

Axiom Space's suit design will allow the Artemis III astronauts greater mobility, better protection, and other technological advancements over their Apollo counterparts! https://go.nasa.gov/3ZPRF4N

More space suit history: https://go.nasa.gov/3mWUYbX
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Spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III Moon Surface Mission Debuts

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NASA's Magellan mission to Venus ended in 1994, but its data is still yielding new discoveries! An active volcano on Venus? 🤯
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Hot off the press! 🗞️

In our latest issue of NASA History News & Notes, NASA historians discuss the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, how the Agency was transformed in its wake, and the legacy it leaves today.

Download the PDF: https://go.nasa.gov/3yAYVph
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The artist who walked on another world!

On his birthday, we remember astronaut and artist Alan Bean! Bean walked on the Moon for Apollo 12, commanded the Skylab 3 crew 50 years ago in 1973, and after retiring from NASA, devoted his time to painting his spaceflight memories.
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What do the size of the Opportunity rover's parachute, the Apollo spacecrafts' paths around the Moon, and the Galileo probe's helium data from Jupiter have in common? NASA scientists used pi in their calculations! #PiDay

More ways pi is used at NASA: https://go.nasa.gov/404eeT2
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Student Project: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi | NASA/JPL Edu

Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.
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Happy 95th birthday to Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman, who is 11 days older than his Apollo 8 crewmate Jim Lovell! Wishing you a universe of good times on this day!

📷 Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders at a technical debriefing after their trip to the Moon
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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: https://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...
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Born 100 years ago today in Hackensack, NJ, we celebrate the late Wally Schirra, the only astronaut to fly on the Mercury, Gemini, AND Apollo programs! 🎉 💯

See photos and stories from Schirra's days as a NASA astronaut: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZPkUo2
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Wally Schirra

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Boop the snoot👇

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 launch in 2008. Before docking with the ISS, commander Dominic Gorie did a roll pitch maneuver (a backflip) to allow the space station crew to photograph the heat shield.
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Astronaut John Young famously smuggled a corned beef sandwich in his pocket for his Gemini III flight with Gus Grissom on March 23, 1965. Also on board, NASA's first space biology experiment in orbit!

More about the launch meat #NationalPackYourLunchDay https://go.nasa.gov/3yfZk06
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Contraband Corned Beef and the Early Days of Space Biology

The Gemini III mission carried two remarkable firsts: an astronaut’s smuggled sandwich and NASA’s first fundamental space biology experiment in orbit.
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Ode to Our Favorite Meatball

Designed in 1959,
this "meatball" stands the test of time.
Though briefly ousted by "the worm,"
in '92 the ball returned!

Learn more about the history of NASA's insignia on #NationalMeatballDay: https://go.nasa.gov/3T6xAED
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Emblems of Exploration

Over the course of their histories, the NACA and NASA have developed a wide variety of emblems representing each agency’s illustrious exploration of aerospace missions.
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Protection against potential moon pathogens 😷

In preparation for the first Apollo Moon landing, the first Mobile Quarantine Facility arrived at @NASA_Johnson in Houston in March 1968. Read about the features of the MQF! https://go.nasa.gov/3F9rrBT
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55 Years Ago: The First Mobile Quarantine Facility Arrives in Houston

On March 6, 1968, in preparation for the first Apollo Moon landing, the first Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) arrived at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, for testing and evaluation.
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On March 8, 2001, astronaut Susan Helms was on her way to the @Space_Station with the launch of STS-102. Helms made history twice over in the next few days: she was the 1st woman to be on an ISS crew, and performed a record-breaking 8 h 56 min spacewalk with crewmate Jim Voss!
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It's #TriviaTuesday! Many people know that the Apollo 11 lunar module (LM) was called Eagle, but what was the name of the Apollo 9 LM, that had its first crewed flight while in Earth orbit on this day in 1969?
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Donna Shirley joined @NASAJPL in 1966 as an aeronautical engineer, and went on to lead the development of the first rover to land on Mars (Sojourner) and become the 1st woman to lead a NASA Program, the Mars Exploration Program!

More about her career: https://go.nasa.gov/41IUsOl
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Mars Exploration Program Manager Donna Shirley to Retire 

Donna Shirley, manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and original leader of the team that built the highly acclaimed Mars Pathfinder rover, will retire August 21.
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Our first close-up of Ganymede!

On this day in 1979, the Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped a series of images of Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, as it made its closest approach to Jupiter

More about Ganymede: https://go.nasa.gov/41HpXII

📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech/Björn Jónsson
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Overview | Ganymede – 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.
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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: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZbIbAi
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NASA - Test Drive: Shuttle Training Aircraft Preps Astronauts for Landing

Shuttle Training Aircraft preps astronauts for landing
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Recognizing the need for the U.S. to keep up with other nations in advancing flight technology, Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) #OTD in 1915. The NACA went on to develop faster fighter planes for WWII… 1/2
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