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The 3 astronauts who flew on Apollo 13, Fred Haise, John Swigert and Jim Lovell, are seen in this photo taken the day before launch #OTD in 1970.
Ken Mattingly, the prime Command Module Pilot, was bumped from the flight 3 days before launch after being exposed to German Measles.
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Introducing the Mercury 7!
The first seven @nasa astronauts were revealed #OTD in 1959, just six months after the establishment of the space agency.
Learn more about their pioneering space flights: go.nasa.gov/43gnqpQ
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30 years ago today, Ellen Ochoa (@Astro_Ellen) became the first Latina in space with the launch of STS-56!
Selected as an astronaut in 1990, Ochoa has flown to space four times, logging nearly 1,000 hours.
Learn more about her storied career: go.nasa.gov/3m4xuBo
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In 1971, a sounding rocket detected polarized X-rays emitted from the Crab Nebula for the first time. More than 50 years later, NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has revealed that the magnetic field is donut shaped!
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Historic Nebula Seen Like Never Before With NASA's IXPE
Scientists have used IXPE to create a detailed, nuanced map of the Crab Nebula’s magnetic field, revealing more of its inner workings than ever before.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
An im-peck-able bird from our photo archives 🦅
NASA's SR-71A Blackbird is seen here over the California desert following air refueling in February 1997.
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Mars Odyssey Orbiter - NASA
NASA Odyssey Orbiter - overview, videos, images and informationgo.nasa.gov
How far we've come in the last 50 years!
Back in 1972, a team at JPL spent days pasting together photographs taken by Mariner 9 by hand to create a 4-foot globe of Mars. nasa.gov/image-feature/technol…
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Technology Then and Now
Before there were computers and software that could stitch together digital images, they were printed on photo paper, trimmed by hand, and taped in place on a large black board.NASA
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55 Years Ago: The Flight of Apollo 6
On April 4, 1968, the second Saturn V rocket thundered off its launch pad to begin the Apollo 6 mission, the second uncrewed test of the Moon rocket and Apollo spacecraft.Kelli Mars (NASA)
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See where Pioneer 11 is now with NASA's Solar System Interactive: go.nasa.gov/3nIINQb
📷 Pioneer 11 launch on April 5, 1973
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Solar System Interactive
NASA’s Solar System Interactive (also known as the Orrery) is a live look at the solar system, its planets, moons, comets, and asteroids, as well as the real-time locations of dozens of NASA missions.Solar System Interactive
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Apollo 6, the second all-up uncrewed test of the Saturn V, launched #OTD in 1968, the same day Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
While there were problems, NASA managers thought they were surmountable and the next launch would carry a crew. go.nasa.gov/3GDPNoj
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The Legacy of Apollo 6
Following on the heels of the two very successful Apollo 4 and 5 missions, Apollo 6 was the second all-up unmanned test of the Saturn 5.NASA
These are the 24 humans who have traveled to the Moon to date, 12 of whom walked on its surface.
With #Artemis II, we look forward to adding @astro_reid, @AstroVicGlover, @Astro_Christina, and @Astro_Jeremy to this photo!
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60 years ago, a spin-stabilized spherical silver satellite soared into space and successfully studied the sky!
Launched April 3, 1963, @NASAGoddard's Explorer 17 measured the density, composition, pressure, and temperature of Earth's upper atmosphere: go.nasa.gov/3Kmz2Ah
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Explorer XVII Satellite
Weighing 405 lbs. (184 kg), this 35-inch (89-cm) pressurized stainless steel sphere measured the density, composition, pressure and temperature of Earth's atmosphere after its launch from Cape Canaveral on April 3, 1963.NASA
#Remembering Gus Grissom, NASA's 2nd astronaut, on his #birthday.
The 2nd American in space (Liberty Bell 7), first Gemini mission commander (Gemini III), and Apollo 1 commander, he had all the "Right Stuff."
Do you have a favorite Gus Grissom photo or story? Share it below ⬇️
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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 go.nasa.gov/3TM1Xke
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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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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: 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
But that's not all…
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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
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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…Julia Bradshaw (NASA)
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
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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…NASA
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: 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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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.NASA Image and Video Library
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: go.nasa.gov/3mMjbkY
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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.go.nasa.gov
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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: go.nasa.gov/3JyLhZQ
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