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Spaceflight. Currently .988AU from our Sun.

Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Joined May 2008
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LIFT-OFF! (10:58:25 am EDT) A new laboratory module bound for the International @Space_Station launches atop a Russian #ProtonM from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The ISS at launch is over northeast China.
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A Russian #ProtonM rocket is poised to lift-off today from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:58:25 a.m. EDT, carrying the #Nauka multi-Purpose Module into orbit. Nauka is scheduled to arrive at the International @Space_Station on July 29 for docking.
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60 years ago Today, #NASA second crewed #spaceflight launched from Cape Canaveral. Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom flew Mercury #LibertyBell7 from this launch pedestal on a 16 minute suborbital flight. Gus’ spacesuit is on display here at the #KennedySpaceCenter VC. – at Cape Canaveral, FL
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#Apollo11 | #NASA @astro_DonThomas discusses where he was 52 years ago today as Neil and Buzz stepped out upon lunar surface following the first #moonlanding.
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Ten years ago Today, We made an exciting iPhone call to the International @Space_Station and @Astro_Ron Garan from @NASAJohnson Space Center. Several friends and I made a truly long distance phone call to the orbiting laboratory. #NASA @amikokauderer @ISS_CASIS
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There is no one who is more iconic today than @WilliamShatner. The popular actor of #StarTrek turns 90 today. Happy birthday Bill, and my best.
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Exclusive Interview: Space Shuttle #Discovery’s Last Pilot Col. Eric Boe avgeekery.com/exclusive-inte… via @avgeekery #avgeek #NASA
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Click the image to view the rim of #JezeroCrater on #Mars from a near 360-degree panorama taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard #NASA’s #Perseverance rover on Sol 3. #mars2021 #PerseveranceRover
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Cheers and happy birthday Clay. This Nebraska native spent 167 days in space and performed six spacewalks. He is also an aquanaut having lived 62-feet underwater off Key Largo for two weeks straight.
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Today: #NASA news briefing updating the #Mars2020 #Perseverance Rover from @NASAJPL. Watch Live beginning at 2 p.m. EST via youtube.com/watch?v=gYQwuYZb…
#NASA Video: The @NorthropGrumman #CygnusNG15 resupply craft arrived at the International @Space_Station today, loaded with 8K pounds of supplies and hardware. Christened the #SSKatherineJohnson, capture was at 4:38 a.m. EST, and berthed to the Unity module at 7:16 a.m.
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Sol 2 | A few of the three dozen new images taken by #NASA's newest rover, #Perseverance. These raw photographs were taken at #Jezero Crater on Sunday from engineering cameras. #PerseveranceRover's HD color cameras will begin taking beautiful photographs in the coming weeks.
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UPDATE: Signals received from #NASA #IngenuityHelicopter on Mars Saturday (6:30 p.m. ET), show the helicopter and its base station "are operating as expected", according to @NASAJPL. The rotor craft is expected to make its first flight NET mid-March over an area of #JezeroCrater.
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Fifty-nine years ago this morning. "In Godspeed John Glenn". #Friendship7 #NASA – at Cape Canaveral, FL
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Sol 1: One of the six wheels on #NASA’s #PerseveranceRover photographed a few hours ago at #Jezero Crater. A key objective for #Perseverance’s mission is astrobiology and the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
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Newly released image from a camera aboard the descent stage of #NASA #PerseveranceRover captured this shot during Thursday's landing.
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Today is Sol 6869 for the #Mars Odyssey mission - #NASA's longest-lasting spacecraft at the Red Planet. #OTD in 2001, Mars Odyssey began its science mapping mission. Controlled from @NASAJPL, Odyssey operates in a two-hour long polar orbit inclined 93.0° and 250 miles above Mars.
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ICYMI: #NASA Video from the #Mars #PerseveranceRover control room at @NASAJPL during Thursday's landing sequence. An incredible, exciting moment for the #Perseverance teams. youtu.be/IiphmlcCvQU
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#CST100 | To allow more time for #Starliner and hardware processing, #NASA and #Boeing are targeting NET Friday, April 2, for launch of the Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International @Space_Station. The uncrewed Starliner will launch a top a ULA #AtlasV from Cape Canaveral SFS.