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Zach

@Astro_Zach

Space Fanatic. Former @ULALaunch Intern. 4X @NSS award winner w/ @nss_stl! @barenakedladies fan. BA in Digital Media. 2X @NasaSocial Alum. Blues Fan.

 Missouri, USA
Joined October 2009
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See images of @SpaceX's Falcon 9 and @NASA_SLS on their Pad A and Pad B of Launch Complex 39 as preparations continue for the @Axiom_Space #Ax1 mission to @Space_Station ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHBqjzJBiu
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#WeAreGoing #NASA #Artemis1
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To the Moon! 🌕 #ICPS, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with @BoeingSpace, is the upper stage of @NASA_SLS that will propel @NASA_Orion to the Moon, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration. #Artemis
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@NASA13 Feb 2022
The @Space_Station is 356 feet (109 meters) long, just about one yard shy of an American football field—including the end zones. Go deep on more Station fun facts this #SBLVI: go.nasa.gov/3BlrE1W
Real photo of space station above Earth.

ALT Real photo of space station above Earth.

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@NASA13 Feb 2022
Fun fact: If you laid the @Space_Station out end-to-end on a football field... it would be really tough to play a game. 🙃 #SuperBowl
Space station overlaid on top of a football field to show they're nearly the same length.

ALT Space station overlaid on top of a football field to show they're nearly the same length.

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Hello Los Angeles! The home of #SuperBowlLVI is seen in a photo taken as the football-field-sized station orbited 257 miles above the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2014.
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Bonus image! When it’s time to focus, sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself. This “selfie” taken by Webb of its primary mirror was not captured by an externally mounted engineering camera, but with a special lens within its NIRCam instrument. #UnfoldTheUniverse
A black and white image of the primary mirror of the Webb Telescope. All the segments but one are dimly lit. One segment is bright white from reflected starlight.

ALT A black and white image of the primary mirror of the Webb Telescope. All the segments but one are dimly lit. One segment is bright white from reflected starlight.

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As we were about to dock into the ISS, I saw this amazing view from the window of the Soyuz, right next to my seat. I couldn't help but say 'Wow!' and I straight away took out my iPhone to take this photo. I mean, isn't it amazing!? This is real!!!
Image from Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) (@yousuckMZ)
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@Astra6 Dec 2021
Astra announces launch for @NASA out of Cape Canaveral, FL in January 2022: bit.ly/3IiXIGE #AdAstra
Photo by John Kraus, SLC-46, Cape Canaveral

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Howdy, New Glenn!👋🏻 Welcome to the space coast🚀 📸for @arstechnica
Image from 📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann)
Image from 📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann)
Image from 📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann)
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Join @IDAdarksky for their 2021 Global Conference! Learn from experts from around the world and help in the fight to #ProtectTheNight.👊 Registration required, but it's FREE! I'm registered and stoked for #UnderOneSky2021, NOV 12-13! Learn more: conference.darksky.org/
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Falcon 9 and Dragon rolling out of the hangar at Launch Complex 39A ahead of launching astronauts this weekend
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Today in 1961, the Mercury "Freedom 7" capsule flown by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961 was donated to the @Smithsonian. Pictured here is Shepard peering inside the capsule while it was on display.
Wide-angle shot of Alan Shepard peering inside space capsule on display at a museum.

ALT Wide-angle shot of Alan Shepard peering inside space capsule on display at a museum.

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October 23, 1968: As the Apollo 7 crew arrives home, the UPI reports that NASA has asked McDonnell Douglas to design a "Super Gemini" spacecraft to follow Apollo as an American space bus of the future. The initial proposal will seat nine astronauts.
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Here's SpaceX's HLS proposal for NASA in an older 60's/70's painting style Should I make this a series that covers more of the Artemis Program?
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DART, Double Asteroid Redirection Test, has arrived at its final stop before its launch into space. This is one of NASA's most unique missions and will be the first-ever space mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor. MORE HERE>> go.nasa.gov/3Ealbad

DART Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Its Final Stop Before Launch - NASA

Just two days after leaving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in a specialized container carefully strapped to the deck

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