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Arrived today. My 5xGrandfather's British Naval Rocket Brigade patch. Flown in Space during @PolarisProgram's #PolarisDawn Sept. 10-15, 2024 to over 1,400 km & 75 orbits. Exposed to open Space during the World's first non-govt EVA. Thank you @rookisaacman & Casey Phillips!
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NASA History Office
@NASAhistory11h
Veteran astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton completed the fifth and final glide test aboard Enterprise OTD in 1977. The Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) took place between February and October 1977 to test the Shuttle's flight characteristics prior to its first spaceflight in 1981.
View of the Enterprise orbiter as it glides through the sky over the California desert on ALT free flight 5.

ALT View of the Enterprise orbiter as it glides through the sky over the California desert on ALT free flight 5.

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Sarrah Bellus
@sarrah_bellus3h
LMFAO! Wait for it!
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CNSPACE
@CNSpaceflight19h
Shenzhou-23 crew use VR headsets to conduct in-orbit human-factors engineering, including single-person spatial perception and two-person collaborative experiments.
CNSPACE
@CNSpaceflightOct 25
Aboard the China Space Station, Shenzhou-23 astronauts use everyday household tools—lint rollers and a vacuum—to keep their living space clean!
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Andrew Parsonson
@AndrewParsonson14h
Australia has submitted a counteroffer to ESA for an ISS mission for Katherine Bennell-Pegg, with critics calling the proposed spending "reckless." europeanspaceflight.com/aust…

Australia Counters ESA’s Offer for Mission to ISS for Bennell-Pegg - European Spaceflight

Australia has submitted a counteroffer to ESA for an ISS mission for Katherine Bennell-Pegg, with critics calling the proposed spending "reckless."

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National Air and Space Museum
@airandspace10h
On this day in 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise completed its last free flight test at Edwards Air Force Base. This photo is from an earlier flight test the previous month.
White space shuttle flying in air with engines covered.

ALT White space shuttle flying in air with engines covered.

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Cady Coleman@Astro_Cady13h
🥳🎂🎶Please join me in extending warm birthday wishes to my friend and #Bandella bandmate, former @NASA #astronaut Steve Robinson! Here's to many more amazing orbits! 💫
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Logendra Naidoo 🌍
@Logendra_Naidoo3h
Replying to @JohnCleese
17: - 12 (6x2) shirt holes on the front and the back - 2 sleeve holes - 1 waist hole - 1 neck hole - 1 asshole
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News from the Russian Space Agency: They are permanently sealing off the aft transfer docking compartment due to the ongoing slow pressure leak. The aft docking port has been used or Progress cargo ships for decades. They will now be redirected to either Poisk or Prichal.
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center
@NASAKennedy9h
Big move, bigger mission! The Artemis III Space Launch System core stage moved to the transfer aisle at NASA Kennedy. Next up – teams will lift and integrate the massive 212-foot-rocket with the solid rocket boosters as we prepare for the next giant leap in lunar exploration.
The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

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Elysia Segal@elysiasegal3h
NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected: Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is mounted on an assembly ring during inspections in a clean room at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2026.… ift.tt/mVgtQTW
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Randy "Komrade" Bresnik
@AstroKomrade3h
‘Taking Flight’ (nearly).  Our beautiful Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage left the surface of the earth (briefly) today as it ‘flew over the hump’ via a giant crane in the Vehicle Assembly Building to be mated between our 2 already assembled Solid Rocket Boosters on the Mobile Launcher.  Spectacular job by our SLS, Exploration Ground Systems,and  @NASAKennedy team! Go @NASAArtemis III!
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Dave Limp
@davillOct 25
The team also made progress at LC-36B yesterday. Roughly 450 truckloads of concrete, lined up bumper-to-bumper and stretching nearly 3 miles up the coast, supported a 4,500-cubic-yard pour for the pile caps. Three more placements to go for a total of 15,000 cubic yards. This is the foundation for our New Glenn 9x4 pad.
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Rep. George Whitesides
@Rep_Whitesides7h
I was honored to join Three Heart Connection for the Antelope Valley Junior Thrivers Gala in Lancaster. During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we recognize survivors, remember those we’ve lost, and support the work being done to help individuals and families find safety and healing. Thank you to Three Hart Connection for empowering young people, supporting survivors, and helping build a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Boeing Defense
@BoeingDefense5h
Stingray is making moves. The second MQ-25A moved from St. Louis to MidAmerica Airport 📍@BLVairport, where it will undergo final assembly before beginning ground testing.
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Anil Menon
@astro_anil7h
Chez ISS season 2 preview: new chefs, new food, and some old connections are coming soon. We've been growing more plants on station to improve our cultivation techniques. Russian kale, dragoon lettuce, wasabi lettuce. The ground is running a similar crop to compare. Cosmonaut Anna Kikina joins us for a taste test!
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Joshua Kutryk@Astro_Kutryk11h
I love that we have a HAM radio on the @Space_Station. Thanks to Paul Duke STEM School in Norcross for taking the time today to chat about space exploration!
Astronaut Joshua Kutryk in front of a radio

ALT Astronaut Joshua Kutryk in front of a radio

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James W. Draper@James_W_Draper12h
Born 26 Oct 1904, aerospace pioneer Lee Atwood championed the SM-64 Navaho missile, tested at Cape Canaveral beginning in 1956. Though canceled in 1957, its technologies helped pave the way to space. Our museum preserves the world's only complete Navaho! @ccspacemuseum
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Wu Lei@wulei202019h
Congratulations! A #LongMarch-8A carrier rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on Sunday, sending the 28th group of low-orbit internet satellites into the designated orbit.
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CNSPACE
@CNSpaceflightOct 25
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This is how @NASA does game day. Roll Tide! 🚀🏈
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