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Time to show off a new spaceship - Apeiron - youtu.be/cCEyPCvYctQ?si=7ty5…
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One year. New heights. Faster speeds. ✈️
Since its first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, NASA's X-59 has continued pushing the boundaries of aviation.
See how far we've come in just one year!
go.nasa.gov/4jLT7Su
#NASAaero #Quesst
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You can't launch a satellite whenever you want.
As Earth turns, the launch site must line up with the path of the orbit the satellite is headed for. That moment is called a launch window and some last only a few minutes.
When you're aiming for orbit, close isn't good enough.
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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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NASA's Mike Lippert Takes Controls of X-59 for First Time nasa.gov/blogs/quesst/2026/1… via @NASA
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🚀 Industry leaders urge Ottawa to accelerate funding for Canadian space sovereignty
At Space Canada’s SpaceBound conference, CEOs and senior leaders from across the sector agreed on two points: Canada has the talent and the track record, and it needs to move faster. 🇨🇦
❄️ A common thread: the Arctic, where Canada’s needs and its potential edge over other countries meet.
Elizabeth Howell has the full story on SpaceQ 👇
spaceq.ca/canadian-space-sov…
#SpaceSovereignty #CanadianSpace #SpaceBound #SpaceCanada #DefenceIndustrialStrategy #NewSpace #Arctic
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It's the final countdown 🎶
We're one step closer to Roman's first images! The observatory is now fully functional and the team is performing their final checks and calibrations before starting science observations.
go.nasa.gov/4A9menV
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It might not have been as vibrant as last week's, but the jellyfish were out again today!
SpaceX launching a Falcon 9 on the Bandwagon 5 mission, a rare (these days) southeastern launch. Being southeast of the launch made for a great side-on view right around sunrise.
Learn more about what launched from @NASASpaceflight nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/…
🤖 Made with AI
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🚀 Jeremy Hansen asks space sector to work like his Moon crew
At last night’s SpaceBound opening reception in Ottawa, Jeremy Hansen made a surprising admission about the Artemis II crew: “We were not a great team from the get-go.” 🌕
The turning point came months into training, when the four astronauts made a pact to “launch as friends and land as friends.” 🤝 Now he’s asking Canada’s space sector to do the same and find a common goal of its own. 🇨🇦
👉 Read it here: spaceq.ca/jeremy-hansen-spac…
#SpaceBound #ArtemisII #JeremyHansen #SpaceCanada #CanadianSpace #SpaceQ
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Today, a member of my family was hit by a car as they crossed a crosswalk with a stop sign. They are fine — thanks to the car's automatic braking system, it was just a hard bump. But it was scary and could have been much worse. The car was apparently going quite fast and screeched to a halt just as it impacted.
I share the story for a few reasons:
First, in this age of mobile phone distractions, don't assume that a driver approaching a stop sign will see you crossing the street. Try to make eye contact with the driver and be cautious if you can't.
Second, I'm grateful for the safety system technology in that car. It probably prevented a broken leg or worse. Technology, properly applied, can help us be safer, though of course we still need oversight and safeguards.
Third, and this isn't really a lesson, I was sad that the driver drove off without stopping. Who knows what was going through their minds, or what was going on in their lives. But I pray for them and hope this experience will make them more careful going forward.
Stay safe everyone!
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I "watched" the April 2001 @Cmdr_Hadfield spacewalk livestreams as still images rendered by dial-up Internet paid by the hour, so I'm grateful I can tune into the upcoming @Astro_Kutryk spacewalks quite easily with streaming video. @csa_asc
In April 2001, Chris Hadfield made history as the first CSA astronaut to perform a spacewalk. On October 29, @astro_kutryk is scheduled to perform his first one, marking another exciting milestone in Canada’s space exploration journey!
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First week back on Earth, a brief recap. Busy times with science, medical tests, physical training and of course a very joyous family reunion. Missing weightlessness, but loving Earth!
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Talk about diving into your work! ✈️🔧
Keeping NASA’s X-59 flight-ready sometimes means going headfirst into its engine inlet. See how technicians use “duct diving” to inspect critical components of our quiet supersonic aircraft.
go.nasa.gov/4dJiosH
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Our SpaceX-35 cargo launch had an absolutely breathtaking jellyfish effect and I have loved seeing all the photos!
Particularly enjoy this one, a perfect mash up of two of my favorite things…space flight and Disney!
Did you happen to catch any good images of this one? 🪼
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When the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first to observe the Moon up close, NASA gathered insights from what they saw into a special publication.
The Artemis II preliminary lunar science report is a continuation of this story of data and science made possible by NASA's missions to the Moon. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4igLKBj
ALT Cover of the "Analysis of Apollo 8 Photography and Visual Observations" special report published in 1969. It features the Earthrise image taken by the Apollo 8 crew.
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Go Christina GO! Proud of this crew every day… NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-n… via @NASA
Appreciate the firsts and seconds and more and the people behind them. I've met a few and will not forget them. Good words @bnjacobs
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To the Moon and back again. 🌕🚀
Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch return to #HWHAP to reflect on their historic journey around the Moon, the moments that moved them, and what it’s like to come home after traveling farther than any humans before them. go.nasa.gov/4rSO8Bq
ALT Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch return to #HWHAP to reflect on their historic journey around the Moon, the moments that moved them, and what it’s like to come home after traveling farther than any humans before them. Credit: NASA
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J'adore! Ça me ramène une foule de souvenirs et d'images incroyables. Le court moment que j'ai passé dans la sphère d'influence de la Lune me manque certainement! Un immense bravo à notre équipe scientifique exceptionnelle pour rendre encore plus de données accessibles au grand public.
A huge library of Artemis II data just dropped! Science is a relay race, and today marks the latest in a long series of handoffs. 814 GB of observations. 996 new images. 521 min of never-before-released crew audio.
Dig in: go.nasa.gov/Artemis2LunarSci…