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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 11

    Need some space? We’ve got the job for you! 👩‍🚀🚀🌕 We’re accepting applications March 2-31 for the next class of Generation astronauts. Find out if you have what it takes to :

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  2. 45 minutes ago

    🚨LAST DAY TO APPLY!🚨Want to join us for a major milestone before we launch our first Moon mission? Apply today by 11:59pm to view our spacecraft, tour space simulation facilities and more:

    16 replies 104 retweets 533 likes
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  3. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    The Ant Nebula (also known as Menzel 3) resembles the head and thorax of a garden-variety ant. It's produced by a dying Sun-like star as it sheds its outer layers of gas. For more information:

    25 replies 375 retweets 1,808 likes
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  4. 2 hours ago

    90 years ago today, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Take a closer look at its highlands, plains and craters in this flyover view, created using data from :

    63 replies 559 retweets 2,173 likes
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  5. 8 hours ago

    Success! The cargo vehicle fully attached to the at 6:16 am ET. That concludes its journey to the orbiting laboratory, beginning with its launch from on Saturday. Watch live:

    Cygnus is Fully Attached to Space Station
    Success! The #Cygnus cargo vehicle fully attached to the @Space_Station at 6:16 am ET.
    31 replies 292 retweets 1,909 likes
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  6. 8 hours ago

    LIVE NOW: The cargo vehicle has successfully ferried ~7,500 pounds of cargo and science into space. Now it just needs to be installed to the . Watch live:

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  7. 10 hours ago

    Captured! One of our successfully used the ’s robotic arm to capture at 4:05 am ET, while monitored telemetry. Watch:

    Cygnus Capture Confirmed 4:05 a.m. ET
    Capture confirmed! NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan used the space station’s robotic arm to capture Cygnus.
    26 replies 246 retweets 1,813 likes
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  8. 12 hours ago

    LIVE NOW: After a successful launch from , supplies and experiments are now arriving to the via the cargo vehicle. Watch live:

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  9. 16 hours ago

    After launching Saturday, 's cargo spacecraft is set to arrive at , carrying over 7,500 pounds of supplies & experiments. 🕝 2:30am ET: Rendezvous and capture 🕕 6am: Installation Watch live on NASA TV:

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  10. 21 hours ago

    As an image processing specialists for our satellite, Dr. Valerie L. Thomas was an integral part of making the vision of Earth observation from space a reality:

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  11. Feb 17

    We’ve spent a decade capturing the Sun? Since launching Feb. 11, 2010 to help us understand our closest star, our Solar Dynamic Observatory has taken over 200 million 📸 of , one each day in a variety of wavelengths. Check them out:

    64 replies 688 retweets 4,024 likes
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  12. Feb 16

    Want a career that will launch you to higher heights than you can imagine? On March 2, we’re opening applications to !

    133 replies 897 retweets 4,916 likes
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  13. Feb 16

    A Robot 🤖 ? With Lasers ⚡️? On Mars 🔴? This futuristic, rock-zapping instrument on our rover isn’t sci-fi, it’s just SCIENCE:

    84 replies 485 retweets 3,097 likes
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  14. Feb 16

    Want to join us for a major milestone before we launch I?! 🚀🌕 In March, we're offering social media users a chance! Apply to view our spacecraft, tour space simulation facilities + more:

    59 replies 417 retweets 2,793 likes
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    Feb 15

    Have what it takes to ? is hiring! 👩‍🚀🚀 The agency is accepting applications March 2-31 for the next class of Generation astronauts. Learn more:

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  16. Feb 15

    Targeted for launch in 2021 from : a 55-pound CubeSat on its way to the Moon! It'll be the second lunar mission to launch from Virginia. The satellite, known as CAPSTONE, will serve as a pathfinder for the program's Gateway spaceship:

    27 replies 300 retweets 2,129 likes
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  17. Feb 15

    The S.S. Robert H. Lawrence spacecraft has its wings! After launch at 3:21pm ET from , solar panels have deployed, another milestone in the vehicle's journey to the . Watch live coverage of its arrival Feb. 18:

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  18. Retweeted
    Feb 15

    We have liftoff of ’s Antares with the cargo spacecraft onboard full of science and supplies for the crew living and working on the from ! More 📸coming soon!

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    56 replies 630 retweets 4,870 likes
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  19. Feb 15

    Spacecraft separation confirmed! 🛰️ ’s cargo spacecraft is now flying on its own in orbit on a mission to deliver thousands of pounds of and cargo to the . Watch:

    47 replies 388 retweets 2,254 likes
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  20. Feb 15

    Main engine cutoff, stage 1 separation and fairing separation confirmed for ’s cargo spacecraft. 🛰️ Live coverage continues:

    Main engine cutoff
    26 replies 177 retweets 1,288 likes
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  21. Feb 15

    Liftoff! 🚀 ’s rocket launched from in Virginia at 3:21pm ET. Now heading to , the cargo vehicle will deliver thousands of pounds of :

    Liftoff
    87 replies 919 retweets 4,992 likes
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