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NASA's Space Launch System is a heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of powering the Orion spacecraft and cargo beyond low Earth orbit.

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  1. Retweeted
    32 minutes ago

    LIVE NOW: What a perfect night to 🌙 🔭 Join experts and Moon enthusiasts for a night of learning and fun! Got questions? Use the hashtag :

    31 replies 255 retweets 978 likes
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  2. Sep 25

    As we ensure is ready for the first flight of 's program, stay up-to-date with the latest news on Green Run >>

    7 replies 169 retweets 1,079 likes
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    Sep 24

    🗺️ Hey world! We're hanging out this Saturday to celebrate International night, right? 🌜 Let's come together to learn about lunar science & exploration and honor cultural & personal connections to the Moon:

    International Observe the Moon Night Trailer
    International Observe the Moon Night is an annual public science festival. We invite everyone to learn about lunar science and exploration and celebrate cultural and personal connections to the Moon.
    77 replies 630 retweets 3,129 likes
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  4. Sep 25

    NASA's program will help pave the way for future long-duration missions to Mars. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, technologies can help power those journeys. MORE >>

    1 reply 62 retweets 436 likes
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  5. Sep 24

    Sound on! These 'sonified' images from , and are giving us a new way to experience our universe >>

    Data Sonification: Sounds from Around the Milky Way
    13 replies 136 retweets 512 likes
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  6. Retweeted
    Sep 24

    LIVE NOW: Our spacecraft is playing TAG with an asteroid next month, and the prize for winning will be a piece of it that we’ll bring home in 2023. Listen in on how and why we're going :

    artist interpretation of asteroid Bennu with the OSIRIS REx spacecraft approaching
    36 replies 255 retweets 1,802 likes
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  7. Retweeted
    Sep 23

    🔥 One last mega test for our mega rocket. Media can apply to cover the Green Run hot fire, when all four main engines of our Moon rocket's core stage will fire simultaneously at in early November:

    Rocket core stage on test stand at Stennis Space Center
    50 replies 491 retweets 3,657 likes
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  8. Sep 24

    You're invited! Virtually join NASA scientists and engineers and connect with fellow lunar enthusiasts on Saturday, September 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. EDT to ! 🌙 DETAILS on International Observe the Moon Night HERE >>

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  9. Sep 24

    Media are invited to the hot fire test for Green Run–the last of eight comprehensive tests for the I core stage. MORE >>

    8 replies 86 retweets 580 likes
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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 23

    Even if you're not a student, you can still take part in 's Moon Pod Essay Contest! We're looking for essay judges, ages 18 and up–here's how you can help out >>

    2 replies 47 retweets 232 likes
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    Sep 23

    🇺🇸 Painting of the U.S. flag on the 525 ft. tall Vehicle Assembly Building in progress at ! EGS is overseeing upgrades & HM2 and H.I.S. Painting of Titusville, FL, are conducting. The flag is 209 ft. long by 110 ft. wide. Each star is more than six feet in diameter.

    11 replies 73 retweets 530 likes
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  12. Sep 23

    Asteroid Bennu continues to surprise. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft revealed pieces of another asteroid — asteroid Vesta — are present on asteroid Bennu’s surface. HOW IT GOT THERE >>

    3 replies 101 retweets 527 likes
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  13. Retweeted
    Sep 22

    You can't hear in the vacuum of space, but you can still listen to the universe. Check out these 'sonified' images from , and >>

    Sounds from Around the Milky Way
    48 replies 598 retweets 2,450 likes
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  14. Retweeted
    Sep 22

    No matter where on Earth you are, you can join this Saturday for International Observe the Moon Night >>

    International Observe the Moon Night 2020 Trailer
    4 replies 93 retweets 501 likes
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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 21

    Comets have auroras too! ☄ Our instruments aboard the spacecraft have helped reveal that a comet has its own far-ultraviolet aurora. About this first-ever finding on a celestial object other than a planet or moon:

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  16. Sep 22

    With the SLS rocket and progressing toward the first launch, continues to gain momentum toward sending humans to the Moon again for the first time since the last Apollo lunar mission in 1972. More on the ARTEMIS PLAN >>

    5 replies 47 retweets 398 likes
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  17. Retweeted
    Sep 21

    The program is well underway! Learn more about ’s lunar exploration plans including how we will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024:

    34 replies 429 retweets 1,755 likes
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  18. Retweeted
    Sep 21

    Well, Bennu's surprised us yet again! It appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta - the target of 's mission - ended up on asteroid Bennu. This new discovery sheds light on Bennu's history and formation 💥 Read more about the team's findings:

    6 replies 182 retweets 513 likes
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  19. Sep 21

    HAPPENING TODAY: NASA will host a media teleconference Monday at 5 p.m. ET during which time Administrator will discuss the lunar program. DETAILS >>

    48 retweets 338 likes
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  20. Sep 21

    Stacking practice! at has been rehearsing SLS booster stacking operations with pathfinders, or hardware replicas, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. MORE >>

    6 replies 83 retweets 727 likes
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