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A historic moment is on the horizon for @OSIRISREx! On Oct. 20, the mission will collect a sample of asteroid Bennu. Why this is important in our @NASAAstrobio quest to understand the role that asteroids play in the origins of life: http://youtu.be/HCrwF4oBCvk  #ToBennuAndBackpic.twitter.com/WvNykPZZzB

Born after Nov. 1, 2000? You're a member of “Generation Station” & have lived your entire life with the @Space_Station orbiting overhead. As we celebrate the #SpaceStation20th, these students are contributing to @ISS_Research on the orbiting lab: https://go.nasa.gov/2IEEQHN pic.twitter.com/6iBtQ8yDcQ

It’s been quite an eventful week! A new crew arrives safely at the @Space_Station Our #LaunchAmerica Crew-1 Mission moves to later this fall #IAC2020 wraps up with an international agreement on #Artemis Watch these stories and more: https://youtu.be/vDb3g_r0DfE pic.twitter.com/WpKqehbxz3

This is where stars are born. This @NASAHubble image shows a frEGG, or a Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globule. It occurs when a massive new star starts to shine while still within the cool gas cloud from which it formed: https://go.nasa.gov/2H8AnMS pic.twitter.com/VAWiHwTls4

"I'd love to live on the Moon. Why not?" In the new @NASAKennedy "Rocket Ranch" podcast, astronaut Chris Hadfield talks about past missions to @Space_Station and looks to the future of exploration. Watch: http://youtu.be/AopLE4SrtCI  Listen & subscribe: http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy/rocketranch …pic.twitter.com/F9n0HxH71N

Ice mining experiment, anyone? We're teaming up with @Int_Machines to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon's South Pole! The delivery will help us search for ice &, for the first time, harvest it below the surface: https://go.nasa.gov/2HbGcZM pic.twitter.com/9XaATw1j2f

This week on #SpaceToGround: Three space travelers including Kate Rubins of @NASA_Astronauts launched to the @Space_Station while @Astro_SEAL & two crewmates prepared to return home. Plus, @SpaceX's Crew-1 mission is targeted for a November liftoff. Watch: http://youtu.be/gEfqbmexgq0 pic.twitter.com/JkXnuNTFJy

On Nov. 10, the world's latest ocean-monitoring satellite will rocket into orbit to begin #SeeingTheSeas from space. Preparations are underway at Vandenberg Air Force Base for launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a historic U.S.-European partnership: https://go.nasa.gov/3j5Fmej pic.twitter.com/QYXDdHY6Qf

"This particular structure and form factor that you see is built on a lot of heritage.. very much tuned for our particular mission." @NASA_JPL's Parag Vaze answers a ? on why the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite looks like a "little house in space." #SeeingTheSeaspic.twitter.com/3KegtIlJBg

"We have a better understanding of the relative sea level rise in our coastal communities.. We can do things like better predict the rapid intensification of hurricanes." @NASAEarth's Karen St. Germain on the benefits of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite. #SeeingTheSeaspic.twitter.com/nlvQlYfbsT

"His understanding of the importance of that international partnership at the basis of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich led to this unprecedented honor of his name being on the spacecraft." - @Dr_ThomasZ thanks partners for honoring the legacy of @NASAEarth's Dr. Michael Freilich.pic.twitter.com/K2DuHDUM3e

"I'm so glad that this new satellite, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, will go into space and really teach us about this blue marble, our home." - @Dr_ThomasZ of #NASAScience talks about this historic U.S.-European mission to measure sea levels around the world. #SeeingTheSeaspic.twitter.com/sSFcZKOiLx

Coming up at 10am ET: Experts from NASA, @EU_Commission, @ESA, & @EUMETSAT discuss the ocean-monitoring Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich mission, set to launch Nov. 10. Watch: http://www.nasa.gov/live  Questions about Earth's latest sea-level measuring satellite? Use #SeeingTheSeas pic.twitter.com/8hdStuULnk

On Wed., Oct. 21, three space travelers return home to Earth after a 196-day mission on the @Space_Station. @Astro_SEAL of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of @Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz spacecraft and land at 10:55pm ET. How to watch: https://go.nasa.gov/3521PE7 pic.twitter.com/DGX3lHX2Xn

The Moon has ALWAYS had Earth's back Like a protective BFF, the Moon shielded the Earth's early atmosphere from the unpredictability of space & powerful solar storms with its magnetic field 4 billion years ago. We break down the relationship here https://go.nasa.gov/3lQBqzQ pic.twitter.com/7THh6z0fmV

Next week: @NASAJPL's "On a Mission" podcast launches season 3! We'll venture to the ends of the Earth with scientists who study the cycles of our planet- from the air we breathe to the ground beneath us. Get your hiking boots ready Subscribe: https://go.nasa.gov/2IvWy05 pic.twitter.com/Xtbjz6PG75