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    1 hour ago

    🛰️ LIVE NOW: The journey back to Earth begins! One of our , , and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin & Ivan Vagner of are undocking their Soyuz from the and heading home:

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  2. 45 minutes ago

    Next stop? Home 💙🌎 Our astronaut Chris Cassidy () and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of have safely undocked from the at 7:32pm ET and are on their way back down the 250 miles to Earth’s surface:

    Undocking Confirmed
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  3. 1 hour ago

    During his time on board the over the past six months, conducted four spacewalks — bringing his total to 10 over the course of his career. He is now tied for most spacewalks by .

    Most Spacewalks by @NASA_Astronauts
    During his time on board the @Space_Station over the past six months, @Astro_SEAL conducted four spacewalks — bringing his total to 10 over the course of his career.
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  4. 2 hours ago

    🔴HAPPENING NOW: You ask, we answer! Join us for a Live Q&A where team members answer YOUR questions about TAG, asteroids, & more. Use to participate!

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  5. 2 hours ago

    TAG! We're it! Just released: new views from yesterday as our spacecraft touched the surface of asteroid Bennu for about six seconds, and used its robotic arm to attempt to collect a sample of rocks & dust:

    OSIRIS-REx Sample Collection
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  6. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    How it started: How it’s going:

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  7. 3 hours ago

    "Particles are flying all over the place. We really did kind of make a mess on the surface of this asteroid, but it's a good mess, it's the kind of mess we were hoping for." - principal investigator Dante Lauretta on the new sample collection images.

    Particles Flying on Asteroid Bennu
    43 replies 408 retweets 2,349 likes
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  8. 3 hours ago

    "The sampling event went really well... and I think the chances that there's material inside the TAGSAM head have gone way up based on analysis of these images." principal investigator Dante Lauretta on the likelihood that the TAG of asteroid Bennu captured material.

    OSIRISREx TAGSAM Analysis
    38 replies 215 retweets 1,376 likes
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  9. 3 hours ago

    "Maybe one more time - it's just so cool. I must have watched it about a hundred times last night." - principal investigator Dante Lauretta of reveals the first images from the spacecraft's TAG of asteroid Bennu yesterday.

    SAMCAM Images from OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Capture
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  10. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    🚨Never-before-seen images from our journey Yesterday, captured these pics showing the spacecraft touch Bennu, press into its surface & stir up material. The team is busy analyzing what's likely to be NASA's 1st asteroid sample:

    OSIRIS-REx Sample Collection at Asteroid Bennu: Moment of Contact
    Captured on Oct. 20, this series of 82 images shows OSIRIS-REx's SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.
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  11. 3 hours ago

    🎥 LIVE NOW: Join us for the post-TAG update with mission experts! Spoiler alert: We plan to reveal... brand new images straight from sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu. Watch: Questions?

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  12. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    See the video from yesterday’s TAG event — NASA’s first asteroid sample collection attempt! Tune in TODAY at 5 pm EDT here:

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  13. 4 hours ago

    TONIGHT: 3 space travelers return home. 🧑🏻‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀 We’ll be broadcasting their entire journey LIVE on Twitter starting at 7pm ET. Check out the lineup for coverage:

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  14. 4 hours ago

    After 196 days in space and 3,136 orbits of Earth, & Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of have said farewell to their crewmates. The hatch of their Soyuz spacecraft closed at 4:24 pm ET. 🚀 Tonight, they'll begin their journey home!

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  15. 4 hours ago

    As we await hatch closure of the Soyuz spacecraft, let’s take a walk down memory lane. 🚀 Here’s a look back at Chris Cassidy () and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner launching to the on April 9, 2020.

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  16. 5 hours ago

    HAPPENING LIVE: Chris Cassidy () and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner say goodbye to their crewmates ahead of their departure tonight for the journey home to Earth. 👋 Watch the hatch close on their Soyuz spacecraft:

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  17. 7 hours ago

    👨‍🚀 ’s scientific journey aboard the has been nothing short of extraordinary, filled with milestones for space exploration as well as helping benefit to humanity. Dive into the work he enabled while in microgravity:

    Astronaut Chris Cassidy with Asterobee demonstration aboard International Space Station
    26 replies 206 retweets 2,131 likes
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  18. 9 hours ago

    Today: the latest from , & 3 space travelers including return home. All times ET: 3:30pm: Soyuz hatch closing at 5pm: news update 6:15pm: live Q&A 7pm: Soyuz undocks 9:30pm: Soyuz landing 🔗

    NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos inside Soyuz capsule
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  19. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    We are making a lot of good progress with on engine testing to better understand the unexpected behavior observed during a recent non-NASA launch. (1/5)

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  20. 24 hours ago

    🌟(BOOP) SUCCESS🌟 After over a decade of planning & countless hours of teamwork, we are overjoyed by the success of 's attempt to touch down on ancient asteroid Bennu. What's next for the mission: 📸:

    OSIRIS-REx mission team members at Lockheed Martin's facility in Colorado celebrate success
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