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    Oct 28

    🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: Our Crew-1 mission launches Nov. 14. Feeling excited? Nostalgic? Share a video using for a chance to be featured on-air during our live broadcast or our social media: 🚀 Watch:

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  2. 11 hours ago

    🎃 A galactic pumpkin nearly 109,000 light-years wide... Our telescope captured colliding galaxies glowing with the color of aging red stars. The "eyes" are concentrations of stars around a pair of supermassive black holes:

    Deep space image of glowing orange galaxies with two bright centers resembling eyes
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  3. 13 hours ago

    ✅ Sample stowed ✅ Capsule closed Our spacecraft's sample of rocks & dust from asteroid Bennu is safe for return to Earth. The mission team from , & worked around the clock to successfully stow the sample:

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    A few years ago, when my youngest daughter was in kindergarten, she suggested these three essential items for a . Pretty comprehensive, the rest is just details!

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    About half of Sun-like stars could have a rocky planet capable of having liquid water on its surface, finds 's Kepler mission. This research helps us understand the potential for these planets to have the conditions to support life:

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    I’ve officially closed the Sample Return Capsule! The sample of Bennu is sealed inside and ready for our voyage back to Earth. The SRC will touch down in the Utah desert on Sep. 24, 2023. Thanks, everyone, for being a part of my journey

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  7. 15 hours ago

    LIVE NOW: Mission experts discuss 's asteroid sample stowage, preparations for the trip back to Earth, and what going will teach us about the solar system:

    Illustration of OSIRIS-REx touching down on asteroid Bennu
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  8. 16 hours ago

    LIVE: Watch with us as the Expedition 1 crew — the very first mission to the — sits down with the to discuss what was it like to live and work aboard our orbiting laboratory 20 years ago:

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  9. 17 hours ago

    Join the team today at 4pm ET for updates on the sample of asteroid Bennu currently being stowed & prepped for its journey to Earth. Learn how venturing allows us to discover more about the origins of our solar system and more:

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  10. 19 hours ago

    ✨ Our spacecraft may have detected "sprites" — bright, unpredictable, brief flashes of light — dancing in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Sprites occur on Earth above thunderstorms, but it's the first time they've been observed on another world:

    Illustration of "sprite" flash of light on Jupiter
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    Teams have applied insignia and American flag to the backshell panel of ’s crew module as the spacecraft is prepared for the I mission around the . Looking forward to seeing a view of Orion from space during the mission!

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  12. 20 hours ago

    Today at 3pm ET: Watch with us as the Expedition 1 crew — the very first mission to the — sits down with the to discuss what was it like to live and work aboard our orbiting laboratory 20 years ago:

    Space Station above earth
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  13. 21 hours ago

    Thank you for commemorating the 240 individuals from 19 countries that have visited !

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  14. Oct 28

    📸 🌍 For 20 years, humans have lived and worked in orbit on the . Astronauts photograph our home planet from space almost daily, contributing to an archive of >3 million Earth observations. How these images benefit science:

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  15. Oct 28

    . Crew-1’s Mike Hopkins asks: What excites you about the mission on Nov. 14, when 4 humans launch to space for the first certified commercial crew spaceflight? Share thoughts, photos & vids for a chance to be featured on NASA TV:

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  16. Oct 28

    We didn't mean to frighten. It's just that our new playlist captures all the creaks and howls of our amazing universe and we want to share it all with you! This , enter the deepest depths of space:

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  17. Oct 28

    LIVE NOW: Updates on our Crew-1 mission to the , now targeted for liftoff Nov 14:

    Portrait of astronauts for SpaceX Crew-1 mission and mission insignia
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    Oct 28

    Green Run teams are standing down for another storm heading to the area. 6 of 8 tests are complete for the rocket’s core stage, and engineers continue to assess test results. We have updated dates for the next 2 tests after the storm passes.

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    The International Space Station orbited above Hurricane Zeta as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico just before 1pm ET today.

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    Oct 28

    LISTEN IF YOU DARE 🔊 Using data from our spacecraft, scientists gathered new eerie sounds from the depths of space, just in time for Halloween. This playlist is filled with real “moans” and “whistles” from our universe.

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