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  1. 12 minutes ago

    Want to learn Earth facts so strange and unexpected, they’ll live rent free in your head? Our friends at have you covered. 👉 🌎 👈 Check these out:

    The Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Brazil near the mouth of the Amazon River pictured from a window on the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle as it was docke to the International Space Station.
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    Feb 5

    Episode 10🎙️Mars Monthly🎙️1st Fridays! Let's suit up for the Red Planet! Learn about the design and how we'll use our spacesuits on the Moon and Mars on this week’s "Houston We Have a Podcast." 👂

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  3. 5 hours ago

    This , we are proud to celebrate the diversity of our extended family. As a NASA family, we draw from the past to fuel ambition, and spark the power to persevere helping us to reach new heights for the benefit of all humankind:

    We are Family: NASA Honors Black History Month
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  4. 20 hours ago

    This week... 🔋 Spacewalkers complete upgrading a power source for the 🔥 A second hot fire test for our rocket core stage 🚀 Boosters powering the first mission on the move at Watch:

    New Source of Power for the Space Station on This Week @NASA – 2/5/21
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  5. 22 hours ago

    We are saddened by the passing of Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford, the first woman to fly as a NASA payload specialist. Today we reflect on her dedication to biomedical studies in space. Learn more about her research:

    Photo of Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford, the first woman to fly as a NASA payload specialist.
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  6. Feb 5

    50 years ago today, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landed on the Moon for a 33-hour stay full of science, as fellow crew member Stuart Roosa conducted observations from lunar orbit. Revisit this anniversary:

    Apollo 14: ‘A Wild Place Up Here’
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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    🎨 Color with as we ! Our illustrations are now available as coloring pages. Download and add your own creative vision to the rover's journey:

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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    Congratulations to our 2020 Global Winners! We are so impressed by your ability to take NASA data and develop innovative and creative solutions to solve challenges on Earth and in space! Congratulations on your achievements!

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  9. Feb 5

    Wondering what’s going on 254 miles above Earth? This week: 🧑🏾‍🚀🧑🏻‍🚀 & complete a spacewalk 🥬🥬 harvest the 1st veggies of the year & more! Here's what’s happening on the w/ :

    Space to Ground: 02/05/2021
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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    The Exp 64 crew will fly over the on Sunday and four astronauts will also break a U.S. space record from the '70s. More...

    The waxing gibbous moon is pictured below a portion of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's forward international docking adapter. The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above Atlanta, Georgia, when this photograph was taken.
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  11. Feb 5

    📢 HAPPENING TODAY at 11am ET! 📢 Join us for a very special live chat in Spanish with Fernando Abilleira, co-director of Flight Operations for our Mars rover! Submit questions using :

    📢¡No te lo pierdas!📢Hoy, a las 11 am EST, charla en vivo y en español con Fernando Abilleira, subdirector de Operaciones de Vuelo. Envía tus preguntas con
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    Feb 4

    Protecting the Earth from the universe... and the universe from Earth. A chat with Dr. Moogega Cooper (, ) about preventing contamination during missions at Mars & around the solar system. 📅Feb. 4 🕖7pm PT (10pm ET/0300 UTC) 📺

    scientist in lab
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  13. Feb 4

    by experiencing the entry, descent and landing through the lenses of ! On Feb 18, it will land in Jezero crater on Mars. Be the rover:

    Perseverance Mars Rover EDL
    Video showing simulated Perseverance Mars Rover Entry, Descent, and Landing
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  14. Feb 4

    We've selected one of the commercial partners that will deliver to the Moon, helping prepare the way for missions. will land a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations on the lunar surface:

    Illustration of Firefly lunar lander on surface of Moon
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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    50 years ago today, Apollo 14 was on its way to the Moon—and it was carrying the seeds for hundreds of "Moon Trees" that have been planted around the world >>

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  16. Feb 4

    Pluto's "heart," a feature seen in this image, is now named Tombaugh Regio in his honor:

    Pluto image captured by New Horizons spacecraft
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  17. Feb 4

    We're going to the Moon, and we'll use what we learn to take the next giant leap — sending to Mars.

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    "Through the program, the United States government will work with industry and international partners to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon.” The elaborates on our program to bring the first woman and the next man to the lunar surface:
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  18. Feb 4

    🔴 LIVE NOW: expert Chloe Sackier answered your ?s in a Answer Time! Tune in to hear about Chloe's career, landing a rover on Mars, Perseverance’s science goals on the Red Planet, & more:

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  19. Feb 4

    Replying to @NASA_APPEL @NASAJPL and 7 others
    Thanks for the recommendations, ! Give these a listen at
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  20. Feb 4

    Replying to @NASAJPL @NASAGoddard and 7 others
    And don’t forget to take some Small Steps, Giant Leaps — and learn all about the development of the technology behind our space exploration efforts. 🔬
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