#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 05/30/2008

This Jan. 2003 image provided by NASA shows a view of the toilet compartment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The space station’s Russian built toilet has been acting up for the past week. The three male residents have temporarily bypassed the problem, which involves urine collection, not solid waste. NASA rushed Wednesday May 28th, 2008 to get a special pump on board shuttle Discovery to fix a balky toilet at the international space station, as the launch countdown got under way.

International Space Station  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration  #NASA MjL

#2 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 05/08/2009

Reporters are given a tour and briefing on the NASA Constellation Program’s Orion crew module under development at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia in 2008. Obummer’s new budget released Thursday ordered a review of NASA’s Constellation project that is meant to replace the US shuttle fleet for manned space flight after next year.

Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV)  #Orion National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#3 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 05/13/2009

Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) astronauts, (L-R) mission specialists Megan McArthur, pilot Greg Johnson and commander Scott Altman wave as they prepare to head to the launch pad for a 2:01 p.m. launch today at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. U.S. astronauts took off at the start of a high-risk mission to service, for the last time, the Hubble telescope.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#4 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 06/20/2009

Two probes called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crator Observation and Sensing Satellite on May 15th at the Astrotech facility in Florida. NASA embarks on a landmark mission of lunar exploration this week with the launch of the probes to scout for water sources and landing sites, in a bid to lead humanity back on the first visit to the moon since 1972.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)  #LROrbiter Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)  #LCROSS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/09/2010 #4

NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour sits bolted to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 6th, 2010. Endeavour is scheduled for an early morning launch on Feb 7th, opening the final year of missions of the shuttle program. A crew of six will fly on board NASA’s youngest orbiter to the International Space Station with the Tranquility node and other supplies. The crew will conduct three spacewalks to upgrade the outpost during a fourteen day mission.

STS-130 Space Shuttle  #SpaceShuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/15/2010 #2

An Expedition 22 crew member photographs space shuttle Endeavour’s crew cabin, firewall and part of the docking mechanism before the shuttle docks at the International Space Station.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/15/2010 #3

NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is draped by flags as it sits bolted to Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 13th, 2010. Atlantis will fly its final scheduled mission with a crew of six to the International Space Station to deliver the Russian Mini Research Module during its twelve day mission.

Space Shuttle #SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#8 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/04/2010 #2

Several power systems have been shut down aboard the International Space Station after a cooling system malfunctioned. NASA says in a posting on its website that one of two cooling loops aboard the space station was shut down July 31st. A module that pumps ammonia coolant to prevent equipment from overheating was still shut down early Sunday.

International Space Station  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration  #NASA MjL

#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/26/2010 #1

This NASA image released on September 10th, 2010 shows space shuttle Discovery as it is moved to be attached to the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters inside the VAB at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA is making final preparations to launch Discovery on mission STS-133, service mission to install the module on the International Space Station. This is the second to last flight for the shuttle program.

Space Shuttle  #SpaceShuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/03/2012 #2

NASA’s 1st Orion crew capsule on display in Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building in Florida, July 2nd, 2012. The spacecraft is set to launch on an unmanned test flight in 2014.

Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV)  #Orion National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/17/2012 #2

This image made available by NASA shows the amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic on Sunday, Sept. 16th, 2012, at center in white, and the 1979 to 2000 average extent for the day shown, with the yellow line. Scientists say sea ice in the Arctic shrank to an all time low of 1,320,000 miles2 on Sunday, Sept. 16th, 2012, smashing old records for the critical climate indicator. That’s 18% smaller than the previous record set in 2007. Records go back to 1979 based on satellite tracking.

#NASA #Climate MjL

#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/04/2012 #2

On Sol 84 (Oct. 31st, 2012), NASA’s Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full color self portrait.

Curiosity Rover  #RoverCuriosity National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/04/2012 #5

The Voyager 2 spacecraft, atop a Titan Centaur rocket, is launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on Aug. 20th, 1977. Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 have been traveling through space since 1977, and are close to becoming the first manmade objects to leave the solar system.

Voyager 2  #Voyager2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#14 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/06/2012 #4

This August 2011 image made available by NASA shows paths left by walking astronauts, single lines, and lunar buggy tracks, parallel lines, from the 1972 U.S. Apollo 17 moon mission. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter made this and other photographs of lunar landing sites from 13 to 15 miles above the moon’s surface.

Apollo17  #Apollo17 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#15 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/26/2013 #1

NASA rocket scientists in Alabama are testing an old engine that was designed for the 1969 moon mission. They’re trying to see what the old technology can teach them, as they prepare for a return to the moon.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/22/2013 #4

This image shows a hole in a Martian rock drilled by the NASA rover Curiosity. It’s the second drilling by the spacecraft since landing in August 2012. The rover will analyze the material drilled from the rock.

Curiosity Rover #RoverCuriosity #NASA MjL

#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/19/2013 #2

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, currently serving as part of Expedition 36 aboard the International Space Station, demonstrates how she washes her hair in zero gravity in this still image taken from NASA video released July 12th, 2013.

Karen LuJean Nyberg  #KarenNyberg International Space Station (ISS)  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/19/2013 #5

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano works next to his space suit. Parmitano had a leak in his helmet while on a spacewalk outside the international space station Tuesday, forcing an early end to the outing, NASA said.

Luca Parmitano  #LucaParmitano National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#19 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/24/2013 #4

The wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn’s rings and planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. Earth, which is 898 million miles away in this image, appears as a blue dot at center right; the moon can be seen as a fainter protrusion off its right side. An arrow indicates their location in this annotated version.

Cassini–Huygens  #Cassini National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#20 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 10/03/2013 #3

#Voyager2 #NASA MjL

#21 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/11/2013 #1

Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven astronauts, is dead at 88.

Malcolm Scott Carpenter #ScottCarpenter #NASA MjL

#22 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/28/2012 #2

The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is moved into position for docking with the International Space Station using the station’s Canadarm2 in this closeup image captured from NASA TV May 25th, 2012.  Astronauts aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside a Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon capsule on Saturday, May 26th, the first taxpayer funded privately owned spaceship to reach the orbital outpost, NASA said.

International Space Station (ISS)  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#23 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/06/2014 #4

A NASA Orion capsule on top of a Delta IV rocket lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#24 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/14/2015 #3

People take pictures as the SLS 5 segment Solid Rocket Motor undergoes a static test fire at the Orbital ATK facility in Promontory, UT, March 11th, 2015. An enlarged space shuttle solid rocket motor passed a two-minute test firing in Utah, a key milestone toward the debut flight of NASA’s deep space launcher in 2018, the U.S. space agency said.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#25 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/11/2015 #2

A model of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is on display as Bruce Jakosky discusses solar wind at NASA in Washington.

MAVEN #MAVEN #NASA MjL

#26 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 02/25/2016 #3

#NASA MjL

#27 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/01/2016 #5

This combination of images provided by NASA shows the inflation over more than seven hours on May 28th of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module at the International Space Station. BEAM is a prototype space habitat that can be folded up like a parachute and reduced to nearly 20% of its inflated size, making it easier to pack for a trip into space. Expandable habitats take up less room in a payload fairing than rigid, metal habitats, and are also lighter, which lowers the cost of sending them to space.

International Space Station (ISS)  #ISS  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#28 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/18/2016 #5

Barbara Morgan held the previous record for world’s oldest spacewoman. She was 55 when she flew a space shuttle mission in 2007. Whitson will turn 57 while aboard the space station.

Barbara (Radding) Morgan #BarbaraMorgan #NASA MjL

#29 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/09/2016 #1

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95.

John Herschel Glenn Jr.  #JohnGlenn National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#30 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/15/2016 #4

A Japanese cargo ship arrives with Christmas gifts at the International Space Station. The capsule, called Kounotori, or White Stork, contains nearly five tons of food, water, batteries and other supplies. NASA said there also are Christmas presents for the two Americans, three Russians and one Frenchman on board.

Kounotori 6  #Kounotori6 International Space Station (ISS)  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#31 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/17/2017 #4

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died at age 82.

Eugene Andrew “Gene” Cernan #GeneCernan #NASA MjL

#32 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/19/2017 #1

#Mercury #NASA MjL

#33 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/10/2017 #4

This raw, unprocessed image released by NASA shows Saturn’s tiny moon, Pan, and was taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The flyby had a close-approach distance of 24,572 kilometers (15,268 miles). The image is the closest images ever taken of Pan and will help to characterize its shape and geology.

Cassini–Huygens  #Cassini National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#34 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/26/2017 #3

#NASA MjL

#35 Click this link to see Blog page --> 07/29/2017

history.com #NASA

#36 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2017 #1

Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist on the STS-41B and STS-31 missions, passed away on Dec. 21st, 2017, at the age of 80. McCandless is perhaps best remembered as the subject of a famous NASA photograph, flying alongside the space shuttle in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) - the 1st astronaut to float fly untethered from his spacecraft.

Bruce McCandless II (Byron Willis McCandless)  #BruceMcCandlessII National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#37 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/07/2018 #2

U.S. astronaut John Young dies at age 87, says NASA.

John Watts Young  #JohnYoung National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#38 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 02/10/2018 #5

#NASA MjL

#39 Click this link to see Blog page --> 04/11/2018

history.com #Apollo13 #NASA

#40 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/27/2018 #2

Alan L. Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, died on May 26th, 2018, in Houston. Bean resigned from NASA in June 1981 to devote his time to painting. At the age of 86, he died on May 26th, at Houston Methodist Hospital after suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, IN, two weeks prior.

Alan LaVern Bean #AlanBean #NASA MjL

#41 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/21/2018 #2

NASA released this image of the Moon beginning to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies, or ARADS, project is designing tools and techniques that could be used to search for life one day on Mars or other places in the Solar System. The team’s prototype rover combines the ability to move across the surface, drill down to collect soil samples, and feed them to several life-detection instruments on board. The extreme conditions of Chile’s Atacama Desert provide one of the most Mars-like environments on Earth, where the team can test and refine these technologies and methods. ARADS is led by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Partners include NASA centers Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as well as Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Honeybee Robotics in New York, the University of Antofagasta and CampoAlto SpA, both in Chile, and Spain’s Center for Astrobiology.

Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS)  #ARADS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#42 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/28/2018 #3

NASA engineers Kris Bruvold (L) and Sandy Krasner react in the space flight operation facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as the spaceship InSight lands on the surface of Mars after a six-month journey, at JPL in Pasadena, CA.

InSight  #InSight National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#43 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/31/2018 #2

Nancy Grace Roman, ‘Mother Of Hubble’ Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93.

Nancy Grace Roman  #NancyRoman National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#44 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/04/2019 #3

Ultima Thule, a twenty-mile-long space rock, in an taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just thirty minutes before its closest approach from a range of 18,000 miles.

Ultima Thule  #UltimaThule New Horizons  #NewHorizons National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#45 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 02/15/2019 #6

#RoverOpportunity #NASA MjL

#46 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/16/2019 #1

#Apollo17 #NASA MjL

#47 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 03/27/2019 #42

This one is a head scratcher for me —— How did #NASA not know they didn’t have spacesuits that would fit them before they sent them up there? MjL

#48 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/02/2019 #1

Original flight control consoles and binders at the newly restored Apollo Mission Control Room on June 28th. Project Apollo’s Mission Operations Control Room has been meticulously recreated down to the tan carpeting, gray green wallpaper, white ceiling panels, woven cushion seats, amber glass ashtrays and retro coffee cups. The room was last used for space shuttle flights in the 1990s, then abandoned and opened to tourists. The restoration effort finally got traction in 2017. The room was closed, and construction began. More than $5 million was raised, most of it donations. It reopened to the public on Monday, July 1st.

$5 million dollars. I’m as nostalgic as the next person, but it seems a bit much to spend on nostalgia. Sounds more like a bunch of old NASA employees cashed in on their memorabilia. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#49 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/02/2019 #3

Technicians perform the last of four structural test articles for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) as it is loaded onto NASA’s Pegasus barge at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

I will say one thing for NASA —— they have clean white facilities. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#50 Click this link to see Blog page --> 07/21/2019

history.com #NASA #SpaceShuttle

#51 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/19/2019 #5

#CharlesDuke #NASA MjL

#52 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/21/2021 #1

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the LUCY spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Saturday, Oct. 16th, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, FL. Lucy, will observe Trojan asteroids, a unique family of asteroids that orbit the sun in front of and behind Jupiter.

LUCY spacecraft #NASA MjL

#53 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/18/2019 #3

The X-59 QueSST is NASAs first large scale, piloted X-plane in more than thirty years. This is an illustration of the X-59 QueSST landing on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base.

X-59 QueSST National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#54 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/08/2020 #3

NASA astronaut Christina Koch reacts shortly after landing in the Russian Soyuz MS-13 space capsule in a remote area in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan after spending almost a year in space.

Christina Hammock Koch  #ChristinaKoch National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#55 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/24/2020 #3

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#56 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/15/2020 #5

#Mariner4 #NASA MjL

#57 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/31/2020 #1

An artist’s impression issued by Nasa of the Ingenuity Mars rover and helicopter. Nasa launched the car sized robotic spacecraft to Mars as part of a mission to look for signs of past life on the planet.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#58 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/15/2020 #2

The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of Kathleen Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

This will the last Soyuz flight that we will pay to launch Americans into space. Under the space agencies’ current plans, U.S. astronauts will continue flying on Soyuz spacecraft and Russian cosmonauts will launch and land on the new U.S. vehicles under a barter arrangement, with no funds exchanged. #NASA has identified the cost of sending astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at $81 million per seat. Before the Space Shuttle program retired, NASA said it cost an average of $450 million each mission to launch the spacecraft. It cost $55m for a seat on SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. MjL

Notice the apples & oranges argument. Per seat for Soyuz and per mission on the shuttle. The shuttle could seat eight people. MjL

Yes I did, thanks for knowing the shuttle carried 8. Michael T.

I Googled. Wish I did know facts like that offhand. MjL

#59 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/18/2019 #2

#Apollo11 #NASA MjL

#60 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/06/2020 #2

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#61 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/19/2021 #3

An artist’s impression issued by Nasa of the Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. The rover landed on the red planet on Thursday to begin its search for traces of life.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#62 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/20/2021 #3

This illustration shows the events that occurred in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey NASA’s Perseverance rover took to Mars.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#63 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/21/2021 #2

Perseverance, a robotic explorer that will search for traces of ancient microbial life and collect what could be the 1st rocky samples from Mars that will be back to Earth, moments before wheels touched down on the red planet on Feb. 18th.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#64 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/10/2021 #3

Wheel tread marks are left in the soil of Jezero Crater on Mars, as NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance drives on Martian surface for the 1st time.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#65 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/05/2021 #3

The Ingenuity helicopter after it was detached from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The helicopter was released by the rover after being charged and is expected to fly in a dedicated fly zone no earlier than April 8th. Having landed on Mars on February 18th, the main mission of Perseverance on Mars is astrobiology and the search for signs of ancient microbial life, according to NASA.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#66 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 04/10/2021 #26

#Ingenuity #NASA MjL

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ingenuitys-wright-stuff-a-piece-of-the-wright-flyer-will-soar-on-mars/ MjL

#67 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/15/2021 #5

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#68 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/26/2021 #2

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#69 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/08/2021 #3

NASA said the Persevrance rover’s 1st drilling attempt on Mars was unsuccessful, failing to collect any rock during the effort. The agency said Friday that though the rover’s coring bit and percussive drill performed as planned, the sample tube was shown to be empty after the drilling process.

Perseverance Rover  #RoverPerseverance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#70 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/30/2021 #6

In 1983, Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger. #GuionBluford #NASA

#GuionBluford #NASA MjL

#71 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/18/2021 #15

In 2019, the world’s first all female spacewalking team, NASA astronauts Christina (Hammock) Koch and Jessica Ulrika Meir, replaced a broken part of the International Space Station’s power grid. #ChristinaKoch #JessicaMeir #NASA #ISS

#ChristinaKoch #JessicaMeir #NASA #ISS MjL

#72 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/24/2021 #3

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready for a short Martian flight to test summer weather conditions that have arrived at its location on the Red Planet after two weeks of no communication because of blockage by the sun. The flight, Ingenuity’s 14th, is brief and simple by design. As weather at Jezero Crater gets warmer, the aircraft’s rotors must turn faster to achieve flight.

Ingenuity  #Ingenuity National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#73 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/31/2021 #3

In 1930, Michael Collins  was born in Rome, Italy. #MichaelCollins #Apollo11 #NASA

#MichaelCollins #Apollo11 #NASA MjL

#74 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/07/2021 #2

The US Navy teams up with Nasa’s recovery team to practice recovering the Artemis I Orion space capsule by capturing a mock capsule into the bay of the USS John P Murtha.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) #NASA MjL

#75 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/08/2021 #5

In 1985 Anna Fisher

#AnnaFisher #NASA MjL

#76 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/11/2021 #8

In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James Arthur “Jim” Lovell Jr. and Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. aboard; it was the tenth and final flight of NASA’s Gemini program. #Gemini12 #JamesLovell #BuzzAldrin #NASA I was in the sixth grade and thought it was all so amazing.

#Gemini12 #JamesLovell #BuzzAldrin #NASA MjL

#77 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/13/2021 #9

In 1971, Mariner 9 #Mariner9 #NASA

#Mariner9 #NASA MjL

#78 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/13/2021 #6

In 1966, Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. #BuzzAldrin #NASA

#BuzzAldrin #NASA MjL

#79 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/14/2021 #9

In 1969, Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon. #Apollo12 #NASA

#Apollo12 #NASA MjL

#80 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/15/2021 #6

In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James Arthur Lovell Jr. and Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit. #JamesLovell #BuzzAldrin #Gemini12 #NASA I will never understand why the AP uses grainy B&W photos when color photos were clearly available in the 1960s?

#JamesLovell #BuzzAldrin #Gemini12 #NASA MjL

#81 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/19/2021 #9

In 2016, the International Space Station gained three new residents, including NASA astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson, who at 56 was the oldest and most experienced woman to orbit the world. #PeggyWhitson #ISS #NASA

#PeggyWhitson #ISS #NASA MjL

#82 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/19/2021 #7

In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. and Alan LaVern Bean made the second manned landing on the moon. #Apollo12 #PeteConrad #AlanBean #NASA

#Apollo12 #PeteConrad #AlanBean #NASA MjL

#83 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/20/2021 #2

#NASA MjL

#84 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/23/2021 #20

In 2021, NASA launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course. (NASA said the mission was a success.) Double Asteroid Redirection Test #NASA #DART

#NASA #DART MjL

#85 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/24/2021 #8

Odd how #ELoonMuskolini now seems to own #NASA? #DART MjL

#86 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/25/2021 #3

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23rd, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. NASA launched the spacecraft Tuesday night on the DART mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.

Double Asteroid Redirection Test #NASA #DART MjL

#87 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/29/2021 #7

In 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning. #NASA

#NASA MjL

#88 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/03/2021 #11

In 1973, Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter. #Pioneer10 #NASA

#Pioneer10 #NASA MjL

#89 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/04/2021 #6

In 1965, the U.S. launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Frederick Borman II and Navy Cmdr. James Arthur Lovell Jr. aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15th on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.) #Gemini7 #FrankBorman #JamesLovell #Gemini6A #NASA

#Gemini7 #FrankBorman #JamesLovell #Gemini6A #NASA MjL

#90 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/06/2021 #9

In 1957, America’s first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed as Vanguard TV3 rose about four feet off a Cape Canaveral launch pad before crashing down and exploding. #NASA

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#91 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #13

In 1972, Apollo 17, the last moon mission, was launched. During the trip, a photograph was taken of the Earth (pictured) by crew member, Jack Schmitt, known as “The Blue Marble”. The Blue Marble #Apollo17 #NASA

#Apollo17 #NASA MjL

#92 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/08/2021 #13

In 2016, John Herschel Glenn Jr., whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died in Columbus, OH, at age 95. #JohnGlenn #NASA

#JohnGlenn #NASA MjL

#93 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/11/2021 #9

In 1972, Apollo 17 became the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon. #Apollo17 #NASA

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#94 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/12/2021 #11

In 1972 #Apollo17 #NASA

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#95 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/15/2021 #7

In 1965, Two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered toward each other while in orbit, at one point coming as close as one foot. #Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA

#Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA MjL

#96 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/15/2021 #6

In 1965 #Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA

#Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA MjL

#97 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/14/2021 #5

In 1972 Eugene Andrew “Gene” Cernan #GeneCernan #Apollo17 #NASA

#GeneCernan #Apollo17 #NASA MjL

#98 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/21/2021 #8

In 1968, Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon. #Apollo8 #NASA

#Apollo8 #NASA MjL

#99 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/24/2021 #9

In 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. #Apollo8 #NASA

#Apollo8 #NASA MjL

#100 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/24/2021 #8

In 1968 Apollo 8 #Apollo8 #NASA

#Apollo8 #NASA MjL

#101 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/25/2021 #16

In 1999, space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts finished their repair job on the Hubble Space Telescope and released it back into orbit. STS-103 #Hubble #NASA

#Hubble #NASA MjL

#102 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/25/2021 #27

In 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, rocketed away from French Guiana in South America on a quest to behold light from the 1st stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA MjL

#103 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 12/26/2021 #9

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA MjL

#104 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/27/2021 #7

In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. #Apollo8 #NASA

#Apollo8 #NASA MjL

#105 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/28/2021 #21

In 2019, U.S. astronaut Christina (Hammock) Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days. #ChristinaKoch #NASA

#ChristinaKoch #NASA MjL

#106 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/03/2022 #17

In 2004, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on Mars to study the chemical and physical composition of the planet’s surface. #RoverSpirit #NASA

#RoverSpirit #NASA MjL

#107 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/05/2022 #14

In 1972, Trickie Dickie announced that he had ordered development of the Space Shuttle. #SpaceShuttle #NASA I think a photo of the shuttle might have been more appropriate.

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#108 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/07/2022 #10

In 1968, the U.S. space probe Surveyor 7 was launched and, a few days later, made a soft landing on the Moon. #Surveyor7 #NASA This is a photo of Surveyor 3 taken during the Apollo 12 landing.

#Surveyor7 #NASA MjL

#109 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/14/2022 #14

In 2005, the Huygens entry probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan; it marked the first time a spacecraft landed on a planetary surface in the outer solar system. #NASA

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#110 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/16/2022 #18

In 2017, Eugene Andrew “Gene” Cernan died (aged 82). #GeneCernan

#GeneCernan #NASA MjL

#111 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/16/2022 #13

In 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster #ColumbiaDisaster #NASA

#ColumbiaDisaster #NASA MjL

#112 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/16/2022 #14

In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off for what turned out to be its last flight; on board was Zion’s Israel’s 1st astronaut, Ilan Ramon. (The mission ended in tragedy on Feb. 1st, when the shuttle broke up during its return descent, killing all seven crew members.) Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster #ColumbiaDisaster #NASA

#ColumbiaDisaster #NASA MjL

#113 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/24/2022 #16

In 2004, the six-wheeled robotic rover Opportunity landed on Mars and analyzed rocks and soils and relayed pictures back to Earth. #RoverOpportunity

#RoverOpportunity #NASA MjL

#114 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/25/2022 #19

In 2004, NASA’s Opportunity Rover zipped its first pictures of Mars to Earth, showing a surface smooth and dark red in some places, and strewn with fragmented slabs of light bedrock in others. #RoverOpportunity #NASA

#RoverOpportunity #NASA MjL

#115 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #8

In 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral. #Explorer1 #NASA

#Explorer1 #NASA MjL

#116 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #12

In 1961, NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16.5 minute suborbital flight. Chimpanzee Ham #ChimpanzeeHam #NASA

#ChimpanzeeHam #NASA MjL

#117 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #11

In 1961 Chimpanzee Ham #ChimpanzeeHam #NASA

#ChimpanzeeHam #NASA MjL

#118 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #9

In 1961 Chimpanzee Ham #ChimpanzeeHam #NASA

#ChimpanzeeHam #NASA MjL

#119 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #10

In 1961 Chimpanzee Ham #ChimpanzeeHam #NASA

#ChimpanzeeHam #NASA MjL

#120 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/31/2022 #15

In 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon. #Apollo14 #NASA

#Apollo14 #NASA MjL

#121 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/01/2022 #17

In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon. Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster #ColumbiaDisaster #NASA

#ColumbiaDisaster #NASA MjL

#122 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/03/2022 #9

In 1995, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Marie Collins, in the pilot’s seat for the first time in NASA history. #EileenCollins #NASA

#EileenCollins #NASA MjL

#123 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/05/2022 #7

In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions. #Apollo14 #NASA

#Apollo14 #NASA MjL

#124 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/07/2022 #13

In 1984, #BruceMcCandlessII #NASA

#BruceMcCandlessII #NASA MjL

#125 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/07/2022 #14

In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II (Byron Willis McCandless) and Robert Lee Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk, which lasted nearly six hours. #BruceMcCandlessII #RobertStewart #NASA

#BruceMcCandlessII #RobertStewart #NASA MjL

#126 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/18/2022 #11

In 1977 #NASA

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#127 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/20/2022 #8

In 1962, astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury’s Friendship 7 spacecraft, which circled the globe three times in a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of Bermuda. #JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA

#JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA MjL

#128 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/20/2022 #7

In 1962 #JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA

#JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA MjL

#129 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/20/2022 #6

In 1962 #JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA

#JohnGlenn #Mercury #NASA MjL

#130 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/20/2022 #16

In 2012, John Herschel Glenn Jr. celebrated the 50th anniversary of his historic history-making space flight at the Ohio State University by kicking off a forum about NASA’s future. #JohnGlenn #NASA

#JohnGlenn #NASA MjL

#131 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/24/2022 #15

In 2011, Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey marking the beginning of the end of the shuttle era. STS-133 #SpaceShuttle Voyager 1 is actually the “world’s most traveled spaceship”.

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#132 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/24/2022 #18

In 2020, Creola Katherine (Coleman) Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions, died at 101; she’d been portrayed in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers. #KatherineJohnson #NASA

#KatherineJohnson #NASA MjL

#133 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/03/2022 #8

In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module. #Apollo9 #NASA

#Apollo9 #NASA MjL

#134 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/03/2022 #7

In 1969 Apollo 9 #Apollo9 #NASA

#Apollo9 #NASA MjL

#135 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/06/2022 #14

In 2011, the space shuttle and space station crews hugged goodbye after more than a week together, but saved their most heartfelt farewell for Discovery, which was on its final voyage after nearly three decades. #SpaceShuttle #NASA #ISS

#SpaceShuttle #NASA #ISS MjL

#136 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/15/2022 #3

NASA astronauts plan a spacewalk on Tuesday to prepare for the installation of new solar arrays at the International Space Station, amid tension between Russia and the United States over the Ukraine conflict. Astronauts Kayla Barron, 34, and Raja Chari, 44, plan to exit the station around 8 a.m. EDT for a roughly six-hour spacewalk; their secod and first spacewalks, respectively.

International Space Station  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration  #NASA MjL

#137 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/16/2022 #6

In 1965 #Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA

#Gemini6A #Gemini7 #NASA MjL

#138 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/17/2022 #13

In 1966 #Gemini8 #NASA

#Gemini8 #NASA MjL

#139 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/23/2022 #11

In 1965, America’s first two person space mission took place as Gemini 3 blasted off with astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly five hour flight. #Gemini3 #NASA

#Gemini3 #NASA MjL

#140 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/29/2022 #10

In 1974, Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to reach the planet Mercury. #Mariner10 #NASA

#Mariner10 #NASA MjL

#141 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/04/2022 #16

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off into orbit on its maiden voyage. (It was destroyed in the disaster of January 1986.) #SpaceShuttle #NASA

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#142 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/09/2022 #6

In 1959, NASA presented its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton. Mercury Seven #NASA

#NASA MjL

#143 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/11/2022 #9

In 1970, Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The mission was aborted when an oxygen tank exploded April 13th. The crew splashed down safely four days after the explosion.) #Apollo13 #NASA

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#144 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/11/2022 #10

In 1970, Apollo 13 #Apollo13 #NASA I’ve always grinned at the 13:13 CST lift off. Thumbing their nose at superstition and then ——

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#145 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/12/2022 #15

In 1981, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral on its first test flight. #SpaceShuttle #NASA

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#146 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/13/2022 #2

Engineers prepare the Psyche mission spacecraft inside a spacecraft assembly facility clean room at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The Nasa spacecraft is scheduled to launch in August on a solar powered 1.5 billion mile journey toward the giant metal rich asteroid Psyche, which it will begin orbiting for study in 2026. Scientists believe the mysterious asteroid might be the exposed core of an ancient planet.

Psyche #Psyche #NASA MjL

#147 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/13/2022 #14

In 1970, Apollo 13, 80% of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.) #Apollo13 #NASA

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#148 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/13/2022 #13

In 1970, #Apollo13 #NASA

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#149 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/16/2022 #11

In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon with astronauts John W. Young, Charles M. Duke Jr. and Ken Mattingly on board. #Apollo16 #NASA

#Apollo16 #NASA MjL

#150 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2022 #9

In 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft while en route to the moon. #Apollo13 #NASA

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#151 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2022 #10

In 1970, Apollo 13 #Apollo13 #NASA

#Apollo13 #NASA MjL

#152 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/20/2022 #5

In 1972, Apollo 16 lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon. #Apollo16 #NASA

#Apollo16 #NASA MjL

#153 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/27/2022 #17

In 2012, the space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a jumbo jet, sailed over the New York City skyline on its final flight before becoming a museum piece aboard the USS Intrepid. #SpaceShuttle #NASA AP seems to live in the world of grainy B&W photos?

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#154 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/28/2022 #22

In 2021, astronaut Michael Collins died (aged 90). #MichaelCollins

#MichaelCollins #NASA MjL

#155 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/05/2022 #10

In 1961, Freedom 7 #AlanShepard #NASA

#AlanShepard #NASA MjL

#156 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/05/2022 #11

In 1961, Freedom 7 #AlanShepard #NASA

#AlanShepard #NASA MjL

#157 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/05/2022 #12

In 1961, astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr became America’s 1st space traveler as he made a fifteen-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury Freedom 7. #AlanShepard #NASA

#AlanShepard #NASA MjL

#158 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/07/2022 #13

In 1992, the latest addition to America’s space shuttle fleet, Endeavour, went on its first flight. #SpaceShuttle #NASA

#SpaceShuttle #NASA MjL

#159 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/14/2022 #8

In 1973, Skylab #NASA

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#160 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/16/2022 #19

In 2016, the International Space Station reached the orbital milestone of 100,000 laps around Earth in 17.5 years. #ISS #NASA

International Space Station  #ISS National Aeronautics and Space Administration  #NASA MjL

#161 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/22/2022 #1

An image captured by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows a dark opening that resembles an entrance on the planet’s surface.

Curiosity Rover #RoverCuriosity #NASA MjL

#162 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/22/2022 #10

In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing. #Apollo10 #NASA

#Apollo10 #NASA MjL

#163 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/24/2022 #7

In 1962, astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7. #ScottCarpenter #NASA Space capsules don’t “fly”.

#ScottCarpenter #NASA MjL

#164 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/25/2022 #9

In 2008, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water; the spacecraft confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site. #PhoenixMarsLander #NASA

#PhoenixMarsLander #NASA MjL

#165 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/27/2022 #15

In 2011, astronauts Mike Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff made history as the final spacewalkers of NASA’s thirty-year shuttle program, completing construction of the International Space Station with the smooth addition of an extension pole. #SpaceShuttle #NASA #ISS

#SpaceShuttle #NASA #ISS MjL

#166 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/03/2022 #4

In 1965, astronaut Edward Higgins White II became the first American to “walk” in space during the flight of Gemini 4. #EdWhite #Gemini4 #NASA

#EdWhite #Gemini4 #NASA MjL

#167 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/18/2022 #7

In 1983, astronaut Sally Kristen Ride became America’s 1st woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger on a six-day mission. #SallyRide #NASA

#SallyRide #NASA MjL

#168 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/03/2022 #12

In 2005, a NASA space probe, Deep Impact, hit its comet target as planned in a mission to learn how the solar system formed. #DeepImpact_ #NASA

#DeepImpact #NASA MjL

#169 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/04/2022 #18

In 2016, NASA received a radio signal from the solar-powered Juno spacecraft confirming that it was in orbit around the planet Jupiter after a trip of nearly five years and 1.8 trillion miles. #Juno #NASA

#Juno #NASA MjL

#170 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/06/2022 #11

In 1997, the rover Sojourner rolled down a ramp from the Mars Pathfinder lander onto the Martian landscape to begin inspecting the soil and rocks of the red planet. #RoverSojourner #NASA

#RoverSojourner #NASA MjL

#171 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/10/2022 #7

In 1962, The Telstar satellite was launched. It was the beginning of satellite relayed TV. It remained active for only seven months, a much shorter service life than today’s artificial satellites. Although it no longer works, it is still in Earth orbit. #NASA

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#172 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/14/2022 #14

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft got humanity’s first close look at Pluto, sending word of its triumphant flyby across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting breathlessly back home. #NewHorizons #NASA

#NewHorizons #NASA MjL

#173 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/16/2022 #5

In 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon. #Apollo11 #NASA

#Apollo11 #NASA MjL

#174 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/19/2022 #3

In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Alden Armstrong, Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon. #Apollo11 #NASA

#Apollo11 #NASA MjL

#175 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/20/2022 #8

In 1969, astronauts Neil Alden Armstrong and Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module. #Apollo11 #NASA

#Apollo11 #NASA MjL

#176 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/20/2022 #10

In 1976, America’s Viking 1 robot spacecraft made a successful, first ever landing on Mars. #Viking1 #NASA

#Viking1 #NASA MjL

#177 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/29/2022 #5

In 1958, President Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (David Dwight Eisenhower) signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. #NASA #DwightEisenhower

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#178 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/04/2022 #11

In 2007, NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft was launched. It landed on Mars on May 25th, 2008, and operated until November of the same year. #PhoenixMarsLander

#PhoenixMarsLander #NASA MjL

#179 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/28/2022 #2

During its 40th close pass in February 2022, the Juno spacecraft saw the Ganymede moon cast a large, dark spot on the planet Jupiter.

Juno  #Juno National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#180 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/12/2022 #2

NASA’s unmanned Orion spaceship approaches Earth as it returns from its moon mission.

Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV)  #Orion National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#181 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/13/2022 #3

NASA’s Orion Capsule is drawn to the well deck of the U.S.S. Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission, seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV)  #Orion National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#182 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/26/2023 #2

The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range in Dugway, UT, September 24th.

OSIRIS-REx  #OSIRISREx National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#183 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/12/2023 #3

This photo released by NASA shows the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen at the middle right. A preliminary assessment conducted by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx science team found evidence of both carbon and water in the initial analysis of this material. The spacecraft that collected the asteroid sample was launched in 2016 and traveled an estimated 3.86 billion miles before it first landed on the Bennu asteroid in 2020. NASA said during a live stream Wednesday that Bennu asteroid samples collected by the OSIRIS-Rex mission contain water, carbon and organic molecules —— the building blocks of life.”

OSIRIS-REx #OSIRISREx #NASA MjL

#184 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/03/2023 #3

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, is dead at 87.

Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly II  #KenMattingly National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#185 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/04/2023 #6

Curiosity Rover #RoverCuriosity #NASA MjL

#186 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/10/2023 #1

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the Apollo 8 historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the Moon ten times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died at 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, MT, according to NASA.

Frank Frederick Borman II  #FrankBorman National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#187 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 11/24/2023 #16

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I never to physics, why the hell does it do that? Seems to defy physics in my eyes. Michael T.

I never took physics... Michael T.

LINK I took physics, but this is way over my head. MjL

I can kinda understand, (not the equations didn’t pay much attention to those), but how it can flip like that is weird. Whether I understand or not, it is pretty cool to watch. Michael T.

#188 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 01/26/2024 #9

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#189 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/03/2024 #3

NASA said Friday it is shutting down a $2 billion satellite refueling project after criticizing the project’s contractor for poor performance. LINK

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Seems suspicious to me but I am more and more skeptical these days. Michael T.

#190 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 04/12/2024 #5

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#191 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/05/2024 #3

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations, but keep the iconic observatory running well into the 2030s.

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)  #Hubble  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  #NASA MjL

#192 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/16/2024 #1

NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on top of a SpaceX Super Heavy rocket Monday morning, beginning a six-year trek to Jupiter’s icy moon.

Europa Clipper #NASA MjL

#193 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/05/2024 #3

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects -- some of which could strike the Earth -- ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after over a decade.

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NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three circling the red planet. On Tuesday, NASA said it lost contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft on Sunday.

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Billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman is NASA’s newest administrator after the Senate confirmed his nomination on Wednesday. The Senate voted 67-30 to confirm Isaacman, who has said he wants the United States to beat China to the moon and maintain the nation’s supremacy in space. Billionaire idjit who doesn’t know we already went to the moon? This guy could complete Eloon’s quest to completely commercialize NASA.

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NASA launched its most powerful rocket yet, the Space Launch System, on Wednesday to send the crewed Artemis II mission to the moon, the first in more than five decades. The mission had liftoff around 6:35 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-person crew -- which also includes NASA’s Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen -- is expected to enter the moon’s orbit in about six days. The spacecraft won’t land on the moon, but will orbit around it before returning to Earth.

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Almost six months after NASA lost contact with the spacecraft, the agency has declared the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Environment satellite unrecoverable and its mission concluded. The MAVEN mission was the first successful one dedicated to observing Mars’ atmosphere and its evolution. It orbited the planet for more than 11 years, far longer than its planned one-year lifespan.

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