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🚀 Every day is a celebration of space explorati

🚀 Every day is a celebration of space exploration! From Moon landings to cutting-edge ISS research, Astronauts inspire us to reach for the stars.

Who's your favorite Astronaut? Let us know in the comments 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀

#WeBelieveInAstronauts
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#space

🚀 Did you know the Space Shuttle Endeavour's fi

🚀 Did you know the Space Shuttle Endeavour's first major mission was to fix the Hubble Space Telescope? 🔭

The telescope's primary mirror was slightly off-center, which caused blurry images to be sent back to Earth. #OTD in 1993, The Endeavour's crew spent five days in spacewalks, adding new instruments and corrective optics to the telescope.🔭🛰️🌌

The crew of the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (SM1):
Richard O. Covey (Mission commander)
Kenneth D. Bowersox (Pilot)
Kathryn C. Thornton (Mission specialist)
F. Story Musgrave (Mission specialist)
Claude Nicollier (Mission specialist - ESA)
Jeffrey A. Hoffman (Mission specialist)
Thomas D. Akers (Mission specialist)

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Happy Thanksgiving from space! 🦃🚀 NASA Exped

Happy Thanksgiving from space! 🦃🚀 NASA Expedition 72 Astronauts Suni Williams, @astrohague, Butch Wilmore, and @astro_pettit wish you a wonderful holiday from the International Space Station.

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Winter wonderland in space ❄️🛰️ Astronau

Winter wonderland in space ❄️🛰️

Astronaut @astro_pettit turns science into art on the International Space Station. 📸 He captured how water freezes in microgravity - and the results are STUNNING.

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Credit: NASA/Don Pettit

Remember when @nasaastronauts and @usarmyreserve o

Remember when @nasaastronauts and @usarmyreserve officer Maj. Kate Rubins made history by sequencing DNA in space back in 2016?🧬 She did it again! Yesterday, she became the first U.S. Army Reserve officer to receive the Basic Aviation Badge with Astronaut Device and Space Badge. 🚀

Congratulations, Astronaut Kate Rubins!

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📷: U.S. Army Reserve

🚀 On this day in 1969, Astronaut Pete Conrad, t

🚀 On this day in 1969, Astronaut Pete Conrad, the third person to walk on the moon, made history with his humor🌕

After stepping off the ladder during Apollo 12, he said:
"Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."

This playful remark referenced Neil Armstrong's iconic "small step" quote from 1969—and Conrad’s shorter stature compared to Neil. Just another example of Astronauts bringing personality to the cosmos! 🌌✨

You can hear how excited Astronauts Pete Conrad an

You can hear how excited Astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean were to find the target for the Apollo 12 Moon landing. 🌔🚀 55 years ago today, they landed just 535 feet (163 m) away from the Surveyor 3 probe! 🎯

Crew:
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (Commander)
Alan L. Bean (Lunar Module Pilot)
Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Command Module Pilot)

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🎥Credit: NASA History Office

Check out this incredible view from a 2017 spacewa

Check out this incredible view from a 2017 spacewalk with Astronauts @astro_peggy and @astro_kimbrough 🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀

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Most of us will never see it like Astronauts do.🌍

In 1971, as the Apollo 15 mission made its return journey back to Earth from the Moon, Astronaut Al Worden picked up a 70mm Hasselblad camera and snapped the crescent Earth, a delicate curved sliver in space, edge-lit by the glare of the Sun.

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Image credit: NASA/Al Worden

Ever seen an Astronaut fly freely in space? 🧑‍🚀

Check out this incredible footage of Astronaut Dale Gardner using the MMU ‘jet pack’ to retrieve the Westar 6 satellite during the STS-51A mission. 🚀

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Did you know nearly two-thirds of NASA Astronauts

Did you know nearly two-thirds of NASA Astronauts served in the U.S. armed forces before reaching for the stars? This #VeteransDay, we salute all who have served and sacrificed, on Earth and beyond. 🌠🇺🇸 Thank you for your service.

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How do Astronauts brush their teeth in space? 🪥

How do Astronauts brush their teeth in space? 🪥😳🚀 Wait until the end. The answer might surprise you🤯

Credits: @colchrishadfield, Canadian Space Agency, NASA

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Ever wonder why some objects flip when they spin?🤔 The Intermediate Axis Theorem is the answer! Watch as @astro_alneyadi demonstrates this principle in microgravity🧑‍🚀

When the moments of inertia around the first (I1) and third (I3) axes are nearly equal, rotational instability around the middle axis (I2) slows, resulting in that unique flipping behavior💫

Credit: Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi via X

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Ever wondered how Astronauts #vote from space? 🤔🚀

NASA Astronauts exercise their right to vote through a complex process involving advanced technology and careful coordination:

🗳️ Requesting a Ballot: Astronauts request absentee ballots using a Federal Post Card Application.

📡Secure Transmission: Ballots are encrypted and transmitted through NASA's Near Space Network to ground stations.

✅Verification and Casting: Ballots are verified by NASA and then forwarded to the appropriate election officials.

This incredible feat of logistical coordination ensures that astronauts can participate in democracy, even from the International Space Station.

📷@loralohara, left, and @astrojaws voted in state elections from the ISS earlier this year.

Credit: NASA

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Spooky Space Footage! 👻🚀 Check out this eeri

Spooky Space Footage! 👻🚀 Check out this eerie clip from the International Space Station, shared by Astronaut @stationcdrkelly in 2017.

🎥Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly

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Who knew the ISS had its own resident gorilla? 🦍🚀 Astronaut @stationcdrkelly pulled off the ultimate space prank, surprising his crewmates with a hairy encounter! #HappyHalloween

🎥Credit: NASA/ESA/Mark Kelly via X

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Happy Halloween! 🎃🚀 Even Astronauts love to

Happy Halloween! 🎃🚀 Even Astronauts love to have fun! Tag us in your out-of-this-world costume pics. Let’s see your space-themed Halloween looks!

👨‍🚀🛰️Expedition 45 Crew Members - 'Return of the Jedi':
@stationcdrkelly, Commander
Mikhail Kornienko, Flight Engineer
Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer
Sergey Volkov, Flight Engineer
@astro_kjell, Flight Engineer
Kimiya Yui, Flight Engineer

👨‍🚀🛰️Expedition 16 Crew Members - 'The Matrix':
@astro_peggy, Commander
Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer
@astro_clay, Flight Engineer
@astro_tani, Flight Engineer
Léopold Eyharts, Flight Engineer
Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer

Just another Wednesday in the office... except the

Just another Wednesday in the office... except the office has the most incredible view! 🛰️🌎 Check out this 2017 spacewalk with ESA Astronaut @thom_astro and NASA Astronaut @astro_kimbrough as they upgraded the ISS power system.

Credit: ESA

Who's orbiting Earth right now?🌎 There are curr

Who's orbiting Earth right now?🌎 There are currently 10 Astronauts in space.

International Space Station (ISS):
🇺🇸 USA (x4)
🇷🇺 Russia (x3)

Chinese Space Station (CSS):
🇨🇳 China (x3)

The Crew-8 mission has returned to Earth! 🌍 NAS

The Crew-8 mission has returned to Earth! 🌍 NASA Astronauts @matthew.dominick, Michael Barratt, @jeanette.epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Florida, on 25 October 2024, at 07:29 UTC (03:29 EDT).

Credit: NASA/SpaceX

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