The astronaut work trip so far is 10/10 for scenery and 0/10 for gravity. Tune in as @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata make updates to the @Space_Station. https://t.co/FJty8KnQZx
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Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. METEORITE! It's not uncommon to find meteorites on Mars - in fact, I've done it a few times! (see 🧵) But a change in scenery's always nice. This one's about a foot wide and made of iron-nickel. We're calling it "Cacao." https://t.co/I37HiGjN2t
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This is Pluto
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About five hours into today's spacewalk, astronauts @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata continue installing hardware to prepare the space station for its next roll-out solar array. https://t.co/yuOTrYNGst https://t.co/tYARDvbUEJ
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High Resolution Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet
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Artemis 1 moon rocket looks ready for astronaut missions, NASA says https://t.co/alTAZQpdcu https://t.co/5ALCDUjb3v
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Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel | Lex Fridman Podcast #356
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Today, spacewalkers @AstroDuke & @Astro_Wakata finished installing a support structure that will house a solar array. As construction proved a little tricky at first, Mission Control brought out a model to help walk them through the installation. https://t.co/i44NQ0gv4y
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At the end of their spacewalk, which lasted 6 hours and 41 minutes, @Astro_Wakata takes a photo of @AstroDuke. The astronauts prepared the @Space_Station for new solar arrays that will provide the orbiting laboratory with more power. https://t.co/5qyaxLIZzJ
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Here's another meteorite I found in 2016. It's called "Egg Rock" aka the golf ball 📷: https://t.co/kgrhANbed2 (11/2/16) https://t.co/gZC61RFZxc
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Astronauts @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata completed their spacewalk today at 2:26pm ET after installing hardware readying the station for its next roll-out solar array. https://t.co/XwPfwk6AGa
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The only known filmed interview with physicist and Catholic priest Georges Lemaître, who originally proposed the Big Bang theory, has been found on a video that was lost nearly 60 years ago. https://t.co/yODEylrjZL https://t.co/z7Cl0JV6VP
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Astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata concluded a 6-hour, 41-minute spacewalk today, completing the assembly and installation of mounting fixtures for new solar arrays scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission in June. https://t.co/lMyDFYeTco https://t.co/MI2bItvFyG
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James Webb pierces the cold heart of the Chameleon molecular cloud to map out the complex chemicals that could form life around new stars.
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And while my team calls this 7-foot-long meteorite "Lebanon," I call it THE BEAST 📷: https://t.co/206kK2lxMc (7/15/14) https://t.co/BdCLATiNAb
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