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Assembly of our @EuropaClipper spacecraft is now underway at @NASAJPL. Scheduled to launch in 2024, this @NASAAstrobio mission will conduct close flybys of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, to determine whether it has conditions suitable for life: https://t.co/oaQaOobdMV https://t.co/bR77H0HYNq

Updating software to reduce peak power consumption, so Starlink can be powered from car cigarette lighter. Mobile roaming enabled, so phased array antenna can maintain signal while on moving vehicle.

.@NASA_Astronauts assemble gear today for upcoming spacewalk as rest of Exp 66 crew focused on @ISS_Research experiments and gear. https://t.co/l2ReokFKcl

Wildfire effects go beyond what meets the eye. A new study on the 2018 Woolsey Fire shows coastal water quality impacts due to changes in soil chemistry that affect water absorption: https://t.co/X8g6r2Fna7 🔥 https://t.co/8Lzbv2A3Es

The Moon/Venus Shine Bright below the Milky Way Core in North Florida.

Apollo 9 launched from @NASAKennedy #OTD in 1969. The primary objective of the mission was an Earth-orbital engineering test of the first crewed lunar module. The success of Apollo 9 set the stage for NASA's journey to the lunar surface. Read more: https://t.co/wyJHvQ7SXi https://t.co/OLuxI17TDf

The Dolphin Head Nebula captured by u/frustratedphoton in his backyard in AZ

Apollo 9 launched today in 1969, on a mission to test the Apollo lunar spacecraft in Earth orbit. It was the first flight of the lunar module in space. The primary objectives were to demonstrate crew, space vehicle, and mission support facilities performance. https://t.co/qGdAK7vMXQ

Forty-seven Starlink satellites launched Thursday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, joining SpaceX’s internet network on the company’s ninth mission in nine weeks, keeping pace with a goal of around 50 Falcon flights this year. https://t.co/MZymAtYj1U https://t.co/QovenmRo8s

Orion nebula without tracker

In 2007, astronaut Peggy Whitson became the first woman to command the International Space Station. Whitson has spent 665 days in space, the most of any U.S. astronaut. Learn more about Whitson in this video: https://t.co/0E7CGKW2Fj #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/BWu8Ty8SbB

Today, @Astro_Sabot moves into second place for the longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, passing @Astro_Christina. Missions like theirs help scientists better understand how the human body adapts to space during long-duration missions, preparing us for the Moon and Mars. https://t.co/PIhby76ef3

Russia stops rocket engine sales to US as space cooperation frays https://t.co/j597e1yWJ5 https://t.co/XEKbuCaE1r

"I knew that we were going to go to the Moon when I was 10 years old. That was in 1937." Dorothy "Dottie" Lee was hired as a mathematician in 1948 at what is now @NASA_Langley, but later made the transition into aerothermodynamics engineering and moved to @NASA_Johnson. https://t.co/x6jNrFnTAX

Augmented reality (AR): the new tool for getting your spacecraft up and running. @Space_Station crew members have been testing out using AR to perform maintenance on the orbiting laboratory’s treadmill. https://t.co/SjHpkhYQ7I