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NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon

"We got to fly by the pad and see our rocket getting ready to go, and that's just an amazing feeling... and really, there's nothing like it." — @Astro_Megan, pilot, NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission https://t.co/D9gX0Ewzeg

The astronauts of NASA's @SpaceX Crew-2 mission waved goodbye as they departed from Ellington Field in Houston. They're on their way to @NASAKennedy and are set to arrive around 12:45 p.m. ET. They'll be live on NASA TV upon landing: https://t.co/0tGwqaAWLt. https://t.co/rqaatF38hD

Imagine 17 billion Suns. ☀️ That’s the weight of a huge black hole that Hubble helped uncover 200 million light-years away! Its galaxy is in a “small town” with few galactic neighbors. Find out more: https://t.co/9GdfPKU6r4 #BlackHoleWeek https://t.co/OFLeQDVGwe

The Exp 64 crew leaves the station today as the @SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts arrive at @NASAKennedy for an April 22 launch to station. More... https://t.co/UYOs2uc1Nr https://t.co/8A1K1NvDSt

Have Qs on black holes? Hear from a JPL astrophysicist searching for space-time ripples created by behemoth black holes & other @NASA experts studying these mysterious astronomical objects. Join our #BlackHoleWeek #redditAMA on April 16, 11am PT (2pm ET). https://t.co/BEBXp9KXwq https://t.co/3HkBXVHubv

LIVE: Welcome Crew-2 to @NASAKennedy! The four astronauts will arrive at the center to prepare for their April 22 launch on NASA's @SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the @Space_Station. Tune in as they discuss their upcoming journey: https://t.co/rv02JsKBXj

The #Apollo16 crew, which launched today in 1972, captured this view of Earth with a handheld camera. Much of the surface seen here is of the far side of the Moon and is not visible from Earth. https://t.co/18Hgy3L1iI

April 2019: Scientists released first-ever image of black hole! Captured by an international network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope, the black hole in the image lies in the center of Messier 87, about 55 million light-years away from Earth. #BlackHoleWeek https://t.co/HRWplWA5iK

Astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide, and Thomas Pesquet have arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch Thursday on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station. https://t.co/x8T5gPTFke https://t.co/KqCNTyntuK

Biden to nominate former space shuttle commander Pam Melroy as NASA Deputy Administrator

🚨It's the LAST DAY to apply! 🚨 Ever dreamed of what it would be like to live in space? Want to help researchers study conditions for future spaceflight missions? NASA needs volunteers to join a small crew living in isolation for eight months in Russia. https://t.co/QOrDWuz10W

LIVE NOW: We are announcing which company or companies we are awarding with a contract to build the first commercial Human Landing System — the spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the surface of the Moon during #Artemis missions. Tune in: https://t.co/z1RgZwQkWS https://t.co/Sn66aK3m2M

#TDIH in 1912: The first American woman to earn a pilot's license, Harriet Quimby, became the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. #BecauseOfHerStory 📷:@librarycongress https://t.co/XxjvPQFcXT

It's engine-ious... #OTD in 1965, @NASA_Marshall tested all 5 of the F-1 engines that made up the S-IC stage of the Saturn V! Each F-1 engine weighed over 9 tons, generated 1.5 million pounds of thrust, and had a potential energy output equal to the power of 85 Hoover dams. https://t.co/gV8KCfZYSQ