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Can’t wait to see this monster fly to the moon! https://t.co/f4CXJWVehg

50 years ago today, the crew of #Apollo16 — commander John Young, lunar module pilot Charlie Duke, and command module pilot Ken Mattingly — launched on the fifth successful lunar landing mission. #Apollo50 https://t.co/HJIY0aq13g

Apollo 16: Celebrating 50 years since the penultimate moon landing https://t.co/GO2FVpZD6q https://t.co/7D96OcUwq2

One veteran and two rookies! Since it's the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16, it is time to learn a little more about the crew! John Young, TK Mattingly, and Charlie Duke were selected to serve on the crew of Apollo 16 over a year before the mission on March 3, 1971. #Apollo50th https://t.co/SaP1l7LfIf

31 hours on a faint blue galaxy in Draco

Nothing spectacular.. just the moon. Taken with my S22 Ultra

Working at the @ALMAObs site can be challenging! At 5000 m above sea level you need supplemental oxygen. Here Enrique García is checking the ALMA correlator –– the computer that combines the signals from the antennas. 🔗 https://t.co/EJFtDfps5O Credit: @ESO /Max Alexander https://t.co/DgC98WAFpW

110 years ago today, Harriet Quimby—the first American woman to earn a pilot's license—became the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. #BecauseOfHerStory 📷:@librarycongress https://t.co/gDcYh0rKvu

When will humans reach Mars? We've talked about it since the 1940s; now it's time to get going. 🌟 Tune into the newest episode of 'This Week in Space' podcast here! https://t.co/pMzYV6D1yV https://t.co/kQpXc6IRe6

The Moon

Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke was selected as an astronaut in 1966. Like Mattingly, Apollo 16 was Duke’s first spaceflight. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 10 mission and as CAPCOM for Apollo 11. https://t.co/HpBhbvtzGs

Soul Nebula / IC1848

An Ancestor of Supermassive Black Holes, Found at Cosmic Dawn https://t.co/1sIqJT30wc @universetoday @storybywill https://t.co/mUy7eq0ZMz

In April 1946, a captured V-2 missile was launched from the U.S. Army's White Sands in New Mexico—it didn't get very far, but it made history as the first V-2 launch in the United States. Learn more: https://t.co/UN7YquAGGZ

Apollo 16 lift-off. 16 April 1972. [1764 × 1400]