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JUST IN: Kayla Barron of @NASA_Astronauts is assigned to serve as a mission specialist for NASA’s @SpaceX Crew-3 mission. Launching later this fall, the mission will be Barron's 1st spaceflight! https://t.co/b9Q6BqsZ7v https://t.co/uGzy57YIth

In 1985, Ellison Onizuka became the first Asian American in space onboard Space Shuttle Discovery. He was selected as an astronaut in 1978 after 8 years active duty with the @USAirForce. Onizuka tragically lost his life in the Challenger disaster in 1986. #APAHM https://t.co/ghH6Aiseu5

Kayla Barron will launch aboard NASA's @SpaceX Crew-3 mission. She joins @NASA_Astronauts Tom Marshburn and @Astro_Raja, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer for her first mission to the @Space_Station. The crew could launch as early as Oct. 23. https://t.co/VAGt8v5d78

Kayla Barron selected as fourth member of Crew-3

The Calabash Nebula.

Great American Eclipse, 2017

The Exp 65 crew kicked off the workweek on Japanese science gear, a U.S. immune system study, and spacewalk preps. More... https://t.co/LMdyODycIJ https://t.co/i1AZllB44g

#OTD in 1969, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 6 descended through the Venusian atmosphere at a velocity of about 7 miles (11.27 km) per second, transmitting data for 51 minutes before loss of contact. Image: Color-enhanced image of Venus from the Mariner 10 mission https://t.co/2IINUGdsGt

This week, we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02's arrival to the @Space_Station! 🎉🚀 Learn about this physics experiment's launch, installation, repairs – and how it contributes to our knowledge of the universe. https://t.co/A5xBhEEYow

This is my depiction of a black hole with an accretion disk. (Made in blender3d) This isn't real but I think it looks pretty if nothing else.

Messier 92 [OS][OC]

Thanks to everyone who has come to say hello since we reopened the Udvar-Hazy Center. Timed passes are required for entry and are released 30 days in advance. Weekend passes go quickly, but plenty of weekday passes still available: https://t.co/9tKIdZuNwV https://t.co/HIScZjZnSY

Why, hello there! This photograph shows STS-49 Mission Specialist Rick Hieb peering into the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during one of the mission's four spacewalks. STS-49 launched in May 1992 and was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. https://t.co/oeOtcQc7a3

Messier 92

The Zhurong rover has successfully landed on the Red Planet in an ambitious first for China’s space agency. https://t.co/pUTNemcfgx https://t.co/4v6Ql3rL4K