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"Scientific discovery can happen anytime, given the transient nature of the phenomena that I study." @NASA_Marshall astrophysicist Michelle Hui searches for gamma-ray bursts with our Fermi space telescope & works on developing future gamma-ray missions: https://t.co/3W3EtdxQB4 https://t.co/D1oWnDy48m

M81 and M82 featuring some Space Dust

[SpaceX] Crew-1 Recap video

Fake SpaceX Commercial I Made

🤔 What’s the difference between Apollo 10 and Apollo 11? Today in 1969, Apollo 10 launched on a mission identical to #Apollo11 with one exception: they didn't land on the Moon. Learn more about this "dress rehearsal" on our website: https://t.co/uR6168cLPs #Apollo50 https://t.co/xccsDgHDGd

"We have liftoff!" #OTD in 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn V. Known as the “dry-run” for the Apollo 11 mission, the Apollo 10 mission achieved every aspect of a crewed lunar landing, but the landing itself. https://t.co/Fw9xhIxe8n

Jupiter this morning [OC]

Here’s a view of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket arcing into a clear sky over the Sunshine State with the US military’s SBIRS GEO 5 satellite at 1:37pm EDT (1737 GMT). https://t.co/xIzuDQfugM https://t.co/CdUOqMa6sm

In school you learned about the Ice Age, the Stone Age, and on up to the present: the Space Age. But do you know when the Space Age actually began? https://t.co/THiF1nZDY5

Did you know that the crew named the lunar module "Snoopy" because during the mission it would "snoop around" the lunar surface without landing? In the image below you can see Commander Tom Stafford patting the nose of a stuffed Snoopy on his way to the launch pad. https://t.co/H5FEEip4lb

Moon 31% - 17/05/2021

Everything is bigger in Texas! In this image, from 36,000 nautical miles away, the Apollo 10 crew could still see nearly all of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the delta of the Rio Grande River, and - of course - the coast of Texas! https://t.co/hmeDfK35kw

South Korea to join NASA’s Artemis project: reports

Moon 31% - 17/05/2021

Staging confirmed. The Atlas 5’s bronze first stage has finished its job and separated, and the hydrogen-fueled Centaur upper stage has ignited to continue accelerating the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite into orbit. And payload fairing jettison is confirmed. https://t.co/xIzuDQfugM https://t.co/CsNLCm3Xws