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Today's the day: applications for fall NASA internships are due! Are you ready? Visit @NASAInterns and apply at: https://t.co/s69uwyR1LJ https://t.co/CVwFJGYbms

2 days until #Unity22! There’s space for all, so we invited a few special guests to join our global livestream: @StephenAtHome, @thegreatkhalid, @Cmdr_Hadfield, and @KellieGerardi. Watch the launch live this Sunday at 6 am PT | 9 am ET | 2 pm BST on https://t.co/5UalYT7Hjb https://t.co/olJXZS5Q7Z

✨Gaze into the sky for fun planetary & lunar treats this weekend. You’ll spot Mercury at its highest above the early-morning horizon July 10 & 11, Saturn in the evening twilight on July 10 & the crescent Moon to the right of Venus on July 11. More tips: https://t.co/HTlEpZ1khX https://t.co/ZwvmbXxmKt

NASA continued preparations to switch to backup hardware to correct the payload computer problem on Hubble. Analysis of test results, updates to procedures and contingency plans, and work on other operations items continued today. https://t.co/zFkpGxnypB

Is this the #BlackWidow everyone keeps talking about? More on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow: https://t.co/lzQqAfA6yh https://t.co/2uQVzNA2kn

Elon Musk: Autonomous SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas

I captured over 700 galaxies in a single photo

A new study shows that ultraluminous X-ray sources, which can be seen millions of light-years away, may be hidden from view if they are pointed even slightly away from Earth: https://t.co/W1ORdj5yfY https://t.co/gkFPynTP9g

Reflection Nebula IC 349

50 years ago in @NASAhistory, the @NASA_Astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission were just 3 weeks away from launching to the Moon. https://t.co/R9mk4jxayh

On this day in 1992, Space Shuttle Columbia landed at @NASAKennedy, completing STS-50. This was the first time Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, having previously landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California (and once at White Sands in New Mexico). https://t.co/jVLbwQIDGo

Venus and the moon pass a fading Mars in the evening sky this weekend https://t.co/c7MaNxWs9V https://t.co/ofr2IWNQUf

After nearly 20 years of overly optimistic forecasts, technical challenges, a tragic setback and a determined recovery, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, plans to rocket into space Sunday, beating fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos by nine days. https://t.co/Xpt9pRihS6 https://t.co/QsBzQ0aS7I

🚀 This Sunday, July 11, @VirginGalactic will attempt its first fully crewed spaceflight, #Unity22! @NASA_Technology will also be catching a ride to suborbital space. Get to know the science on board: https://t.co/9p6FStEazX https://t.co/or3ClqAog8

This photo was taken #OTD in 1999, of an X-38 research vehicle being released from NASA's B-52 mothership. Formally retired in 2004, the same aircraft was used throughout NASA's history to launch some of the most significant research projects NASA conducted. https://t.co/qeoUBv6Kbp