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The sun's rays begin to illuminate the Earth's atmosphere as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 261 miles above Texas on July 16, 2022. 📷 iss067e189024 #international #space #station #iss #spacestation #sunrise #orbitalsunrise #Texas #Earth #EarthFromSpace

NASA experts answer! #OTD 10 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars! Christine Knudson works on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity Rover. SAM helps scientists search for and measure organic chemicals and light elements that are important ingredients potentially associated with life. What questions do you have for Christine? Image Descriptions: Image 1: A 360-degree "selfie" of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager at the end of its robotic arm to take the image. Martian landscape is visible around the rover in shades of brown and orange. The horizon is in the top third of the image and there's a rock structure along the horizon on the left. The sky is grayish-orange. Image 2: Christine Knudson, a young woman with light tan skin and brown hair stands in front of a grey and brown rock structure. She is wearing a white shirt.

The sun's glint beams off the Coral Sea northeast of Australia as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above on July 11, 2022. Pictured in the right foreground are a pair of the station's main solar arrays and a radiator. 📷 iss067e185220 #international #space #station #iss #spacestation #Earth #CoralSea #ocean

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has deployed the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter on a ballistic lunar transfer trajectory. The South Korean mission will arrive in lunar orbit in December after taking a circuitous but fuel efficient route to the moon. https://t.co/0DBcVHvaMf https://t.co/upx6hfO3Hn

SpaceX launches South Korea's 1st-ever moon mission, lands rocket at sea https://t.co/WDKdFlChPJ https://t.co/gd18j3nDrK

On Thursday, the Exp 67 crew studied human health in microgravity, worked on station and scientific payload maintenance, and practiced emergency procedures. https://t.co/quPWc5vTPh

China launches mysterious reusable 'test spacecraft' to Earth orbit https://t.co/eeJj7Tkgc3 https://t.co/7eYPk0hxCn