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Chapter: EARTH & MOON If light from a full Moon converts your genetic profile into a wild canine, consider that moonlight is simply reflected sunlight. So if the Moon turns you into a werewolf at night, then so should the Sun in the daytime. https://t.co/hMOhOcWGoK

Exp 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineer Denis Matveev were instructed by Russian flight controllers to end today's spacewalk due to a battery power issue on Artemyev’s Orlan spacesuit. https://t.co/OXxiP98kZU

Happy birthday to NASA flight director and Apollo legend Gene Kranz. 🎂 His iconic vests came to represent the strong and can-do approach that pervaded his mission control team. His white vest from Apollo 13 is in our collection: https://t.co/8EFKRi13F1 https://t.co/fui4kLPz4v

4 miles. 10 hours. 1,000+ possibilities. @NASA_SLS has arrived at Launch Pad 39B, where our teams, @NASA and other industry partners will perform final rocket checks before its Aug. 29 launch. Watch our rollout recap and join us as humanity prepares to journey back to the Moon. https://t.co/q9IydWxKn9

🌙 One step closer to our next steps on the Moon. #Artemis I @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion spacecraft are at Launch Pad 39B! #WeAreGoing https://t.co/hcNdibdZsV

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev safely concluded their spacewalk at 1:54pm ET today after Artemyev's spacesuit displayed abnormal battery readings. More: https://t.co/M90zS7JZzD https://t.co/MAolxUX7mO

Crystals in space! 💎 As of 2021 more than 500 protein crystal growth experiments have been conducted aboard the @Space_Station. These crystals grown in microgravity bring the potential for new treatments for diseases. https://t.co/3pt71ZlQbI https://t.co/ZXC5oWWvq7

On this day in 1946, Sgt Lawrence Lambert was ejected from a P-61 Black Widow in the first crewed test of an ejection seat in the U.S. The aircraft he ejected from was reportedly flying at over 300 miles per hour. https://t.co/XeAhJMUwLg

Watch a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule leave the space station Thursday https://t.co/1muZHJhWvD https://t.co/z274HRF975

Russian ground controllers ordered International Space Station commander Oleg Artemyev back to the airlock after data showed voltage fluctuations in his spacesuit Wednesday, cutting short a spacewalk to continue outfitting the station's European robot arm. https://t.co/9E6To4NceD https://t.co/ta4nE04mGO

The crew loaded the Dragon capsule this past week for the SpaceX CRS-25 return which carries samples and hardware from multiple experiments. Undocking is scheduled for Wednesday, 8/18 at 10:45 am ET. Watch live at: https://t.co/9x0KJq36QX 📺 https://t.co/Yt4M6ZlqJt

Colliding black holes could clock universe's expansion rate https://t.co/0oAiOrx1nW https://t.co/o2NGNYI3GP

Could there be life in the clouds of Venus? Cardiff University astronomer Jane Greaves joins this week’s Planetary Radio to share what she’s found in the last two years of searching. https://t.co/hOWlr0Ausz

How will astronauts feel when they first set foot on Mars after months in space? - https://t.co/xgrV8Eb8VO https://t.co/oQKZC6mgQb

Air Force tests Starlink • Bye Bye Jacklyn • Rocket Lab flight to Venus • Alexa, fire photon torpedoes - https://t.co/FDb3UW2ZZl https://t.co/ZqNz6mR0qK