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Sat., Aug. 28, a @SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft launches to the @Space_Station delivering new @ISS_Research, supplies, and equipment for the crew! Join us virtually starting Aug. 27 for pre-launch events on NASA TV. 🔖 Full schedule here: https://t.co/nuQZec6GEz https://t.co/mGCGRITI1u

As NASA nears the critical uncrewed test flight around the Moon, listen to what it will be like in Mission Control from an #Artemis I @NASAFltDirector on "Houston We Have a Podcast." https://t.co/3E5hDU5hV0 https://t.co/HgNd8HuTFW

Microgravity speeds up bone and muscle loss, allowing us to study such conditions faster in space than on Earth. I’m working on the Cardinal Muscle experiment, which could pave the way for quicker testing of muscle loss treatments! https://t.co/xQ1WBrf6hP https://t.co/2VhPhwH9D6

Interested in covering the next @SpaceX cargo launch to the @Space_Station? We’re inviting you to register for our next virtual @NASASocial! Learn more about how you can blog, tweet, or simply share everything about the launch, scheduled for August 28: https://t.co/5lBZViFjwH

Exactly two years after Viking 1 launched to Mars, Voyager 2 launched on a mission to the outer planets, today in 1977: https://t.co/MZW59IpVYp https://t.co/l4aOkW3JSw

🗓️ Mark your calendars for the next spacewalk! @Astro_Sabot & @Aki_Hoshide will venture outside the @Space_Station on Aug. 24 to prepare for the installation of a new solar array. Plus, new @ISS_Research arrived at our orbiting lab. More on #SpaceToGround: https://t.co/OJxaWSRF60 https://t.co/vnyOPFWJFf

Recent results from @Space_Station research have demonstrated how the sensitivity of an astronaut’s DNA to radiation exposure on Earth can predict their DNA’s response during spaceflight as measured by changes to their chromosomes. Learn more: https://t.co/riaDbyfwQe https://t.co/g2GlaoSIPV

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft launched 44 years ago today, on August 20, 1977. #OTD Voyager 1 took off 16 days later but reached a higher velocity and eventually overtook its sister spacecraft. Voyager 1 is now the most distant object ever sent from Earth. (📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech) https://t.co/WkAqtAo1JN

Perseverance rover spots tiny Mars moon Deimos (video) https://t.co/cVsD818tpc https://t.co/OnxUnuY4QB

On its inaugural flight on August 20, 1949, the Helicopter Air Service, Inc. carried this mail pouch of domestic U.S. airmail from the roof of the Chicago Post Office to the airmail service field at Midway Airport. https://t.co/pfJ2YWGixp

Research conducted aboard the @Space_Station this past week is helping us better understand Alzheimer's, muscle atrophy, and robotic research. Learn more: https://t.co/Fl0AIqxNKU https://t.co/erDk7FRuCM

Watch Netflix's 1st trailer for the Inspiration4 documentary on SpaceX's private spaceflight https://t.co/frl1Ckzwto https://t.co/hIgL3pDNxm

In 2015, our Museum archives acquired the personal papers of famed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. A new blog examines his relationship with the @smithsonian throughout his life. https://t.co/gtNXEGGKMP https://t.co/MgrdHdsooy

The Moon shines under Saturn this evening, and Jupiter is to their left. Draw a line down from Vega to Arcturus. A third of the way down, the line crosses the Keystone of Hercules. Two thirds of the way down it crosses the semicircle of Corona Borealis. https://t.co/KVgFw2B1Yl https://t.co/40DWmf21xl

SpaceNews This Week | @NASA putting SpaceX HLS contract on hold • FTC chair appears skeptical of Lockheed-Aerojet merger • @SpaceX submits Starlink Gen2 revisions to FCC - https://t.co/1AP3ZDME1G https://t.co/Y1ElFfBYv0