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Milky Way panorama with meteors

By capturing photographs of our sun for 30 minutes, the details of the solar plasma are smoothed out, much like water in a river. This creates a detailed portrait of the active regions on the surface. This was captured from my backyard last week.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson : The #Inspiration4 launch reminds us of what can be accomplished when we partner with private industry! A commercial capability to fly private missions is the culmination of NASA’s vision with @Commercial_Crew

NASA Special Agent?

A few years ago I had the immense privilege of working as a police officer at KSC. That opportunity cemented a firm goal in my mind: I want to work for NASA. Not just as a contractor, as I was with the police, but *for* NASA. I want to be part of the Agency. I want my kids to point up and say "Dad helped make that happen." However, my education and experience is almost totally geared toward protective service as opposed to STEM work- I'm nearing a BS in Homeland Security and Emergency Management, on top of my practical experience. So it would seem that the best way for me to contribute would be as a Special Agent. All of that is to ask: How? I've been told to apply for a Pathways internship when it arises, but I have no idea when that will be, or the best way to be prepared for it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm also pretty new to Reddit, so forgive me if I've mis-categorized this post, or made some other impropriety. I'm still figuring all this out.

Volcanoes on Mars? 🌋 Evidence has been found that a region of northern Mars has experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” blasting the equivalent of 400 million Olympic-sized swimming pools of molten rock & gas, over 500-million years. Discover more: https://t.co/2BF55tPYzm https://t.co/DJYexYlF4K

The Exp 65 crew was busy with a variety of robotics and space biology activities aboard the station today. https://t.co/hEnMfPJyPR

The @NASAPersevere team has a sample shepherd, a person who coordinates & consults with various rover teams during sampling. Hear from a @NASA_Johnson planetary scientist who took on this significant role to help collect the first-ever Martian rock cores. https://t.co/gjRyXi2Q6G https://t.co/gXNHaDslLV

Astrophotographer José Luis Pereira from Brazil managed to capture a very rare event on Monday: a flash from a small asteroid hitting Jupiter and creating a huge detonation (links in first post!)

The Inspiration4 astronauts are stoked to launch on their history-making mission https://t.co/xYOaloetC4 https://t.co/irjl9BOD6U

The Inspiration4 crew are heading to SpaceX’s Falcon Support Building near pad 39A to put on their launch and entry pressure suits. Watch live: https://t.co/K03ErG8ZHF https://t.co/iRJKv2SZG9

Milky Way panorama with meteors

“Today, technologies once developed in NASA’s facilities are used in every U.S. aircraft – commercial & military – & every air traffic control facility, to keep the crowded skies safe." - Administrator @SenBillNelson's statement on National Aerospace Week: https://t.co/vICdkGasN3 https://t.co/kYumsEglAA

The Inspiration4 crew have arrived at pad 39A. After posing for a photo, the crew took an elevator to the 265-foot level of the launch pad tower for preps to board SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. https://t.co/K03ErG8ZHF https://t.co/v9ifQ3Hbb6

Sian Proctor makes history with SpaceX's Inspiration4 as first-ever Black female spacecraft pilot https://t.co/SImBYNw1ht https://t.co/8ueVkDyZ6E

On this day in 1948, a North American F-86A Sabre set a world speed record of 671 mph. The F-86 Sabre was America's first swept-wing jet fighter. You can see an F-86A on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center: https://t.co/eQ7qr7eGFi https://t.co/oUMyNly3pt