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This is the NASA History Office's official X account. We're happy that you share our passion for aerospace history.

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Joined June 2010

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The Spirit rover (Mars Exploration Rover A) left our planet to begin the journey to its new home OTD in 2003. This view captured 20 years ago at the beginning of 2006 shows rippled sand deposits of the "El Dorado" ripple field in Gusev Crater on Mars. Designed for a 90-day
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Jun 9
Congratulations to the newly announced crew for Artemis III! We are thrilled that these four distinguished astronauts will be “carrying the fire” for our next mission toward establishing a long-term human presence on the surface of the Moon.
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Jun 9
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Introducing your Artemis III crew: NASA astronauts @AstroKomrade, @Astro_AndreD, and Frank Rubio and @esa astronaut @astro_luca.
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Jun 6
Happy birthday to the first astronaut to drive on the Moon, David Scott! 🥳 Scott flew on the Gemini VIII and Apollo 9 missions before landing on the Moon in 1971 for Apollo 15. ⬇️ 60 years ago in March 1966, Scott before the Gemini VIII launch
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Jun 5
60 years ago today, NASA took a pivotal step toward mastering spacewalking. After Ed White’s groundbreaking spacewalk in 1965, NASA's next attempt pushed the limits of human endurance. On June 5, 1966, Gene Cernan undertook America’s ambitious second spacewalk, battling a stiff
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Jun 3
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Read more about the successes as well as the misfortunes that plagued the Gemini IX mission as NASA continued to press toward landing the first astronauts on the Moon. go.nasa.gov/4ar5KwF
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Jun 3
Before Neil Armstrong could take his historic first steps on the Moon, NASA first had to master the techniques that would let an astronaut safely exit a spacecraft in space. On June 3, 1965, Gemini IV pilot Ed White made that first step with the first American spacewalk.
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Jun 3
After a number of setbacks, astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Gene Cernan strapped into their Gemini spacecraft for the third time OTD 60 years ago, ready to begin the Gemini IX-A mission. The Gemini IX backup crew, Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, left a poem taped on their
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Jun 2
60 years ago today, Surveyor I made a three-point soft landing on the Moon—the first soft landing for America's space program—AND accomplished on its first try. Over the next 6 weeks it returned more than 11,000 images of the lunar surface including this one featuring its shadow.
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Jun 1
The crew of STS-134 celebrated with their ride OTD 15 years ago after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. With this 25th night landing of the Shuttle Program, Endeavour had completed its final mission.
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May 29
On May 30, 1971, Mariner 9—the first spacecraft to enter into orbit around another planet—launched to Mars. Mariner 9 mapped 85% of the Martian surface and sent back more than 7,000 images, including our first clear images of Olympus Mons and the Valles Marineris canyon system.
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May 27
Let's fix that up Hours after Skylab 2 launched on May 25, 1973, the crew got its first view of the damage Skylab had sustained during launch. As shown here, the Orbital Workshop (OWS) was missing one of the shiny shields designed to protect it from micrometeoroids and the
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May 26
On her 75th birthday, we remember Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space! At the age of 32, this physicist and astronaut launched aboard Challenger in June 1983 for her first of two space missions. Her example inspired generations to reach for the stars. ✨
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May 25
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." 65 years ago today President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress. Among his "Urgent National
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