Watch astronaut Tracy C. Dyson fly to the
@Space_Station
aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Dyson and her two crew mates are set to lift off at 9:21am ET (1321 UTC).
One of the most common questions
@NASA_Astronauts
get is how can you apply
@NASA
to become an astronaut. It only happens every few years but from now until April 2d is your chance to do exactly that.
We're seeking the next class of
@NASA_Astronauts
. Candidates could fly on Artemis missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars. Will you be one of them?
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Take 2…will be live on
@NASA
TV for
#crew8
launch to the
@Space_Station
at 2253EST. Although
@NASA_Astronauts
will be outside
@NASAKennedy
we’ll be broadcasting from inside tonight due to possibility of lightning. Weather’s looking 75% go and we’ll continue to update as the…
It’s launch night in America…getting ready for
@nasa
@spacex
#crew8
launching
@nasaastronauts
to the
@iss
Weather isn’t looking great but will make a go/no-go call at L-1hr (2216 EST for a 2316 launch)
You can watch live on
OSIRIS-REx landing was solid as a rock!
The first asteroid sample collected in space by
@NASA
landed in the Utah desert on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 10:52 AM ET. Arriving in Houston tomorrow, this mission could help scientists investigate the beginning stages of our solar system.
These are less rare samples than what
@nasa
#Osiris
will be bringing home today but still pretty exciting. From our base camp at the Kamestastin impact area in Canada you could hike to an entire hill made of meteor impact melt in the midst of bedrock uplifted by the same impact.…
The
@Space_Station
will soon be home to first-time flier,
@lunarloral
!
Loral O’Hara of
@NASA_Astronauts
and two cosmonauts are set to launch Friday, Sept. 15 at 11:44 am ET aboard a Soyuz rocket. She will be a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 70 station crew.
After second stage separation,
@SpaceX
’s Dragon spacecraft with the four members of
#Crew7
aboard is in orbit and set to arrive at the
@Space_Station
on Sun., Aug. 27. Commander
@AstroJaws
thanked all those who prepared the crew and spacecraft for flight:
Congratulations
@isro
on a successful landing and welcome to the moon. Looking forward to your future collaboration w/
@nasaartemis
as we work to put humans on the lunar South Pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.
Congratulations, India🇮🇳!
#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3
Congratulations
@isro
on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing! And congratulations to
#India
on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. We’re glad to be your partner on this mission!