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  1. 2 hours ago

    Video responses are IN for your questions about 's mission to ! 🚀 Join our expert Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney for an about her hopes for the world’s most powerful telescope, Webb's science goals, & capabilities:

    James Webb Space Telescope Tumblr Answer Time
    18 replies 58 retweets 523 likes
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  2. 4 hours ago

    LIVE NOW: Join the scientists & experts behind the experiments set to launch to next Tuesday aboard – including bioprinter technology that will speed up the wound healing process, plant studies in microgravity. Tune in:

    34 replies 157 retweets 5,177 likes
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  3. 5 hours ago

    ☀️ Our has touched the Sun! For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun's atmosphere, the corona. Here's what it means:

    124 replies 924 retweets 3,967 likes
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  4. 21 hours ago

    In 2022, we plan to launch four missions into space to help us study, understand and protect our home planet. has the details on EMIT, SWOT, TROPICS and 's JPSS-2:

    Tour 2022: NASA's Upcoming Earth Missions
    92 replies 434 retweets 2,770 likes
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  5. 22 hours ago

    We've selected for the second private astronaut mission to the , targeted to launch no earlier than late fall 2022:

    73 replies 444 retweets 4,473 likes
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  6. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    The pre-dawn hours of Dec. 14 are the best time to see the annual ! ☄️ Tips for watching: ☄️ Live stream, weather permitting: ☄️ Did you know meteors leave smoke in the atmosphere?

    a bright shooting star in a starry sky behind a silhouetted tree
    33 replies 330 retweets 1,448 likes
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    Dec 13

    After extensive analysis of the oxidizer isolation valves, has decided to use new service module on the Starliner spacecraft for Orbital Flight Test-2. Potential launch windows continue to be assessed:

    43 replies 227 retweets 2,211 likes
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  8. Dec 13

    NASA researchers are sharing the latest space and findings at . You can participate! Join our Virtual Science Exhibit for science demos and live chats with scientists. Details:

    Satellite image of Earth, showing brown land, turquoise and blue waters to the left of the land, and thick strings of clouds above it all.
    39 replies 267 retweets 2,313 likes
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  9. Dec 12

    is bound for the Moon, again! As the zero gravity indicator for the I mission, Snoopy will ride aboard the spacecraft that will fly around the Moon early next year:

    A view from behind of Artemis flight director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson in a dark outfit holding up a plush Snoopy doll dressed in an orange spacesuit. They're both facing the Orion spacecraft that sits atop the SLS rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Painted on the encapsulated Orion spacecraft is the NASA worm and the NASA meatball, which is partially visible.
    179 replies 715 retweets 6,329 likes
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  10. Dec 11

    🧰 To build the world’s most powerful telescope, you need to start with the right stuff. Watch the new "Elements of Webb" series to see how the world's most powerful telescope came to be, and how will help us :

    Elements of Webb: Series Introduction Ep0
    105 replies 379 retweets 2,600 likes
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  11. Dec 11

    ✉️ 💫 Need more space in your inbox? Subscribe to our newsletter! Join the global watch party, learn about our X-ray observatory , and find out how to spot the Geminids meteor shower. These stories & more: Sign up:

    Closeup of Webb telescope's golden hexagonal mirrors
    67 replies 243 retweets 2,504 likes
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  12. Dec 10

    🙌 We welcomed a NEW candidate class of and launched two missions to further humanity’s exploration of the universe. Check out our top stories in this new episode of This Week at NASA.

    This Week @ NASA
    115 replies 356 retweets 2,550 likes
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  13. Dec 10

    “We'd like to say that we're huge NASA geeks and we believe music matters, so we put it together every day.” Celebrate 10 years of , an online station sharing NASA’s story through audio with a new episode of "Houston, We Have a Podcast."

    A woman wearing headphones smiles at a man holding a microphone. The text reads: "Houston We Have a Podcast Episode 224 Radio Waves."
    50 replies 123 retweets 1,127 likes
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  14. Dec 10

    Move over Spider-man! Your friendly neighborhood space agency teamed up with to add a "Webb" to your world. Search for "James Webb Space Telescope" on a mobile device to see the 3D model. In the Google app, you can place & screencap .

    Visualization of James Webb Space Telescope over city skyline
    78 replies 310 retweets 2,742 likes
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  15. Dec 10

    Explore a 3D view of objects in our orbital neighborhood with our new on Asteroids tool! This new web-based app is updated twice daily with the latest data on all known near-Earth asteroids, comets, & the spacecraft that track them. Try it out:

    Visualization of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft near asteroid Bennu from the Eyes on Asteroids tool
    57 replies 402 retweets 2,846 likes
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  16. Dec 10

    Our newest orbiting observatory will study the universe's polarized X-rays. But why does it matter if an X-ray is polarized... and what does being "polarized" mean, anyway? has the explanation on how is upgrading NASA's X-ray vision:

    44 replies 252 retweets 2,166 likes
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  17. Dec 10

    🌟 Teams around the world used our trove of open data to solve real-life problems in a 48-hour hackathon. Watch to find out who won!

    Space Apps 2021 Global Winners LIVE Announcement with happening NOW!
    38 replies 115 retweets 1,054 likes
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  18. Dec 10

    launched into orbit to give us a new look at polarized X-rays—but what will they actually tell us about our cosmos? 👇

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    🚀 Our just-launched observatory specializes in detecting a characteristic of light known as polarization, which can reveal things about the light source and the stuff that it has traveled through. Let’s look at some of the cosmic objects IXPE will help us understand! 🧵
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  19. Dec 9

    Do you know a middle school student who has overcome challenges? Have they ? Nominate them today, and they could chat with our Mars rover team members and receive a personalized message beamed from Mars:

    Mars Rover Team to Celebrate Persevering Students
    NASA wants to celebrate students who’ve persevered. From overcoming unexpected challenges in getting the Perseverance rover to Mars, the rover team knows quite a bit about what it means to persevere.
    64 replies 236 retweets 1,560 likes
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  20. Dec 9

    Looking for a shooting star to wish on? Your best chance to see this year's Geminid meteor shower will likely be after the Moon sets in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 14. Get the details on 's Watch The Skies blog!

    An image of a Geminid meteor streaking across a dark blue sky, as seen through a low-resolution fisheye meteor camera
    84 replies 591 retweets 3,329 likes
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