Charles A Atkeison

Spaceflight. Currently .988AU from our Sun.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

LIFT-OFF! (10:58:25 am EDT) A new laboratory module bound for the International @Space_Station launches atop a Russian #ProtonM from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The ISS at launch is over northeast China.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

A Russian #ProtonM rocket is poised to lift-off today from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:58:25 a.m. EDT, carrying the #Nauka multi-Purpose Module into orbit.
Nauka is scheduled to arrive at the International @Space_Station on July 29 for docking.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

60 years ago Today, #NASA second crewed #spaceflight launched from Cape Canaveral.
Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom flew Mercury #LibertyBell7 from this launch pedestal on a 16 minute suborbital flight.
Gus’ spacesuit is on display here at the #KennedySpaceCenter VC.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

#Apollo11 | #NASA @astro_DonThomas discusses where he was 52 years ago today as Neil and Buzz stepped out upon lunar surface following the first #moonlanding.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Ten years ago Today, We made an exciting iPhone call to the International @Space_Station and @Astro_Ron Garan from @NASAJohnson Space Center.
Several friends and I made a truly long distance phone call to the orbiting laboratory.
#NASA @amikokauderer @ISS_CASIS

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

There is no one who is more iconic today than @WilliamShatner.
The popular actor of #StarTrek turns 90 today.
Happy birthday Bill, and my best.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

#NASA’s Martian Helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ Nears First Flight
https://t.co/OXNuA926ne via @avgeekery #Perseverance #Ingenuity

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Exclusive Interview: Space Shuttle #Discovery’s Last Pilot Col. Eric Boe
https://t.co/4cPB3bGaf6 via @avgeekery #avgeek #NASA

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Click the image to view the rim of #JezeroCrater on #Mars from a near 360-degree panorama taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard #NASA’s #Perseverance rover on Sol 3.
#mars2021 #PerseveranceRover

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Cheers and happy birthday Clay.
This Nebraska native spent 167 days in space and performed six spacewalks.
He is also an aquanaut having lived 62-feet underwater off Key Largo for two weeks straight.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Today: #NASA news briefing updating the #Mars2020 #Perseverance Rover from @NASAJPL.
Watch Live beginning at 2 p.m. EST via https://t.co/7Satlrfuyn

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

#NASA Video: The @NorthropGrumman #CygnusNG15 resupply craft arrived at the International @Space_Station today, loaded with 8K pounds of supplies and hardware.
Christened the #SSKatherineJohnson, capture was at 4:38 a.m. EST, and berthed to the Unity module at 7:16 a.m.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Sol 2 | A few of the three dozen new images taken by #NASA's newest rover, #Perseverance.
These raw photographs were taken at #Jezero Crater on Sunday from engineering cameras.
#PerseveranceRover's HD color cameras will begin taking beautiful photographs in the coming weeks.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

UPDATE: Signals received from #NASA #IngenuityHelicopter on Mars Saturday (6:30 p.m. ET), show the helicopter and its base station "are operating as expected", according to
@NASAJPL.
The rotor craft is expected to make its first flight NET mid-March over an area of #JezeroCrater.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Fifty-nine years ago this morning.
"In Godspeed John Glenn".
#Friendship7 #NASA

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

@ISS_CASIS @northropgrumman @NASA_Wallops @Space_Station In Godspeed #SSKatherineJohnson.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Sol 1: One of the six wheels on #NASA’s #PerseveranceRover photographed a few hours ago at #Jezero Crater.
A key objective for #Perseverance’s mission is astrobiology and the search for signs of ancient microbial life.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Newly released image from a camera aboard the descent stage of #NASA #PerseveranceRover captured this shot during Thursday's landing.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

Today is Sol 6869 for the #Mars Odyssey mission - #NASA's longest-lasting spacecraft at the Red Planet.
#OTD in 2001, Mars Odyssey began its science mapping mission.
Controlled from @NASAJPL, Odyssey operates in a two-hour long polar orbit inclined 93.0° and 250 miles above Mars.

[Charles A Atkeison @AbsolutSpaceGuy]

ICYMI: #NASA Video from the #Mars #PerseveranceRover control room at @NASAJPL during Thursday's landing sequence.
An incredible, exciting moment for the #Perseverance teams.
https://t.co/ni32VlfnUF