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[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Yesterday, we welcomed Jacklyn and our fully reusable New Glenn first stage back to the Space Coast. Thank you, Team Blue.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Meet our second booster, with all modules mated: “Never Tell Me The Odds.” I think the odds of landing this booster are a lot better than 3,720-to-1. Both strakes are in place, and BE-4 installation is well underway.  Great job by the team as we continue getting our second booster ready for launch.

[Peggy Whitson @AstroPeggy]

My husband gave me a necklace on our wedding day and I've worn it on every spaceflight. The #Ax4 mission was its fifth time in space. I don't know if I would call it my good luck charm, but it's nice to always have a piece of home with me.

[EAA @EAA]

Conceived by Lockheed’s C. L. “Kelly” Johnson and built at his Skunk Works, the U-2 first flew in July 1955 and has served faithfully since. Not your grandfather’s spyplane, many of the current fleet are from a production run in the 1980s, and the original design has seen numerous improvements. She celebrated her 70th birthday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Read more: https://t.co/V3G7SSyepg

[Zak Williams @zakwilliams]

Today would have been my dad’s 74th birthday.

This season carries gravity. Father’s Day, his birthday, and the anniversary of his passing all fall within 60 days.

For me, grief has no straight path. It revisits, reshapes, and rises when I least expect it.

But alongside it lives a legacy built on generosity and kindness.

He made people feel seen. Gave permission to feel deeply and to laugh through pain. That mission continues.

To those carrying loss right now: you’re not alone.

Happy birthday, Dad. Love you forever.

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Elusive flamingo pink aurora in a vibrant atomic oxygen lightshow. Station flies above the green aurora but straight through the higher altitude reds.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

New Glenn’s second mission, NG-2, will send @NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars. This launch will support ESCAPADE’s science objectives as the twin spacecraft progress on their journey to the Red Planet. Also onboard is a technology demonstration from @Viasat in support of @NASASpaceOps' Communications Services Project.

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Although it was ultimately lost just before touchdown, The Exploration Company's Mission Possible spacecraft is a big win for Europe's nascent commercial space industry.

https://t.co/ZAdRg6yfFI

[Forger Stucky @Stuck4ger]

Cool stuff has quietly been happening here for many years.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

GS2, is that you? 👀

Today, New Glenn’s second stage is moving to our integration facility!

[Firefly Aerospace @FireflySpace]

#BlueGhost signing off with one final message from the Moon. Thank you for the unforgettable journey. 💙 #BGM1

[Jared Isaacman @rookisaacman]

Hayley is incredible—still America's youngest astronaut to reach orbit! She survived childhood cancer, was treated at @StJude, and now works there as a physician assistant, helping & inspiring kids in their own fight.

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

It’s our first time at the Houston Auto Show to share how @NASA is returning to the Moon to pave the way for human missions to Mars. Together with commercial and international partners, the @NASAArtemis campaign explores scientific discovery, technology advancement, and economic benefits.

Learn more about NASA’s moon rovers: https://t.co/OTT7D61mvg

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

So you're telling me there's a chance...

@blueorigin's first New Glenn launch vehicle sitting vertical at LC-36 this evening, ahead of a planned static fire test before the campaign's inaugural flight.

Beyond stoked to see full flight hardware finally poised!

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

📺 - https://t.co/HMdRAAL8Kv

[Chris “Hanks” Sembroski @ChrisSembroski]

Sunday morning is (tentatively 😉) all about space! @blueorigin is launching NS-27. 💙 @SpaceX is launching Starship OFT-5 🚀 and @EuropaClipper on Falcon Heavy 🚀 @Commercial_Crew is undocking Crew-8 from the ISS. 🐉

[Noah @keldorjedii]

This is the greatest picture ever taken

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Modular fabric has embedded sensors that respond to movement

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

Hera Project Manager @deepbluedot says the FAA granted SpaceX approval to launch the @ESA_Hera mission tomorrow. The launch readiness review is tonight at 5:30 pm ET (2130 UTC).

Background: https://t.co/tshgxpEPxV

📸: @w_robinsonsmith for Spaceflight Now

[Searching For Skylab @SF_Skylab]

Do it like Al Bean.

More: https://t.co/UJFBzIMkVe

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

What do #EuropaClipper and Florida have in common? They're both water destinations!

After launching on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from LC-39A here on the space coast NET Oct. 10, the spacecraft will study Jupiter's moon Europa for habitability conditions.