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[D Wise @dwisecinema]

So, this was the coolest thing. Flying with @jetson_aero during a @AFThunderbirds performance during Max Power!!
Huge thanks to @334Simo for the photo!!

[Erik Fraser @efraser77]

@dwisecinema got a chance to fly in the @jetson_aero Jetson ONE at #MAXPOWER today! @NASASpaceflight has been on hand all weekend providing coverage of the event at Kennedy Space Center.

Watch continuing coverage at https://t.co/2OyMo9sdVR

[Julia Bergeron @julia_bergeron]

I waved from Titusville but I'm guessing @NASAAdmin was going a bit too fast to see us. Actually, the final pass south was so fast I couldn't spot him.

[Sawyer R. @thenasaman]

Did you catch our live interview with @Astro_Vapor and @Astro_Woody ? They're awesome so big thanks to both! It was during our Max Power coverage. They're sharing how *you* can apply to become an astronaut. Learn more @NASASpaceflight
https://t.co/viARzV8Vch

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And YT:
https://t.co/PCyMSx8GzG

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NSF at NASA's Max Power Event - Day 2 https://t.co/rUP9XaAJVd

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Fun :)

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42 years ago today, Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from LC-39A on STS-51A, the first flight to retrieve satellites from orbit and bring them home.

Commander Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Pilot David Walker and Mission Specialists Joseph Allen, Anna Fisher and Dale Gardner deployed Anik D2 and Leasat 1, then went after Palapa B2 and Westar 6, stranded in useless orbits after their upper stages failed on STS-41B earlier that year.

Allen and Gardner, flying the MMU jetpacks for the last time, captured each satellite on separate spacewalks, with Fisher on the robot arm. Hence the famous "For Sale" sign. Both satellites flew again in 1990.

https://t.co/bRcDytxzxE

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One of the best Shuttle mission patches:

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NSF at NASA's Max Power Event - Day 2 https://t.co/knY8ocPmh6

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Focusing on a couple of the numerous highlights from NASA's latest Moon Base updates.

https://t.co/VvrHOsOq7b

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SpaceX could be less than a week away from Flight 15, highly anticipated as the first attempt to catch both the Booster and the Ship. SpaceX has tested the launch site systems ahead of rolling both vehicles to Pad 2 for stacking.

➡️https://t.co/9RkOwqbpug

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@Mattq174547 @Erdayastronaut @Aeropyornis Yeah, but you can only go back 12 hours in those stream, so you see the problem with an event stream ;)

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@Erdayastronaut @Aeropyornis Yeah same, and have to, as YT has a 12 hour limit.

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

BIG @NASA Moon Base Update

New Missions:
- CAPSTONE2 on a @QuantumSpace_US tug on a @SpaceX Falcon 9
- @Int_Machines Comms sats on an @GoToImpulse tug on a @SpaceX Falcon 9
- @NASAJPL Moonfall drones on a @FireflySpace Elytra tug on a @BlueOrigin New Glenn
- Comms sats on a @BlueOrigin Blue Ring on a New Glenn
- @GoToImpulse lander with TBA payload on their Helios tug on a @RelativitySpace Terran R
- Lunar @Starlink on a @SpaceX Starship

Commercial Lunar Payload Services 2.0 Contractors:
- @blueorigin
- @FireflySpace
- @Int_Machines
- @ispace_inc-U.S.
- @LMSpace
- @northropgrumman
- @SpaceX
- @voyagertech_ (formerly @astrobotic)

Also, PROMISE (pictured) will fly to the moon! It will land on a @BlueOrigin Blue Moon MK1, SN5.

This is/was an Earth-bound twin of Curiosity, the Mars rover, used to test things on the ground before sending commands to the red planet.

Minicast will allow lunar infrastructure to communicate with each other. The contractors for this are:
- @HB_Robotics
- @Redwire
- @YankTech

For example, rovers could communicate with solar towers to direct themselves for re-charging.

📷 @NASA

[Elisar Priel @ENNEPS]

The Starbase Giga Bay got a surprise visitor today, as Starship Ship 40 (the one that survived the water landing) was rolled out of Mega Bay 2 and into the Giga Bay, thus becoming the first vehicle to enter a Giga Bay, both at Starbase and in Florida.
@NASASpaceflight | https://t.co/RxPTBtv6AR

[Colleen @colleenadastra]

Ship 40 has been moved into the Gigabay...

(yes you read that right)

📸@NASASpaceflight | 📹https://t.co/tPjkWXg4a4

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: @NASAAdmin and agency leaders are sharing our latest updates on the Moon Base, humanity's first lunar outpost. https://t.co/UN6JuBhFcr

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Whose bingo card had Ship 40 as the first vehicle to roll into the Gigabay at Starbase!

https://t.co/HSumkyMfYU