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[Firefly Aerospace @FireflySpace]

Blue Ghost on repeat!

Firefly was awarded a $144 million @NASA CLPS contract to return to the Moon's near side and deliver three science instruments with our proven Blue Ghost lander.

This marks our sixth contracted lunar mission, demonstrating rapid, repeatable access to the lunar surface.

Read more here: https://t.co/3rCMWi0uCP

[NASA @NASA]

Introducing Artemis III.

Four astronauts. Three launches. Two dockings. One splashdown.

In 2027, the Artemis III mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit — the capability we need to return humanity to the Moon’s surface.

[Nate @heynate]

It’s been too long 🥲

[Spyro @SpyroTheDragon]

Take flight on a bold new adventure.

Spyro: A Realm Beyond, coming Spring 2027.

[Nate @heynate]

Rest in peace. HTV-X1. It was an honor supporting your mission. 🫡

[Humans in Space/JAXA @HumanSpace_JAXA]

#HTVXの宇宙日記

みんな、応援してくれて本当にありがとう。
大気圏に突入して、僕は無事に燃え尽きて使命を終えたよ。

ちょっとさみしい気持ちもあるけれど、
これは“終わり”じゃなくて、
未来につなぐための最後の大切な役割だったんだって思ってる。
ISSへ届けた荷物、宇宙で挑んだたくさんの技術実証……
この経験は、きっとこれからのHTV‑Xたちに生きていくはず。

次の旅を受け継ぐのは、弟分の HTV‑X2。
僕がつないできたこの役目を、次は HTV‑X2 がしっかり引き継いでくれるよ。
みんな、これからも宇宙開発を応援してあげてね。

そして——
僕の冒険はここで本当におしまい。
たくさんのありがとうを込めて。
またね！

[Humans in Space/JAXA @HumanSpace_JAXA]

【速報】
HTV-X1は、再突入に向けた第3回軌道離脱マヌーバ（DOM3）を、
【5/26（火）22:44頃（日本時間）】に完了しました。

このマヌーバにより、再突入に向けた軌道設定が完了しました。
HTV-X1はこの後、計画に従って地球大気圏へ再突入します。
#JAXA #HTVX

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

65 years ago today President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress. Among his "Urgent National Needs"— achievement in space.

With the Space Race in full swing, he said, "while we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last."

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

"A short time ago, at a NASA center not so far away..." 

This week, John Knoll, Chief Creative Officer for Industrial Light & Magic -- and the Mandalorian and Grogu themselves -- visited Johnson Space Center. They learned about our work in human spaceflight, including through the International Space Station and Artemis, inspiring and benefitting humans in our own galaxy.

[JAXA研究開発部門 @KENKAI_JAXA]

HTV-X1に搭載された『展開型軽量平面アンテナの軌道上実証（DELIGHT）』では、DELIGHTに搭載した全球カメラで撮影した画像から、展開型軽量パネル（DLP: Deployable Light Panel）１列目の展開を確認しました。

#DELIGHT #DLP

[HTV-X新型宇宙ステーション補給機 @HTVX_JAXA]

約3か月におよぶHTV-X1号機の技術実証ミッションも残りわずか！
2026年5月26日23時10分頃に大気圏へ再突入を実施します✨HTV-X運用メンバーは再突入に向け準備を進めてまいります💪
#JAXA #HTVX

https://t.co/9ymZbBCaH3

[JAXA（宇宙航空研究開発機構） @JAXA_jp]

[プレスリリース]
新型宇宙ステーション補給機1号機（HTV-X1）の再突入日時の決定
#JAXA
https://t.co/z5vQOzRffO

[NASA @NASA]

Start your week with some new photos from Artemis II!

Though our journey around the Moon has ended, we're still retrieving plenty of new images. Keep an eye on our Artemis II multimedia gallery for image highlights from the mission: https://t.co/XInWMJwMYY

[Nate @heynate]

It’s been an honor to help train this crew!

[NASA @NASA]

This September, we're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!

Meet the four members of our SpaceX Crew-13 mission, who will help us learn how to live in space while making life better back on Earth: https://t.co/AI3NZDTleL

[NASA @NASA]

This September, we're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!

Meet the four members of our SpaceX Crew-13 mission, who will help us learn how to live in space while making life better back on Earth: https://t.co/AI3NZDTleL

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

Congratulations to @Astro_ChrisW and @astro_hathaway on their first cargo vehicle capture using the @csa_asc Canadarm on the @Space_Station! Mission accomplished today. Hatch opening and cargo ops, including many scientific experiments (and even some fresh food!), commence early tomorrow. Well done, @northropgrumman, @NASA, @SpaceX teams!

[Nate @heynate]

Another mission down - this time two of the crew members monitoring the approach and capturing the spacecraft were trained in part by me. 😊 Great job @Astro_ChrisW and @astro_hathaway! (you may see me in the control room if you look closely 👀)

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: Looking for more space action following Artemis II? We have you covered!

Tune in to watch a cargo spacecraft arrive at the @Space_Station, delivering over 11,000 pounds of science, supplies, and equipment for the crew in orbit. https://t.co/zWjOKdQYmC

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

The Canadarm2 robotic arm, operated by @Astro_ChrisW, captured @NorthropGrumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft at 1:20pm ET today. Cygnus XL will be installed to the Unity module for cargo transfers later today. https://t.co/tJncdhgYDZ

[NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps]

At 7:41 a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the @Space_Station aboard @northropgrumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission.

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

[NASA @NASA]

Big smiles from Christina and Victor on the deck of the USS John P. Murtha, as they waited to be escorted for their routine post-mission medical checks.

[NASA @NASA]

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.