Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities.
The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations.
To the innovators building the orbital economy, to the scientists pursuing breakthrough discoveries and to dreamers across the world eager for a return to the Moon and the grand journey beyond--these are the most exciting times since the dawn of the space age-- and I truly believe the future we have all been waiting for will soon become reality.
And to the best and brightest at NASA, and to all the commercial and international partners, we have an extraordinary responsibility--but the clock is running. The journey is never easy, but it is time to inspire the world once again to achieve the near-impossible--to undertake and accomplish big, bold endeavors in space...and when we do, we will make life better here at home and challenge the next generation to go even further.
NASA will never be a caretaker of history--but will forever make history.
Godspeed, President Donald J. Trump, and Godspeed NASA, as America leads the greatest adventure in human history 🇺🇸
Engineer Paromita Mitra received an early career award to research and build the Joint Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System – a product that could give astronauts the "superpowers" to live and work in space. More about our Early Career Initiative: https://t.co/sSqryKRZil
No launch today unfortunately. Space
flight is hard, hydrogen fuel tanks are
delicate, and #Artemis 1 is uncrewed for test purposes. Glad we are learning through these scenarios but super sad to not witness the most powerful human-made machine (to date) fly today.
The #Artemis I #NASASocial has officially begun! Our participants have gathered around the countdown clock as @NASAKennedy teams are on track begin the countdown for launch, currently scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 29.
Can you spot @NASA_SLS in the background?
Highlight of my day: talking with an awesome group at the #Artemis#NASASocial, sharing the excitement of the Artemis 1 launch Monday morning. Go Artemis!
For the 10th consecutive time, NASA has been named the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government among large agencies by @publicservice. This was only possible because of the incredible drive & collective determination of our #NASAPeople! Thank you! https://t.co/AsxfgPZOF7
It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I
@LeiaStirling @NASA_Johnson @NASASTEM A big thank you to @CLAWS_UM for giving it your all during this challenge! You went above and beyond making it so exciting to host. 😊
Interesting fact for you… last year, Americans spent almost the same amount of money on Valentine’s Day ($21.8 bil) as NASA’s entire annual budget ($23.3 bil). But we’re going to the Moon on it. 🚀😎
Congratulations, @NASAWebb! You are fully deployed! 🥳
Stay tuned over the coming months as the space telescope reaches its destination of Lagrange point 2 and prepares to #UnfoldTheUniverse:
Can you feel the tension? Webb is feeling it...in a good way! We tensioned 3 of 5 sunshield layers yesterday. Today we start with Layer 4: https://t.co/qFHcqjUniL
Follow along LIVE for the final layer starting ~9:30 am ET (14:30 UTC): https://t.co/E0iKHwugcn #UnfoldTheUniverse
Shine bright like a diamond 💎
With the successful deployment of our right sunshield mid-boom, or “arm,” Webb’s sunshield has now taken on its diamond shape in space. Next up: tensioning the 5 sunshield layers! https://t.co/6G2caS1djY #UnfoldTheUniverse