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Greetings from Third Rock Radio- America's Space Station! We're @NASA powered.

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

We’re LIVE with our static view of the launch pads at Wallops for the TOMEX+ sounding rocket launches.

Right now all sites are GREEN and counting down to hold the clock at T-4 mins to see if we have the right science conditions. Stand by for an estimated launch time! https://t.co/QPjExNlqBa

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

BREAKING 🚨: Hubble and James Webb telescopes teamed up to drop new images of two spiral galaxies colliding

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

New Orleans at night. The French Quarter is still busy despite the late hour.

[ARCHIVED - NASA Sun & Space @NASASun]

We’re in the middle of an intense geomagnetic storm! 🌎🧲💥

A series of solar eruptions arriving at Earth are triggering widespread auroras. Here’s what NASA space weather analyst Carina Alden saw last night as she traveled through Michigan and Wisconsin!

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Saturn captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft

[ARCHIVED - NASA Sun & Space @NASASun]

Remember the big solar storm in May?

Scientists have just discovered that, in addition to creating spellbinding auroras, the storm also made a new temporary ring of charged, high-energy particles encircling Earth.

[NASA @NASA]

For 25 years, @chandraxray has given us the x-ray vision to see galaxies and star clusters form, peer into black holes, and study worlds beyond our solar system.

Celebrating the anniversary of its launch, check out 25 all-new views from Chandra: https://t.co/zKdVMsrdSx

[Mike Constantine @Moonpans]

Here is an interactive 360 degree panorama from Apollo 17. Its made from 21 individual frames stitched together with mission audio added. Try it for yourself at the link displayed

[David Eicher @deicherstar]

A few days ago my pal Adrian Bradley sent this inspiring image of the Milky Way with foreground trees forebodingly reaching to the sky. It was shot by Caroline Jones. Enjoy!

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

When you walk to a rocket, never pass up the chance to use the toilet.

By the time of climbing into the space shuttle, I had been zipped up in my orange ACES spacesuit for nearly 2 hours with perhaps another 5 before doffing on orbit. Fortunately, the NASA engineers had thought about placing a toilet at the 195 foot level of Pad 39A; an exceptionally stout toilet at that.

Please remember to close the door before launch!

STS 126 Endeavour, November 15, 2008

[ARCHIVED: NASA Commercial Crew @Commercial_Crew]

.@NASA and @BoeingSpace are now targeting a return date of no earlier than June 22 for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. The additional time allows teams to finalize departure planning and operations while the #Starliner spacecraft remains cleared for crew emergency return scenarios within the flight rules.

More: https://t.co/nwCVuaNPnR

[NASA @NASA]

We're hours away from launching a new spacecraft for the first time! Liftoff of #Starliner Crew Flight Test is targeted for 10:52am ET (1452 UTC). Watch on our free streaming service, NASA+: https://t.co/YzJmy7ogil

[NASA @NASA]

This week at NASA, we launched two small satellites that will observe Earth’s climate, discovered a planet 40 light-years away, and peered into the dark universe.

Don’t miss a minute of what we’re up to: https://t.co/MyG37QzGhO

[ARCHIVED - NASA Sun & Space @NASASun]

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on May 31, 2024, peaking at 6:03pm ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X1.1. https://t.co/qM71CqV0xH

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

Discovery at sunrise 🌅

Yesterday in 1999, space shuttle Discovery launched on the STS-96 mission. During the mission, Discovery made the first ever docking to the @Space_Station and its crew completed a spacewalk to attach two new cranes to the orbiting laboratory.

[NASA @NASA]

The first launch for our latest Earth-observing mission – PREFIRE – is set for Saturday, May 25, at 3:15am ET (0715 UTC).

Follow @NASA_LSP for updates about the satellites that will study Earth’s polar regions: https://t.co/8wXANczBqY

[NASA @NASA]

That’s more than just hot gas. The bright center of each image is a supermassive black hole firing a beam outward—one of 16 studied by scientists using @chandraxray.

Read more about these beams and why they’re studied: https://t.co/OFLRrQRqk8

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

The spaceplane has arrived!

@SierraSpaceCo's Dream Chaser spaceplane, named Tenacity, has arrived from @NASAArmstrong. Tenacity will undergo final testing and prelaunch processing at the SSPF ahead of its first flight to @Space_Station.

More: https://t.co/01QeNKrQns

[ARCHIVED - NASA Sun & Space @NASASun]

Happy #SunDay! This week’s (totally nuts) space weather report includes:
· 52 M-class flares
· 9(!) X-class flares
· 45 coronal mass ejections
· 4(!) geomagnetic storms

This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the week’s activity. Never a dull moment!

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

High-definition images from the #JunoMission suggest that Europa’s outer ice shell is essentially free-floating.

Other images reveal signs of potential previous plume activity on Jupiter's ocean moon. See the images and dive into the findings: https://t.co/S19bqI3t5v