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On this day, 50 years ago (June 3, 1965), the first spacewalk by NASA occurred. A vivid reminder that nothing is impossible. #OnThisDay #NASA
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Sally Ride
#DidYouKnow, 33 years ago (on April 19, 1982), Sally Ride became NASA's first female astronaut.
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#SpaceShuttle Atlantis' maiden flight took place on October 3, 1985. #Atlantis flew the final flight of the Space Shuttle program in July 2011. This image is a tribute to Atlantis which hangs in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Cent... Read More
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Remembering the fallen astronauts on this day when the Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch. #NASA #Challenger Today we pause and remember these heroes: Francis R. Scobee, Commander Michael J. Smith, Pilot Ronald McNair, Miss... Read More
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Happy Birthday to NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, born January 20, 1930! This photo was taken by Neil Armstrong, during a landing mission with the Apollo 11 in 1969.
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Although the first #SpaceShuttle flight did not occur until 1981, it began development on this day under the orders of then President Richard Nixon. The Shuttle would be designed to launch astronauts into space, allow them to orbit, and t... Read More
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apollo 8 launch
#OnThisDay, in 1968, Apollo 8 launched from the #KennedySpaceCenter in a lunar trajectory. Aboard were Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders. While this mission was the second ... Read More
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Happy 94th Birthday to a great American, John Glenn. He is a retired United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator. He was the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space, and has received a Co... Read More
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The end of an era... On July 21, 2011, NASA's space shuttle program came to an end after 30 years as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Fl. Missions formerly carried out by the Space Shuttle are moving largely to the private sector. Did a... Read More
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Houston (airport) we have landed!
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Did you know... On June 18, 1983, Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger!
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped off the Apollo 11 lunar module and onto the surface of the moon speaking his famous words "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
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On February 20, 1962, John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7. He piloted the capsule three times around the earth in the nearly 5 hour expedition.
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