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Join us as we explore the worlds of our solar system.
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As you gaze at the sight, remember the @NASAArtemis astronauts will soon see the Moon up close!
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Every January, we commemorate the people lost in our agency’s space exploration program. On our Day of Remembrance, we celebrate their lives, their bravery, and advancements in human spaceflight. https://t.co/vzVdLv7TiN
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The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission — our future eye on the skies for finding potentially hazardous asteroids — is coming together! The sunshade seen here will protect NEO Surveyor's telescope and sensitive infrared detectors. https://t.co/2KlMvCcSqQ
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New science is on the horizon! @NASA has selected three science investigations, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, for delivery to the lunar surface no earlier than 2028. Learn more about how EMILIA-3D, LISTER, and SELINE will strengthen our
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Loud and clear: Curiosity and Perseverance are both back in touch with Earth following solar conjunction. They’re beginning to downlink data collected while the Sun was blocking the signal path between us and the Red Planet. Keep up with the latest at https://t.co/KL1oPBWymR
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It’s #SunDay! Here’s your space weather report for the week of Jan. 9–15: • 2 M-class flares • 2 C-class flares • 31 coronal mass ejections • 1 geomagnetic storm This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s activity. It was a relatively quiet
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SLS and Orion are on their way to Pad 39B! Check out photos as they were rolled out atop the mobile launcher! 📷 https://t.co/xHhp44Qzr4
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Our @NASAArtemis Moon rocket's trek to the launch pad began at 7:04am ET (1204 UTC). Crawler-transporter 2 is slowly moving it on top of the mobile launcher, with the four-mile journey expected to take about 12 hours. Watch a live feed of the move:
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Any night is a great night to go skywatching with friends, but Sunday’s new moon will bring nice, dark skies.
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LIVE NOW: NASA experts give updates on the Artemis II mission before rollout of the Moon rocket and spacecraft to the launch pad.
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The planets of our own solar system, including Earth, likely formed in a similar disk.
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Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, and hundreds of moons, asteroids, and comets.
Planets in progress! 🪐 These Hubble collages take a look at protoplanetary disks, which are swirling masses of gas and dust that surround developing stars. ⬇️
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This DVD with 616,400 digitized signatures is now part of Saturn. Starting in November 1995, postcards with signatures from people from 81 nations were received, scanned, stored on a DVD, and attached to the Cassini spacecraft before its 1997 launch. After Cassini completed its
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How do we know there is water ice on the Moon? NASA's Clementine in 1994 and Lunar Prospector, which began its mission mapping the Moon this week in 1998, were two of the first missions to find evidence for the existence of water ice on the Moon. In this visualization of Lunar
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Navigation update: We've arrived! NASA's IMAP and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory missions have arrived in their target orbit at L1, the Sun–Earth Lagrange point. Launched together, the two spacecraft have now reached their operational location.
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Dragonfly is one step closer 🚁 Ahead of its 2028 launch, @NASA_Langley and @JHUAPL teams completed major rotor fabrication and testing milestones – paving the way for safe flight in Titan’s dense atmosphere in 2034. Learn more: https://t.co/MC6wAcD0bS
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Happy Jupiter opposition! All month, look for the planet shining brightly in the eastern sky after sunset. This view comes from the Uintah Mountains of Utah.
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Dragonfly is one step closer 🚁 Ahead of its 2028 launch, @NASA_Langley and @JHUAPL teams completed major rotor fabrication and testing milestones – paving the way for safe flight in Titan’s dense atmosphere in 2034. Learn more: https://t.co/MC6wAcD0bS
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“I cannot wait to hear their voices when they get to the far side of the Moon… There are a lot of places that human eyes have never seen.” Scientist Marie Henderson is training the Artemis II crew to capture and document their views of the lunar surface for all of us back home.
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The 1st NASA EXPRESS newsletter of 2026 is here!📨 Don't miss ways YOU can: 🪐Explore summer 2026 @NASA internships 🚀Sign up for a suborbital rocketry workshop 💻Register for an internship info session ... and more! Get details here: https://t.co/42grLVY4jR
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