Celebrating 79 Years of Innovation! 🎉 ✈️ Today marks NASA Armstrong’s 79th anniversary! For nearly eight decades, our center has been at the forefront of advancing aeronautics, space exploration, and Earth science through cutting-edge flight research and technology

Looking for summaries of all the U.S. government's air and space activities for each year going back to 1958? The Aeronautics and Space Report of the President is where to look! The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 report is now online! 🔗 https://t.co/bb0TjbNXFJ

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A new NASA History Report looks back at the SOFIA airborne infrared observatory! From 2010 through its final science flight #OTD in 2022, SOFIA helped astronomers around the world study cosmic events and objects invisible to other telescopes. ✈️ https://t.co/R8Jci0TMAU

After a 2.5-year hiatus during which NASA implemented significant technical, operational, and cultural changes, the space shuttle returned to flight #OTD in 1988. Discovery lifted off for STS-26—the first shuttle mission after the tragic Challenger disaster.

Today the American record is held by Frank Rubio who spent 371 days in space. His record-breaking spaceflight ended two years ago on Sept. 27, 2023!

Shannon Lucid, one of the first six women NASA selected as astronauts, returned from space #OTD in 1996 with a milestone achievement! After 6 months aboard the Mir space station, she had set a new U.S. record for the longest single spaceflight: 188 days.

Three astronauts splashed down in the Pacific #OTD in 1973 to complete their 59-day Skylab 3 mission aboard America's first space station. The crew completed a host of experiments during their stay, including several proposed by high school students! https://t.co/kL7pRnFqQJ

Walked on the Moon ✅ Flew the maiden flight of a spacecraft ✅ ✅ Worked for NASA for 42 years ✅ Today we remember John Young—the astronaut's astronaut—on his 95th birthday. https://t.co/bVThA4HytA

“Always take the job seriously, but never take yourself seriously.” NASA test pilot Bill Dana flew the final powered flight of the X-24B lifting body 50 years ago today—wearing pink boots. Read about Dana's legacy and how the pink boots came to be: https://t.co/FlXoYzVIy5

Learn more about NASA's newest class of astronaut candidates.

The 24 men who have traveled to the vicinity of the Moon all came from NASA's first 5 astronaut classes. Congratulations to the 10 men and women chosen to be part of NASA's 24th astronaut class. They will follow the legacy of these pioneers, making history on the Moon and Mars!

The Lagoon Nebula brings pumpkin spice vibes perfect for the first day of fall 🍂 In this image released 15 years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a view of ionized gas clouds in this star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius. https://t.co/6zsVku3jIN

#OTD in 1961, NASA Administrator James Webb announced that Houston would be the site of a new spaceflight center dedicated to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. https://t.co/ig9YPYYzq7 The site of @NASA_Johnson Space Center in Sept 1961

A look back at everyone on Earth #OTD in 1977. NASA's Voyager 1 took the first image of the Earth and Moon in the same frame 48 years ago today. The spacecraft, which began its mission two weeks earlier, captured this scene from 7.25 million miles (11.7 million km) away.

At our hearts, we are seekers, and today we celebrate a scientific milestone! Nearly 30 years after the first discovery of a world orbiting a Sun-like star beyond our solar system, @NASA’s Exoplanet Archive reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets. 🎉 Read more:

25 years ago on Sept 17, 2000, the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis get a parting view of the @Space_Station before heading home. In less than two months, Expedition 1 would kick off 25 years of humanity's uninterrupted presence in space for the benefit of all.

In this photo taken on Sept 17, 1976, the four astronauts who piloted the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests—Gordon Fullerton, Fred Haise, Joe Engle, and Richard Truly—pose with the brand new orbiter.

Is it Constitution Day or Enterprise Day? 49 years ago today, our first space shuttle was rolled out. Originally planned to be named the Constitution, President Ford directed NASA to name it Enterprise after Star Trek fans mounted a letter-writing campaign.

New Shuttle History Book! 📖 A new memoir by Steven Hirshorn presents his perspective on the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, NASA's quest for answers in its aftermath, and lessons for today's leaders. Free download: https://t.co/Q8VtGA4FhD