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    Aug 12

    🍎 Bring NASA to your classroom with our resources! 📓 We have a universe of lessons, science experiments, virtual field trips, and more. Explore:

    Illustration depicting students dressed like astronauts going back to school in a yellow bus.
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  2. 4 hours ago

    🔭 What's up in the night sky? The Perseid meteor shower has peaked — but there's a great opportunity to spot Jupiter in opposition! Tomorrow, Aug. 19, Jupiter will be directly opposite the Sun in our skies, and visible from sunset to sunrise if weather is clear:

    What's Up: August 2021 Skywatching Tips from NASA
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    8 hours ago

    🥗 You can munch on a “space salad” here on Earth! This week, Snacktime with explores how we grow veggies on the and how instruments on the station help us track plant health on the ground.

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    9 hours ago

    : We awarded $500K in our Break the Ice Lunar Challenge! Solvers submitted ideas for digging and hauling icy Moon "dirt," & 13 teams won a share of the prize! More on the new approaches to excavate resources astronauts need at the Moon:

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  5. 7 hours ago

    🚀 We're calling for student tech ideas! 💡 6th-12th grade educators & students affiliated with U.S. schools are invited to enter our TechRise challenge. Winning teams receive funds to build their experiment and a spot to test it on a suborbital flight:

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    10 hours ago

    When it launches🚀 later this year, 🛰 will be the most complex – and powerful – space science observatory ever. We can’t wait! Get ready with our new poster:

    A beautiful image of the James Webb space telescope is pictured in front of hexagonal images reminiscent of the cosmos it will explore.
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  7. 10 hours ago

    On Tues., Aug 24, & will venture outside the for a spacewalk to prepare for the installation of a new solar array. Experts will preview the spacewalk in a Q&A on Mon., Aug. 23 at 2pm ET:

    Closeup of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei in spacesuit on spacewalk
    Closeup of JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide in spacesuit on spacewalk
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  8. 11 hours ago

    There’s lots of world out there, and robotic explorers like are here to share the journey. Flip through thousands of pictures, hear sounds from another planet and send your name to Mars at .

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    There’s no better landscape photographer than a Mars Rover. So here's a fun little thought experiment: What if used Google Photos to keep track of all 125,000+ pics it’s taken on Mars in the last six months?
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  9. 12 hours ago

    In , Gene Roddenberry showed a future where individuals from different backgrounds work together to explore, something we strive to do today with you. Join us in celebrating his 100th birthday by posting a Vulcan salute selfie tagged . 🖖

    Astronaut's hand making Vulcan salute in cupola of International Space Station, with Earth visible below
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    Aug 17

    Happy Birthday to the iconic Gene Kranz! Kranz joined NASA in 1960 as the assistant flight director for Project Mercury. He went on to assume flight director duties for Project Gemini and was selected as division chief for Flight Control in 1968.

    Gene Kranz working at his flight director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room at Houston circa 1965. (NASA Photo S-65-60057.)
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  11. Aug 17

    🖖 100 years after Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was born, we'll help send his legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity out into the cosmos. 🗓️ On Thurs. Aug. 19 at 2pm ET, tune in for a program with NASA panelists & :

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    Aug 17

    Story time from the ! 📚 NASA Astronaut is reading "The Day You Begin," by . It's a story for students going , or anyone who may be starting something new.

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  13. Aug 17

    LIVE NOW: experts host an Ask Me Anything on about our role in agriculture, drought, and food security. Submit your questions between 4-5pm ET to learn more about the part we play in the food you eat! ❓ASK:

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    Aug 17

    Things are changing for rover as it climbs Mount Sharp. The rover is switching from a region of enriched clay minerals to one of salty minerals called sulfates. Layers from this spot may tell us more about Gale Crater's ancient environment.

    NASA’s Curiosity Rover Explores a Mountain on Mars
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  15. Aug 17

    The next resupply mission to the is targeted for launch Sat., Aug. 28 at 3:37am ET (7:37 UT). Learn about the heading to space in a news update Mon., Aug. 23 at 1pm ET (13:00 UT):

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  16. Aug 17

    🌌 A contingent of young stars and star-forming clouds was found jutting out from the Milky Way's Sagittarius Arm. Scientists spotted this newly discovered feature with data from our Spitzer Space Telescope & 's Gaia mission:

    Illustration of the large-scale structure of the Milky Way
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    Aug 16

    A dozen for the books!🚁The ’s latest flight took us to the geological wonder that is the “South Séítah” region. It climbed 32.8 ft (10 m) for a total of 169 seconds and flew ~1,476 ft (~450 m) roundtrip to scout the area for .

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  18. Aug 16

    ☄️ Comets usually contain ice, which vaporizes to give them their bright tail trailing behind. Asteroids are different — having little to no ice content. However, they can exhibit comet-like qualities. Find out why:

    This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun.
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  19. Aug 16

    Returning humanity to the Moon A dedicated team 🤝 a powerful rocket In this new episode of our podcast, learn about our program and preparing a Moon rocket for launch from and engineers. 🎧 :

    The 188,000-pound core stageorange core stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is lowered into the metal mobile launcher.
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  20. Aug 16

    NEW science heads to the aboard a resupply mission on Aug. 28! Investigations include: 🦴 Building bone with byproducts 👁️ Keeping an eye on eyes And more! Learn how they could impact life on Earth & in space:

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  21. Aug 16

    Since 1972, satellites have given us a global perspective of how Earth is changing — and decades of data available to the public for free. Dive into the program's history as the next satellite, Landsat 9, prepares for launch Sept. 16:

    Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay imaged by Landsat satellite
    Las Vegas imaged by Landsat satellite with changed areas marked in red
    Retreat of Columbia glacier in Alaska imaged by Landsat satellite
    Lake Powell imaged by Landsat satellite
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