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🦉 Duo bingo:
@NASAHubble
captured a bright variable star and its smaller companion star in the upper left of this composite image. Both lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light-years from Earth: go.nasa.gov/3Y9idwJ
Two very bright stars with cross-shaped diffraction spikes are prominent: The larger is at slightly lower-right of center, the smaller lies toward the upper-left corner. Small red stars with short diffraction spikes are scattered around them. The background is covered nearly completely by gas: smoky, bright blue gas around the larger star in the center and lower-right, and wispier red gas elsewhere. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto
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We’re testing software developed by
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to help cut your tarmac wait times and make U.S. aviation carbon neutral by 2050. In just one year,
@DFWAirport
saved 24,000 pounds of jet fuel and stopped 77,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions using it: go.nasa.gov/3J6b8Zq
Visual graphic with an aircraft joining a queue of other aircraft taking off. The text reads "Improved scheduling enables efficient spacing for aircraft to merge into air traffic." Credit: NASA
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Last day to apply for the opportunity to watch #Crew6 astronauts launch from
@NASAKennedy
! Whether you have 5,000 or 50 followers, now is your chance to tour NASA facilities behind-the-scenes and share with your audiences: go.nasa.gov/3jdX85q
The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission pose for a photo in their white spacesuits during a training session at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, mission specialist Andrey Fedyaev, pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, commander Stephen Bowen, and mission specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Credit: SpaceX
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At
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we have dedicated teams who watch the skies to make sure we are safe from hazardous asteroids. Today's asteroid flyby is one of the closest ever recorded, but our #PlanetaryDefense experts have been tracking the asteroid and know it's not a threat to Earth.
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A newly discovered asteroid, named 2023 BU, is expected to make one of the closet approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded. Thanks to diligent teams of #planetarydefense experts, we know It poses zero risk to Earth. Learn why: go.nasa.gov/3JfQi9W
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Greenhouse gas emissions decreased a little during the first year of the COVID pandemic, but was it enough to make a lasting impact?
@NASAClimate
scientist Leslie Ott explains.
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LIVE NOW: #OTD one year ago, the
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telescope made it to its home 1 million miles away. How has it revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos since? Ask mission experts your questions on air, or tag them #UnfoldTheUniverse.
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It's been nearly a year since @NASAWebb arrived at its destination 1 million miles away. It completed the most complex deployment ever attempted in space, and returned the deepest infrared image ever seen. Have questions? Tag them #UnfoldTheUniverse. twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyKA
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In 2022, NASA-developed Search and Rescue technologies assisted with the rescue of 397 lives in the U.S. region. If you use a personal-locator beacon while hiking, the same tech that will help us locate astronauts on splashdown is there for you, too. go.nasa.gov/3JeCuwu
A helicopter flies low above the ocean during sunrise. A rescue diver is suspended from the helicopter, and nearby, a boat floats on the surface of the water. The skyline of a city can be seen in the far distance against a sky of blue and gold hues. Water droplets can be seen on the lens of the camera capturing the image. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
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NOW: NASA leaders talk about lessons learned from our darkest days, how we can work together to build a strong safety culture. Our Day of Remembrance falls on Jan. 26, and the 20th anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle tragedy is Feb. 1. #NASARemembers
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NASA Safety Town Hall
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We’re partnering with
@DARPA
to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. This new engine would allow us to do more science and reach destinations faster—key steps for sending the first crewed mission to Mars. go.nasa.gov/3DaNirN
Artist concept of the Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, utilizing a nuclear thermal rocket engine flying through space. The background of the image is a visualization of stars in the far distance with the Earth's horizon visible in the bottom left of the image. Credit: DARPA
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It's been nearly a year since
@NASAWebb
arrived at its destination 1 million miles away. It completed the most complex deployment ever attempted in space, and returned the deepest infrared image ever seen. Have questions? Tag them #UnfoldTheUniverse.
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Our #Crew6 mission is scheduled to blast off to the
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next month. Want to go behind-the-scenes for the launch—and share it on social media? Tell us what you'd do with the opportunity, and what you'd create. Apply by Friday, Jan. 27: go.nasa.gov/3Hse4OY
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the agency's Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. The rocket is a thin white cylinder with two black bars, topped by the conical Dragon capsule; a pillar of flame extends beneath it, with puffy white clouds of vapor blanketing the ground below. Most of the photo is taken up by a clear, blue sky, with vegetation and water visible near the bottom. This photo was taken near ground level, with Falcon 9 just clearing the launch tower to its left. Credit: SpaceX
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This year, our Day of Remembrance falls on Thursday, Jan. 26. We'll pause to honor those who have lost their lives in the pursuit of discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia. #NASARemembers Our schedule of events & tributes: go.nasa.gov/3wCnKAd
The graves of Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee seen during a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA's 2018 Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Today,
@POTUS
was greeted by NASA and California state leaders at Moffett Federal Airfield on his way to visit storm-damaged regions in the state. Learn how our research could help predict extreme climate-related weather events: go.nasa.gov/3QTHngj
U.S. President Biden exits Air Force One and descends from the top of the stairs at Moffett Federal Airfield, located near NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. Credit: NASA/ Dominic Hart
David Korsmeyer, associate center director for research and technology at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, left, President Joe Biden, U.S. Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo, and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla gather in front of Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield, located near Ames, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart
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The #Artemis I mission has laid the groundwork for future astronauts to live and work on the Moon. Watch live today at 1pm ET (18:00 UTC) as students across the country ask
@NASAArtemis
experts and leaders about what’s next: nasa.gov/live
A portion of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken on the 20th day of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. Craters are visible on the grey lunar surface. The blackness of space can be glimpsed behind the Orion spacecraft and the Moon.
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We’re partnering with
@Boeing
to develop technologies for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft. We'll collaborate on a full-scale demonstrator by 2030 to help the U.S. achieve net-zero carbon emissions from aviation by 2050. Follow
@NASAAero
: go.nasa.gov/3QLmfJ6
Alt text: Artist concept of commercial aircraft families with a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration from the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. Two Boeing aircraft fly through the cloudy sky painted white and blue. Credit: Boeing
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