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The story of Elvis Presley's "Flying Graceland": www.instagram.com/p/DRM5bUACTU...
Got Weird on Instagram: "This rare photograph captures a significant moment in February 1984 when Elvis Presley’s private jet, the Convair 880 “Lisa Marie,” was transported down Elvis Presley Boulevar...
Explore the lavish history of Elvis Presley's private jet, 'Lisa Marie,' which was customized with luxurious amenities and eventually became a tourist attraction at Graceland, showcasing the King's pa...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The story of Elvis Presley's "Flying Graceland": www.instagram.com/p/DRM5bUACTU...
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LAUNCH at 0401 UTC Nov 19 of a CZ-2C from Jiuquan with the 实践三十号A、B、C星 (Shi Jian 30A, 30B and 30C) satellites
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
LAUNCH at 0401 UTC Nov 19 of a CZ-2C from Jiuquan with the 实践三十号A、B、C星 (Shi Jian 30A, 30B and 30C) satellites
NASA History Office: 30 years ago today, five STS-74 astronauts said farewell to the crew aboard the Mir space station after delivering a new docking module, solar arrays, and supplies.
More on the Shuttle-Mir Program: go.nasa.gov/48reLV1
More on the Shuttle-Mir Program: go.nasa.gov/48reLV1
Shuttle-Mir - NASA
From early 1994 into 1998, seven American astronauts spent nearly 1,000 days living in orbit with Russian cosmonauts on board the space station Mir.
go.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
NASA History Office: 30 years ago today, five STS-74 astronauts said farewell to the crew aboard the Mir space station after delivering a new docking module, solar arrays, and supplies.
More on the Shuttle-Mir Program: go.nasa.gov/48reLV1
More on the Shuttle-Mir Program: go.nasa.gov/48reLV1
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Happy birthday to Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel into space, born OTD in 1923. He is also famous for being the only one of the original seven Mercury astronauts to set foot on the moon and providing the classic Shepard's prayer: "Please, dear God, don't let me f*** up."
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy birthday to Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel into space, born OTD in 1923. He is also famous for being the only one of the original seven Mercury astronauts to set foot on the moon and providing the classic Shepard's prayer: "Please, dear God, don't let me f*** up."
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Remember #OTD Alan B. Shepard
(* November 18, 1923 † July 21, 1998).
He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.
Commander #Apollo14,
Miles and Miles and Miles
He played golf on the Moon.
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(* November 18, 1923 † July 21, 1998).
He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.
Commander #Apollo14,
Miles and Miles and Miles
He played golf on the Moon.
contactlight.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Remember #OTD Alan B. Shepard
(* November 18, 1923 † July 21, 1998).
He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.
Commander #Apollo14,
Miles and Miles and Miles
He played golf on the Moon.
contactlight.de
(* November 18, 1923 † July 21, 1998).
He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.
Commander #Apollo14,
Miles and Miles and Miles
He played golf on the Moon.
contactlight.de
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Anniversary of the first lift-off from an extraterrestrial body (Surveyor 6, 1967) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_6
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Anniversary of the first lift-off from an extraterrestrial body (Surveyor 6, 1967) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_6
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#otd in #space: In 1967, the Surveyor 6 #spacecraft had the first successful #liftoff from the moon's surface!
www.space.com/39251-on-thi...
#nasa #spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts #sciencefacts
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#nasa #spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts #sciencefacts
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#otd in #space: In 1967, the Surveyor 6 #spacecraft had the first successful #liftoff from the moon's surface!
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#nasa #spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts #sciencefacts
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#nasa #spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts #sciencefacts
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#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member and ASE-USA Treasurer John-David Bartoe, who flew to space in 1985 aboard STS-51-F!
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member and ASE-USA Treasurer John-David Bartoe, who flew to space in 1985 aboard STS-51-F!
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1963:
JFK visited Pad 37b and was briefed by Wernher Von Braun
on the Saturn rocket, Cape Canaveral,
#OTD November 16, 1963
@ExploreSpaceKSC
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on the Saturn rocket, Cape Canaveral,
#OTD November 16, 1963
@ExploreSpaceKSC
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1963:
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On this day in 2019, NASA astronaut Christina Koch made the first edit to a Wikipedia article from outer space 🚀
Koch corrected details in the description of the spacewalk tasks in the "List of spacewalks 2015–2024" article (titled "List of spacewalks since 2015" at the time).
Koch corrected details in the description of the spacewalk tasks in the "List of spacewalks 2015–2024" article (titled "List of spacewalks since 2015" at the time).
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
On this day in 2019, NASA astronaut Christina Koch made the first edit to a Wikipedia article from outer space 🚀
Koch corrected details in the description of the spacewalk tasks in the "List of spacewalks 2015–2024" article (titled "List of spacewalks since 2015" at the time).
Koch corrected details in the description of the spacewalk tasks in the "List of spacewalks 2015–2024" article (titled "List of spacewalks since 2015" at the time).
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Hypnotising view of Paranal!
Yet the sky is not revolving around the tip of an Auxiliary Telescope. The illusion is caused by the alignment with the southern celestial pole, around which stars seem to trail due to Earth's rotation.
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2546a
🔭 🧪
📷 O. Castillo/ESO
Yet the sky is not revolving around the tip of an Auxiliary Telescope. The illusion is caused by the alignment with the southern celestial pole, around which stars seem to trail due to Earth's rotation.
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2546a
🔭 🧪
📷 O. Castillo/ESO
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Hypnotising view of Paranal!
Yet the sky is not revolving around the tip of an Auxiliary Telescope. The illusion is caused by the alignment with the southern celestial pole, around which stars seem to trail due to Earth's rotation.
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2546a
🔭 🧪
📷 O. Castillo/ESO
Yet the sky is not revolving around the tip of an Auxiliary Telescope. The illusion is caused by the alignment with the southern celestial pole, around which stars seem to trail due to Earth's rotation.
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2546a
🔭 🧪
📷 O. Castillo/ESO
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Mission confirmed ✅
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise
The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Mission confirmed ✅
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1974:
The Arecibo Message, a radio message containing basic information about humanity and Earth, was sent to the globular cluster M13, about 25,000 ly away, #OTD in 1974. It was intended as a demonstration of human technological achievements rather than an actual attempt to contact extraterrestrials.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1974:
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LAUNCH at 0521 UTC Nov 17 of Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with the Sentinel-6B ocean sea level altimetry satellite, a joint EU/NASA project
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
LAUNCH at 0521 UTC Nov 17 of Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with the Sentinel-6B ocean sea level altimetry satellite, a joint EU/NASA project
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: And here it is… your favorite Image of the Week of 2025! This wonderful Gemini South image topped our charts on social media by capturing a meteor passing by like no other. #astronomy
📸: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
📸: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: And here it is… your favorite Image of the Week of 2025! This wonderful Gemini South image topped our charts on social media by capturing a meteor passing by like no other. #astronomy
📸: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
📸: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1973:
Skylab 4, the third and final Skylab space station crew, was launched #OTD in 1973. The crew were astronauts: Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue. The mission established a new record for the duration of a human spaceflight – 84 days, 1 hour and 15 minutes.
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#SpaceHistory 16Nov1973:
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🥳 Huge congrats to @sherwoodobs.bsky.social! Their hugely successful creation of the Sherwood Observatory and Planetarium has been recognised with a King's Award for Voluntary Service! If you're in the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, they are well worth a visit! 🔭
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sherwood Observatory volunteers celebrate King's Award
The award goes to a group of volunteers who have helped others experience the wonders of space.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🥳 Huge congrats to @sherwoodobs.bsky.social! Their hugely successful creation of the Sherwood Observatory and Planetarium has been recognised with a King's Award for Voluntary Service! If you're in the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, they are well worth a visit! 🔭
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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WE ARE BACK!! And the Roman telescope is looking *GREAT* as we continue to prep it for launch here at @nasagoddard 🚀✨ Roman is designed to unravel the mysteries of the dark universe - dark matter & dark energy - as well as finding tens of thousands of new planets outside our solar system.
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
WE ARE BACK!! And the Roman telescope is looking *GREAT* as we continue to prep it for launch here at @nasagoddard 🚀✨ Roman is designed to unravel the mysteries of the dark universe - dark matter & dark energy - as well as finding tens of thousands of new planets outside our solar system.
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The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Space is big. Why not kick back, relax, and wait for them to come to you?
www.sciencefocus.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
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In what the kids are calling "a mood", Comet K1 ATLAS survives its closest encounter to the Sun just to fall apart a month later... 🔭🧪
www.iflscience.com/we-jinxed-it...
www.iflscience.com/we-jinxed-it...
We Jinxed It – Golden Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) Has Now Broken Into Pieces
We spoke too soon, and now the other ATLAS comet is in pieces.
www.iflscience.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In what the kids are calling "a mood", Comet K1 ATLAS survives its closest encounter to the Sun just to fall apart a month later... 🔭🧪
www.iflscience.com/we-jinxed-it...
www.iflscience.com/we-jinxed-it...
#SpaceHistory 14Nov1680:
The Great Comet of 1680 was discovered #OTD by German astronomer Gottfried Kirch. It was the first comet discovered with a telescope. It had an unusually long tail and on Dec. 18, 1680, passed within just 930,000 km from the center of the Sun. Isaac Newton used it to test and verify Kepler's laws.
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#SpaceHistory 14Nov1680:
#SpaceHistory 14Nov1971:
Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars #OTD in 1971, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. The orbiter mapped 85% of the Martian surface and sent back 7,329 pictures, including images of Olympus Mons, Valles Marineris, and the moons Phobos and Deimos.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#SpaceHistory 14Nov1971:
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LAUNCH at 0644 UTC Nov 15 of Starlink Group 6-85 from Canaveral
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
LAUNCH at 0644 UTC Nov 15 of Starlink Group 6-85 from Canaveral
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🚀 Recently, ATMOS and Space Cargo Unlimited announced that their first joint mission will fly aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in 2026.
The private mission will demonstrate the integration of SCU's BentoBox platform and ATMOS' PHOENIX 2 re-entry capsule.
Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/11...
The private mission will demonstrate the integration of SCU's BentoBox platform and ATMOS' PHOENIX 2 re-entry capsule.
Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/11...
European Space Cargo Program by SCU and ATMOS Set to Debut in 2026 | Space Voyaging
SCU and ATMOS launch a seven-mission cargo program starting in 2026, bringing Europe closer to autonomous in-orbit manufacturing and commercial sample return
www.spacevoyaging.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚀 Recently, ATMOS and Space Cargo Unlimited announced that their first joint mission will fly aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in 2026.
The private mission will demonstrate the integration of SCU's BentoBox platform and ATMOS' PHOENIX 2 re-entry capsule.
Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/11...
The private mission will demonstrate the integration of SCU's BentoBox platform and ATMOS' PHOENIX 2 re-entry capsule.
Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/11...