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NASA History Office 18 oras
Edwin Hubble identified his first Cepheid variable star in 1923. Thanks to Hubble, scientists can use these pulsating stars as "standard candles" to measure the distances to neighboring objects like red giants and white dwarfs.
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NASA History Office 20 oras
Happy ! This image of a galaxy cluster taken by looks like a happy face. Its eyes are two bright galaxies and its smile is the result of an effect called gravitational lensing! More:
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NASA History Office 21 oras
On this day in 1984, Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-41G) launched at 7:03 a.m. (EDT) with seven crew members aboard. It was the first mission to have 2 women astronauts. From left to right: Kathryn Sullivan and Sally Ride!
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NASA History Office 22 oras
Happy birthday to pilot, TOPGUN graduate, and astronaut Brent Jett, born in 1958. Jett's career stretched from 1992 until his retirement in 2013. We can't confirm but it seems here that he feels the need...the need for speed.
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NASA History Office 23 oras
Astronaut Dick Gordon, Apollo 12 Command Module pilot, was born in 1929. He was also a pilot for Gemini XI. Today we remember his service and accomplishments.
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NASA History Office Okt 5
Today we Robert Goddard, born in Worcester, MA in 1882. An early pioneer in the field of rocketry, we honor his legacy with his namesake . Here, Goddard tows a rocket to a launch tower outside Roswell, NM circa 1931.
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NASA History Office Okt 4
The word 'Sputnik' means 'fellow traveler' in Russian! in 1957, the space race began when the Soviet Union's satellite launched & settled into its 98-minute orbit around Earth. The U.S. created to run our civil space effort - operational only 1 year later!
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NASA History Office Okt 4
You would think we would avoid setting fires in space, but has a long history of studying how fire behaves in microgravity. Astronaut Gregory Linteris, born in 1957, focused on combustion research aboard STS-94 (Columbia).
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NASA History Office Okt 4
“A Trip to the Moon” premiered in the United States in 1902. Space travel continues to be a popular subject in TV and the movies, with often providing inspiration for some outstanding shows and films. What is your favorite NASA inspired feature?
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NASA History Office Okt 4
Playing the flute in zero-gravity is only one of Dr. Ellen Ochoa's many amazing talents! The first Latina in space, a veteran of 4 shuttle flights, AND the first Hispanic director of ! After over 30 years at NASA, she retired earlier this year
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NASA History Office Okt 4
Testing, 1, 2, 3! (October 4) in 1978, the test Shuttle Enterprise was lifted into 's Dynamic Test Stand for ground vibration tests. These tests were used to verify that the Shuttle would perform properly in the launch configuration.
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NASA History Office Okt 4
., using 's Faint Object Camera, captured what were then the clearest photos of Pluto and Charon in 1990. In 2015, we learned much more about the pair, thanks to . The composite photo here shows their features, but not distance, to scale.
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Mercury-Atlas 8, carrying astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra launched in 1962. This mission is also referred to by the Mercury capsule's name, Sigma 7. Schirra has the distinction as the only astronaut to fly on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
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NASA History Office Okt 3
The first flight of Atlantis, STS 51-J launched (3:15 p.m. EDT) on this day in 1985! On board were astronauts Karol Bobko, Ronald Grabe, Robert Stewart and David Hilmers, as well as U.S.A.F. Major William Pailes (payload specialist)!
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NASA History Office Okt 3
Today we salute Apollo 16 Lunar Module pilot Charlie Duke on his birthday. In April 1972 Duke and commander John Young spent a total of over 20 hours outside the Lunar Module on the Moon's surface.
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NASA History Office Okt 3
Dr. John Mather, of , was named as co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006! On May 4, 2016, John, now the Senior Project Scientist for , took a selfie with his project when the primary mirror briefly faced the cleanroom observation window.
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NASA History Office Okt 3
in 1991 Marta Bohn-Meyer, a NASA flight engineer, became the first female crewmember aboard the SR-71 Blackbird, flying at three times the speed of sound. used the SR-71s to obtain high speed, high altitude data to improve aircraft design.
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NASA History Office Okt 3
Sumasagot kay @Dger
Yes it is. Both were in the same astronaut class and flew on STS-41G.
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NASA History Office Okt 3
Wishing a very happy birthday to astronaut Kathryn Sullivan! A veteran of three space shuttle missions, she became the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984!
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The Draper Prize, awarded for achievement in engineering and technology, is named for Charles Stark (Doc) Draper, born in 1901. Draper and his Instrumentation Lab played a major role in the development of the Apollo guidance system. Photo from
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