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Sharing inspiring stories, moments of awe, and one-of-a-kind artifacts from aviation and space history. Start exploring: https://t.co/Nw4JxChkHI ✈️ 🚀 🪐 s.si.edu/legal Smithsonian, Washington DC Joined May 2008
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“You say goodbye and I say hello!” Today in 2012, we officially said farewell to Space Shuttle Enterprise as it took off for @IntrepidMuseum. Staying with us was the Space Shuttle Discovery. Read more in "When Enterprise Met Discovery," on our blog: s.si.edu/3Kiv8ox

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4 hours ago

A picture-perfect splashdown! After a successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 16 splashed down in the Pacific #OTD in 1972. All three of the parachutes successfully deployed to slow the spacecraft's rate of descent for a safe landing. We have one in our collection.

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16 hours ago

James Banning is perhaps best known for his record-setting transcontinental flight in 1932, but his story and accomplishments started years earlier. We explore his impact on aviation in the blog: s.si.edu/3Lx23tl

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20 hours ago

It’s 1961 and you’re one of 13 women selected to undergo the rigorous testing that the Mercury 7 astronauts went through. You pass, defying expectations. To Gene Nora Jessen, this was just another day at the office. Read the new blog now: s.si.edu/4bcOQQn

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21 hours ago

#OTD in 1993, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-55 to deploy the second German Spacelab module. The crew included five American astronauts and two German astronauts.

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2 days ago

It became clear that there was an optical flaw in its main mirror soon after Hubble launched in 1990. Fortunately, it was designed to be serviced by astronauts visiting it on the Space Shuttle. Read about repairing Hubble on the blog: s.si.edu/3Aqf15Y

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2 days ago

On #TDIH in 1972, Apollo 16 command module pilot T.K. Mattingly performed an 83-minute spacewalk during the return trip from the Moon. It was to retrieve film cassettes from the Scientific Instrument Module bay at the rear of the service module.

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2 days ago

"I'd have to say April 25th, because it's not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a [flight] jacket." - If you know, you know. 📷: Sally Ride's astronaut flight jacket: s.si.edu/3Udpo6I #AirSpacePhoto

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2 days ago

#OTD in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was placed in orbit from Space Shuttle Discovery, the day after it launched. This image was captured as Hubble was suspended above Discovery's cargo bay.

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3 days ago

Every year for @NASAHubble's launchiversary, NASA releases a special image to celebrate. For the Hubble Space Telescope's 34th anniversary, they released this image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Learn more: s.si.edu/44c6wtf 📸: NASA, ESA, STScI

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3 days ago

Tonight! Discover how NASA's Stardust mission collected samples from the comet Wild-2 and brought them back to Earth. Tune in on YouTube at 8 pm ET: s.si.edu/4d9hiob Sponsored by @ulalaunch and @L3HarrisTech

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3 days ago

On this day in 1967, Soyuz 1 spacecraft attempted to return to Earth safely. The effort was unsuccessful as it tragically crashed with Vladimir Komarov on board. This photo shows Soyuz 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to launch.

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3 days ago

Today in 1946, Yak-15 and MiG-9 jets made their first flights, within hours of each other. These pins featuring the two aircraft are in our collection.

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3 days ago

On this day in 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-31 with a pretty significant payload — the Hubble Space Telescope.

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4 days ago

In the Spring issue of Air & Space Quarterly, read about the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the final flight of the SR-71 Blackbird on display at the Museum, the history of rovers on Mars, and more. Dive into the issue: s.si.edu/49PbEom #ASQ

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4 days ago

🎶I've got a Golden Record... golden chance to make my way...🎶 Voyager's Golden Record contained sounds and images to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth and launched with the spacecraft in 1977. This duplicate of the record and its cover are in our collection.

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4 days ago

Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss won the Kelly Cup for breaking the world's quick starting record with an airplane at the San Antonio Aviation Meet #OTD in 1910. The Kelly Cup is on currently display in the "Early Flight" exhibition. #AirSpacePhoto

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4 days ago

#OTD in 2001, surveillance drone RQ-4A Global Hawk made the first nonstop flight across the Pacific ocean by an uncrewed aerial vehicle. The trip from California to Australia took nearly 24 hours.

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5 days ago

Tammie Jo Shults was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy and then went on to a career with Southwest Airlines. In this year's Amelia Earhart Lecture in Aviation History on May 30, hear from Shults about her inspiring career: s.si.edu/3xYoGCw

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5 days ago

"To see the Earth as it truly is, Small and blue and beautiful In that eternal silence where it floats, Is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together." -- American poet Archibald MacLeish on the Apollo 8 Earthrise photo #EarthDay

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