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Celebrating #IdeasThatDefy gravity and the moments we took to the skies and did what seemed impossible. Start exploring: https://t.co/Nw4JxBZbtA
Jun 2, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Earth isn’t the only world in our solar system with an ocean! In honor of #ArchivesUnderTheSea, here are a few of our favorite extraterrestrial oceans in a thread ⬇ A moon of Saturn with a lig...A dwarf planet photographed...A view of Saturn's moon Tit... Saturn’s largest moon Titan is thought to have a large liquid ocean trapped under its outer layer of ice. So, what’s “Under the Sea”? Methane, apparently. Scientists believe this ocean stores and releases the methane necessary to resupply Titan’s methane-dominant atmosphere. Concept art of a Saturn's m...
Apr 2, 2020 23 tweets 14 min read
We hope our Twitter feed brings you moments of joy and inspiration during these uncertain times. So, every day in April, we’re going to post an incredible space photo that brings us awe. (And we’d gladly take recommendations!)

We'll start with a @NASAHubble classic. 🎆 We could look at pictures of Jupiter all day.

This photo of the gas giant's southern hemisphere was taken by the Juno spacecraft and processed by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran: s.si.edu/3dTvIKG
Oct 8, 2019 8 tweets 5 min read
🙋‍♀️Raise your hand if Wikipedia is one of the first places you go to find information. (Don’t worry, you’re not alone.)

Today, we hosted an edit-a-thon to increase the information about women on Wikipedia and make sure that information is accurate and sourced. #BecauseOfHerStory We added lots of information and photos. We also created a dozen new Wikipedia articles for women in STEM, like Baerbel Lucchitta, an astrogeologist who helped make the lunar maps for the Apollo 11 mission: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baerbel_L… #Apollo50 #BecauseOfHerStory Woman sitting on rover
May 28, 2019 36 tweets 32 min read
🚀Countdown to Launch 🚀

July 16, 1969, three astronauts departed on a mission that would captivate the world. In celebration of #Apollo50, we're counting down to the launch of #Apollo11 by sharing an artifact each day that tells the story of our journey from Earth to the Moon. The artifacts we will be highlighting — big and small, critical and amusing, familiar and never-before-seen — are expanded on in the new book "Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects" by National Air and Space Museum curator Teasel Muir-Harmony. #Apollo50