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Rabbit
ra6bit
TIL the NRO photographed the first shuttle flight in 1980 with a KH11 to check the heat shield tiles.So apparently they can focus that close.. Also now it occurs to
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Taylor R. Genovese
trgenovese
So I know I'm woefully behind on #SovietSpaceSundays, so this week, we are going to do something a bit different!I'm going to give you a glimpse into my large collection
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Closer To Space
ClosertoSpace
[Thread] - Why is Soyuz a cool rocket?Soyuz, besides having flown 1 878 times (32% of the orbital flights in history), is anything but an ordinary rocket, that's what I'll
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Remco Timmermans
timmermansr
60 years ago today, on 10 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin, age 27, was selected from a group of 20 men to become the first person in space two days later.
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Ch☈is Vagas|☇y
COweatherman
Lots of talk about the launch criteria with respect to #Demo2 #LaunchAmerica today, especially as it relates to #lightning - and with good reason. (Photo: @NASA, Sam Walton) One year
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Mika McKinnon
mikamckinnon
Today NASA is holding a press conference on moon landings:https://twitter.com/marinakoren/status/1255918324912971778 See also:https://twitter.com/lorengrush/status/1255920647793979393 I’m not in the mood to tank abuse today (nor am I cove
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International Chess Federation
FIDE_chess
Today is the International #HumanSpaceFlight day, held on April 12 to commemorate the first space flight by Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. In this picture Gagarin, Grigory Nelyubov and Nikolai Kamanin
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Mary Robinette Kowal@🏡
MaryRobinette
Hey! Who wants to watch humans go into space?https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1316239037250760704 Kate Rubin was just talking about their mission patch. One of the things that I think is really cool is that
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Science Museum
sciencemuseum
Happy Birthday @astro_timpeake! To celebrate Tim Peake’s birthday we – along with our pals @railwaymuseum @LocomotionSHD @mediamuseum @sim_manchester – are sharing some out-of-this-world objects & stories inspired by Peake’s
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Oliver Willis
owillis
"guys, we have tacos on every corner here, and president clinton's virus swift reaction team is being attacked by republicans for the 300-person death toll. we're really kind of upset
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Payload
payloadspace
Every week, we share our favorite articles covering the business of space. Here's what we read this week.Articles "A Rocket Mogul Is Preparing to Launch a Union of U.S.
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Emily Calandrelli
TheSpaceGal
Why is today's launch such a big deal?It's the first launch to the ISS from US soil in nearly a decadeIt's the first crewed launch to orbit from a private
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Tom Hart
tomxhart
1. Spengler in space | Russians have cosmonauts and Americans have astronauts: that's the difference between a Faustian civilisation and a new culture with a Faustian overlay. Cosmos suggests a
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Columbia Space Center
columbiaspace
Today's #LaunchAmerica DM-2 flight for @NASA and @SpaceX was scrubbed due to three weather violations:-Lightning rule-Anvil cloud rule-Field mill ruleSo...what are these three violations? How can weather prevent something as
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India Wants To Know - Panel Quiz Show
IWTKQuiz
Today, we celebrate the birthday of the first Indian in space. Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (Ashoka Chakra) was born on 13th January 1949 in Patiala. Rakesh Sharma joined Soviet cosmonauts
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Juan Andres Fraire
TotinFraire
Esta semana Estados Unidos vuelve a lanzar astronautas al espacio con sus propios medios después de 10 años. Sale hilo de imágenes. La última vez que esto ocurrió fue en
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