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This week...

🔥 An update on the @NASA_SLS rocket core hot fire test
⛽ Our @NASA_Orion spacecraft is ready to fuel up for #Artemis I
🌞 A new @NASASun view of small solar structures

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A new study shows that the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets — the largest group of Earth-size planets ever found in a single stellar system — all have similar densities. How these findings provide clues to the planets' composition:

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LIVE: Experts at @NASA_Johnson preview two spacewalks set for Jan. 27 & Feb. 1. @Astro_illini & @AstroVicGlover will exit the @Space_Station to finish installation of a European science platform and battery upgrade work. Send questions using #AskNASA:

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Replying to @Space_Station: We are answering your #AskNASA questions live on @NASA TV during a briefing starting at 3pm ET today to discuss two upco…

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Replying to @NASA_Technology: Two CubeSat missions – one to develop the next generation of communication & navigation tech and one to demonstrate a…

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Spacewalk prep underway 💇‍♂️ 👨‍🚀 ✅

The crew aboard the @Space_Station is getting set for a stretch of spacewalks starting on January 27th to upgrade, repair and maintain the orbiting lab. Fresh cuts & suiting up on this week's #SpaceToGround:

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Two CubeSat missions – one to develop the next generation of communication & navigation tech and one to demonstrate a new water-based propulsion system – will launch and deploy to low-Earth orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 🚀 on Jan. 23. About the SmallSats:

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.@NorthropGrumman’s 15th commercial resupply mission is targeting liftoff Feb. 20 from @NASA_Wallops, to deliver 3 keys to the @Space_Station aboard its #Cygnus spacecraft:

🧪Science
🦠Supplies
⚙️Equipment

Details plus deadline info for media here:

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We are answering your #AskNASA questions live on @NASA TV during a briefing starting at 3pm ET today to discuss two upcoming spacewalks with @Astro_Illini and @AstroVicGlover.

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Replying to @Space_Station: We are answering your #AskNASA questions live on @NASA TV during a spacewalk briefing on Friday at 3pm ET. @Astro_illini…

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We are answering your #AskNASA questions live on @NASA TV during a spacewalk briefing on Friday at 3pm ET. @Astro_illini and @AstroVicGlover will work on upgrades outside the station on Jan. 27 and Feb. 1.

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ICYMI: A reminder of our @NASAArtemis pledge to return to the Moon now sits in the Oval Office. Learn more about the lunar sample on loan to the @WhiteHouse:

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When @NASAPersevere touches down on the Red Planet in 28 days, so will an experimental helicopter attempting the first controlled flight on another planet!

🚁 #CountdownToMars & check out 6 things to know about this new @NASA_Technology named Ingenuity:

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Replying to @NASAArtemis: The Green Run hot fire test sought to acquire test data to support 23 verification objectives, which are used to certify t…

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The Green Run hot fire test sought to acquire test data to support 23 verification objectives, which are used to certify the @NASA_SLS rocket’s core stage design.

Preliminary assessment indicates that acquired data met the goals for several objectives.

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Replying to @NASASun: #ParkerSolarProbe has sent a good status signal after its 7th solar flyby this weekend! ✅ The geometry of this orbit gave scie…

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#ParkerSolarProbe has sent a good status signal after its 7th solar flyby this weekend! ✅ The geometry of this orbit gave scientists the chance to make coordinated observations of the Sun & its effects with other spacecraft and Earth-based observatories.

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Replying to @JimBridenstine: It has been my great honor to serve as your @NASA Administrator. I will miss the amazing NASA family and will forever b…

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It has been my great honor to serve as your @NASA Administrator. I will miss the amazing NASA family and will forever be grateful for my time at this incredible agency. Ad astra.

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In coordination with @csa_asc, our new @NASAPrize, the Deep Space Food Challenge, offers up to a $500K prize purse for ideas on how to provide astronauts healthy, tasty food for longer missions to Mars and beyond.

🍲 Here's how you can compete:

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LIVE: Get the latest on our @NASA_SLS rocket for #Artemis missions. Administrator @JimBridenstine, human spaceflight lead @KathyLueders, and experts from NASA, @BoeingSpace, and @AerojetRdyne discuss the Jan. 16 hot fire test of the rocket's core stage:

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Tune in at 5:30pm ET for a news update on last Saturday's hot fire of the @NASA_SLS core stage. Administrator @JimBridenstine, human spaceflight lead @KathyLueders, and experts from NASA, @BoeingSpace and @AerojetRdyne will discuss the test:

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Astronauts @AstroVicGlover and @Astro_illini will conduct two spacewalks for @Space_Station upgrades on Jan. 27 and Feb. 1, and we're broadcasting them live.

Join NASA experts for a spacewalk preview on Jan. 22 at 3pm ET. Have questions? Use #AskNASA:

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Replying to @KathyLueders: NASA inspections show core stage and engines for @NASA_SLS in excellent shape. Data show test parameters used for ground…

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NASA inspections show core stage and engines for @NASA_SLS in excellent shape. Data show test parameters used for ground test but not for #Artemis flight led to computer shutdown of Green Run hot fire test. For more:

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Replying to @NASAaero: Hitching a ride on @NASAPersevere, the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on an…

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Hitching a ride on @NASAPersevere, the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another world for the first time. Learn more at #CountdownToMars