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This was one of the first @NASAWebb images released #OTD in 2022, and undoubtedly it's one of the most mind-blowing! Over 25,000 galaxies and stellar clusters can be seen from this deep field image of just a tiny sliver of our universe. About this image:

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The olive branch was symbolic for the ancient Greeks with winners of the early Olympic Games receiving an olive branch wreath. In July 1969, Neil Armstrong left a gold olive branch on the Moon—a wish for peace for all humankind. #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGoForGold #Apollo11

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#TBT : The man behind the "meatball"! Did you know @NASA 's iconic logo (AKA the “meatball”) was developed in Cleveland at the lab that would become NASA Glenn? Employee James Modarelli was its chief designer, and it became official 65 years ago on July 15, 1959! @NASAhistory

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Ground control to Major Tom David Bowie's Space Oddity was released on #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, just 5 days before the #Apollo11 launch. In fact, the BBC used the song as background music in its coverage of the Apollo 11 mission.

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Telstar 1 launched #OTD in 1962 to become first active communications satellite capable of relaying television signals from Europe to North America. Soon after launch, Telstar enabled the first transatlantic TV transmission, linking the U.S. and France.

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This month marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory! To celebrate, we have a brand new edition of our News & Notes newsletter about Chandra and NASA's history of high-energy astronomy studies. Check it out:

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Gliding home 🛬 The X-38 research vehicle drops away from NASA's B-52 mothership after being released in a test #OTD 25 years ago. The X-38 was a proposed space station "lifeboat" but the project was canceled in 2002.

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#OTD in 1979, I made my closest approach of Jupiter at a range of about 400,785 miles (645,000 km) and sent back new data on the planet’s clouds, ring system, and its four largest moons - including these shots of Europa. Check out the fractures on that icy moon! -V2

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🚨 NEW BOOK ALERT! #AvGeeks rejoice: Our newest book, A Wartime Necessity, is now out. This work takes a look at #WWII #aviation and how applied research generated aeronautical advances critical to the war effort. Download the free #history e-book:

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Astronauts, Cars, and Coffee The Apollo 11 astronauts arrive at @NASAKennedy for some final training #OnThisDay in 1969, one week before their historic launch to the Moon! Michael Collins commented on his photo: "Coffee was mandatory. My faithful VW Beetle in the background."

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The space shuttle's grand finale, STS-135 🙌 Space shuttle Atlantis' launched from @NASAKennedy #OTD in 2011 for the final mission of the shuttle program. Read about Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim's mission to the @Space_Station

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Love the nod back to the Apollo lunar EVA training in Arizona in this piece!

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During @NASAArtemis III, @NASA will land two yet-to-be-selected astronauts at the Moon’s South Pole for the first time. Traveling to space requires immense preparation, so Earth-based simulations are key for success. Read more about recent field tests>>

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30 years ago today, a 2-week microgravity science marathon began! For STS-65, launched #OTD in 1994, the crew performed around-the-clock research (more than 80 experiments) in the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 module in the payload bay of space shuttle Columbia.

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Opportunity, NASA's second Mars Exploration Rover, launched #OTD in 2003 to begin an incredible journey spanning almost 15 years. This plucky rover travelled over 28 miles (45 km) on Mars's surface, examining rocks for evidence that the planet may have sustained life.

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Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins revealed the names of their spacecraft and answered questions at a pre-flight press conference #OnThisDay in 1969. The enclosure was intended to protect them from germs prior to their mission to the Moon.

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Using an innovative airbag landing system, NASA's Mars Pathfinder bounced about 15 times before coming to a stop on the surface of Mars #OTD in 1997. Nestled inside was Sojourner, the first rover to roll on Mars, deployed the following day! Watch:

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What better way to spend #July4th than with a shuttle landing? 🇺🇸 #OTD in 1982, STS-4's Ken Mattingly and Hank Hartsfield glided Columbia down into a grand celebration at Edwards AFB in California, with a greeting from President Reagan and the First Lady.

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