@MIT Apollo Professor: Explorer-Engineer-Educator-Leader #STEAMD science, tech, engineering, arts, math, design. Former @NASA Deputy Admin & @MediaLab Director.

Joined June 2015
Astronauts Sophie Adenot of @ESA and Jessica Meir of @NASA completed their spacewalk at 3:29pm ET today for navigation and science maintenance outside the orbital outpost. More... go.nasa.gov/4i7oc2i
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Bring a bit of the cosmos into your space @NASARoman is set to investigate some of the biggest questions in astrophysics, from how the universe evolved to how common planets are beyond our solar system. Celebrate its upcoming launch by bringing Roman into your own space: go.nasa.gov/4qEQJOM
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Tomorrow, NASA will launch its new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. But who is it named for? Nancy Grace Roman was NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and was known as the "Mother of the Hubble Space Telescope." Learn more on the blog: s.si.edu/4ckFTHX
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Congrats to our 🎱 classmates @Astro_Christina and @AstroVicGlover on their Congressional Space Medals of Honor! We are so proud to call you our teammates, but moreso our friends. Very well deserved! 🌕 🚀
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In case you slept in today - Go @NASARoman ! Congrats to all on a magnificent launch. Now she’s traveling 1 million miles to L2 to give @JWSTObservation some company and Astronomy Power to invest the universe’s dark energy, exoplanets and more. Do the hard things! Under budget!
It's a great day to be a space fan! @NASARoman lifted off on its journey of discovery at 7:26am ET (1126 UTC) from @NASAKennedy.
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Star trails from the ISS! Lots of cool physics to see in these. Stars moving as thin lines in the direction of our orbital path but forming arcs to the left of our velocity vector. Lightning flashes making purple spots into the time history. City lights streak by. A faint red glow is seen as part of our upper atmosphere. Surreal!
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🚀#OTD 7/18/1966: #Gemini10 launched carrying @AstroMCollins & John Young, accomplishing many firsts in #spaceflight: free #spacewalk from one spacecraft to another, rendezvous with 2 spacecraft in one flight and record altitude (763 km): youtube.com/watch?v=F-409I6z… @NASA #space
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Some great new releases from our @MissionToPsyche Mars gravity assist!
Some things our Psyche spacecraft picked up during its brief visit to Mars in May: - 1000 MPH speed boost - 3-degree trajectory adjustment - Science data - Lots of pictures!
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You poured your heart and soul into this city 🍀 Thank you for everything, Jaylen
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Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York (and more) seen at night from @Space_Station. Synchronized photo with @BabakTafreshi at the Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington when I was overhead. This is from our From Above and Below project fitting for the USA 250th celebrations this 4th of July.
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Day 139, orbit 2155 — After the pictures (available in HD on my Flickr account), I'm so happy to finally share the timelapse of the most spectacular aurora of the εpsilon mission so far! 🤩 Watching this glowing green ribbon shimmer and dance, it's easy to lose yourself completely in the magic of the moment. Turn the sound on for the full experience – the music was carefully chosen to bring you as close as possible to what I felt watching this from space 💚. 🎥 @esa / @NASA #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight •  @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson •
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The Argentina national anthem plays as Leo Messi looks to lead his country to the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 🇦🇷
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This is the USA. This is what democracy looks like, community, respect, dignity, and integrity. #WeAreAmerica250 Week Five in 250 to 250 . Thanks HCR for telling our shared history (herstory). open.substack.com/pub/heathe…
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Pegasus is going to the Moon! Built for NASA's LTVS contract, Pegasus provides Artemis Astronauts with reliable, safe, and highly achievable mobility on the Moon in 2028. Capable of operating manually or autonomously, this next generation LTV can traverse 900+ kilometers of rugged lunar terrain at speeds up to 15 KPH. Pegasus leverages the resiliency of our spaceflight-proven rover technologies, enabling it to operate for at least one year and through the lunar night. Pegasus is the first step in laying the groundwork for a Moon Base. @NASA #TheNextLeap #LunarOutpost #DrivingArtemis #SpaceTech #Innovation
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.@NASA is hosting a public event with three @SpaceX Crew-11 members discussing their space research mission at 11am ET on Monday, June 1. More... go.nasa.gov/4o29BWL
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Day 106, orbit 1644 — This timelapse shows the approach and docking of the @SpaceX CRS‑34 🛰 resupply mission on 17 May. Isn’t it amazing to think that this docking manoeuvre takes place while flying at 28,000 km/h around the Earth? The blurred dot in the middle of the picture is actually a micrometeoroid impact on the Cupola window… No worries, it’s been there for a long time ! 🎥 @esa / @NASA #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight •  @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson
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This weekend, look up for a view you only get once in a “blue Moon”! 🌕 The second full Moon in a calendar month is sometimes called a "blue Moon" (which has nothing to do with its color, FWIW). Learn more about the Moon’s colors: go.nasa.gov/3Rzk0gA
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50 years at MIT. One final hour. A professor spent half a century teaching. Knowing the end was near, he distilled everything into a single lecture. His last gift to the world. He passed away 5 months later. This is his final hour. Watch it this week. Seriously.
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May the 4th and everyday be with you! #STEAMD. The next US President, famous actor, astronaut, public school teacher, change maker will walk through those doors on onward to inspire us all. Just like @BarackObama @MarkHamill @NASA
May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19. @BarackObama @MarkHamill
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THE MOST JAW-DROPPING VIEWS OF EARTH FROM ARTEMIS II 🚀✨️ From the iconic Earthrise over the far side of the Moon to our blue planet hanging beautifully in the void — these are the moments that remind us why we go to space.
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