@GoForOrbit

Tweets on all things #NASA. At 12:06 into the #Apollo11 launch CAPCOM Bruce #McCandless relays: Apollo11, this is Houston. You are confirmed GO For Orbit.

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Starliner’s next crewed flight will have an exceptional commander in @Astro_Woody. He is an accomplished and experienced astronaut, knows the Starliner spacecraft, and brings the technical expertise and operational judgment we want in the commander’s seat. He has my complete confidence.
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Scott Manley
@DJSnMSep 28
Starliner will get extra help from NASA, and if it can sort out its problems it'll fly with a crew in 2028, and also be adapted to fly on the Vulcan.
Boeing Space
@BoeingSpaceSep 28
The uncrewed Starliner-1 mission is planned for the December 2026/January 2027 timeframe. Together with @NASA, we're making Starliner hardware enhancements and adding resources for human spaceflight certification. These changes support the spacecraft as a long-term provider of crewed missions to low Earth orbit. More: boeing.com/space/starliner/s… 📸: Starliner-1 spacecraft is being prepared for testing, July 2026
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NASA
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With @BoeingSpace, we’ll provide an update on Starliner development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the @Space_Station. Watch live Monday, Sept. 28 at 3pm ET: go.nasa.gov/4AA9Ii5
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for docking.

ALT Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for docking.

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Large file incoming 📡 Ground systems worldwide supporting the Roman Space Telescope have confirmed the ability to receive the 1.4 terabytes of daily data! Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3VgIg8S
Three large satellite dishes stand outdoors on metal supports, angled toward the sky during sunset. The ground is covered in gravel, a few shrubs sit in the foreground, and the sky fades from warm orange near the horizon to deep blue above.

ALT Three large satellite dishes stand outdoors on metal supports, angled toward the sky during sunset. The ground is covered in gravel, a few shrubs sit in the foreground, and the sky fades from warm orange near the horizon to deep blue above.

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Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerrittSep 28
New footage from one of the Starlink V3 satellites deployed today. Amazing
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Starship Flight 14 launch and orbit was a success, but what did the launch sound and feel like form Port Isabel, about 5 miles away? Here is a visual & audio experience almost as good as being there! If you haven't been to a Starship launch, you really need to plan a trip! @esherifftv Sound UP!
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Eric Berger
@SciGuySpaceSep 23
In Houston at the Off World conference today, NASA’s Jared Isaacman said there would be an “Artemis acceleration” event to discuss plans to bring forward the Artemis IV lunar landing in “early October.”
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Don Pettit
@astro_PettitSep 7
I have spent 23 years documenting the global LED transition of city lighting from space. Across my 4 missions to the ISS, I have photographed every major city on Earth, building a data set of the gradual replacement of sodium vapor lighting with LEDs. The warmer, yellow-orange of gas discharge lamps has been phased out worldwide to multi-colored LEDs, citing energy savings and environmental reasons. Widespread adoption has markedly changed the way our cities look from orbit, and as many have pointed out, how they feel to those on the ground! Here is a collection of the most striking before-and-after photos I have observed:
Don Pettit
@astro_PettitSep 4
Miami, Florida as seen from the ISS in 2025. This city has changed tremendously since my previous mission, replacing its yellow-orange sodium vapor lights with multi-colored LEDs. The city grid really pops! This LED takeover of city lighting is world wide.
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Success! Roman’s planned mid-course correction burn went as expected, ensuring that we are on track for our orbit around the second Lagrange point, a million miles from Earth. go.nasa.gov/4A3zDi2

NASA's Roman Completes First Mid-Course Correction Burn - NASA Science

At 12:02 p.m. EDT, Roman began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit.

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You can track Roman and its distance to L2 live using NASA's Eyes on the Solar System tool. eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-sys…
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SpaceX
@SpaceXAug 31
Falcon Heavy's two side boosters land at LZ-2 and LZ-40
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Barry Bonzack@bonzackAug 30
Falcon Heavy landing from the NASA Causeway. All six sonic booms can clearly be heard, one for each landing leg. – at Titusville, FL
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Falcon Heavy side boosters each produce a triple sonic boom from their geometry (base, grid fins/lower body with folded legs, top) during supersonic flyback, not one per landing leg. Legs remain folded and deploy only after subsonic near touchdown. acoustics.org/2apaa6-boom-bu… aip.org/scilights/grid…
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Both side booters RTLS landings.
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com
@NASASpaceflightAug 30
LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches the Roman Space Telescope. Live on X and YT: youtube.com/watch?v=-8yDQhVg…
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SpaceX
@SpaceXAug 30
Falcon Heavy launches @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from pad 39A in Florida, beginning its more than three-month journey to its destination where it will generate never-before-seen photos of the universe
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Roman is ready for liftoff tomorrow at 7:26 a.m. EDT! The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is seen at sunrise, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is seen at sunrise, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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NASA HQ PHOTO
@nasahqphotoAug 29
The @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with @NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is seen at sunrise at Launch Complex 39A at @NASAKennedy as preparations continue for launch. 📷: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD3uMR
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is seen at sunrise, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from NASA Kennedy is targeted for Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in a protective payload fairing atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is seen at sunrise, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff from NASA Kennedy is targeted for Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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.@NASARoman is GO for Launch! NASA and SpaceX mission teams polled “GO” during today's Launch Readiness Review. Liftoff of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeted for 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday Aug. 30 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy! go.nasa.gov/3T2Wauu
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddardAug 26
This weekend, @NASARoman launches to join @NASAHubble and @NASAWebb in space, teaming up to expand our view of the universe. Each telescope brings a unique set of skills and interests. Curious where you’d fit in the exploration squad? Find out which telescope you are!
Black and white graphic with purple accents and white drawn stars, lightning bolts and circles, along with animations of Roman, Hubble and Webb. Text: “Discover your space telescope personality match. Explore outward with telescopes and inward to find your match.”

ALT Black and white graphic with purple accents and white drawn stars, lightning bolts and circles, along with animations of Roman, Hubble and Webb. Text: “Discover your space telescope personality match. Explore outward with telescopes and inward to find your match.”

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Reid Wiseman @astro_reid Gets Tattooed at Space Center Houston - #NASA youtu.be/pV9_MpIGA4Q?si=XdoM… via @YouTube

Reid Wiseman Gets Tattooed at Space Center Houston - NASA / Okan Uckun

Monolith Studio Co Founder / Artist Okan Uckun traveled to Space Ce...

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Jessica Meir
@Astro_JessicaJul 4
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States of America, from all of us on the @Space_Station and at @NASA! Wishing all a safe and celebratory 4th of July.
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