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The 2026 Orionid meteor shower peaks on the night between October 21 and October 22! Here's how to watch ☄️
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It's #MissionPatchMonday and #NationalKentuckyDay so we thought we'd celebrate both! We wanted to share with you the out of this world patch created by our cosmic colleagues at @Space_tango to represent all the experiments they worked with on CRS-27!
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NEW MEXICO!!! Higher Orbits is bringing Go For Launch! back to Albuquerque in November at @newspace_nexus
Students in grades 8-12 JOIN US! Work with an @Astro_Box! Compete to have YOUR ideas launched to space!
Register today - higherorbits.org/events/go-f…
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It'a #NationalMulliganDay and we have some out of this world mulligans at our Galactic Golf Outing! You don't want to miss it... so save the date!
The 2027 Galactic Golf Outing will be held May 11th at The Glen Club!
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Announcing the 2026 Higher Orbits Stars in Orbit cohort!!
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026.
Roman continues its journey in space to its final orbit, completing critical milestones along the way. We expect first images by early 2027.
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Midland students are taking their ideas to space!🚀 Five MISD students who participated in the past Higher Orbits Go for Launch! Midland series will prepare experiments for the International Space Station, with launch planned in late 2027.
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Last week we had the privilege of working with the stellar students of Midland, TX for our 14th Go For Launch! in their cosmic community.
From team challenges to experiment design work, the students showed that they all have The Right Stuff!
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It's #MissionPatchMonday Check out a few of the student designed team mission patches from last week's #GoForLaunch Midland event
Such cosmic creativity!
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Go For Launch! lands in Albuquerque next month at the @newspace_nexus LaunchPad! Sponsorships available! Message us for more information. Support the next generation of STEMists & Explorers... YOUR future workforce!
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Our @DoADoubleGood Popcorn fundraiser is in the last 24 hours for @WorldSpaceWeek!
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#NASAWebb has pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst ever seen. The galaxy proved surprisingly small and young, which provides a clue to the source of the burst: news.stsci.edu/4hEmZip 🔭

ALT A field full of small galaxies of all shapes against the blackness of space. A few bright white stars show 8 prominent diffraction spikes. A small galaxy at lower right is highlighted with a white box. A shaded triangle extends upward to the corners of a larger box showing a zoom in of the region. Two fuzzy, light blue blobs are at center of the box, with a larger and brighter one at top. Just above the top blob is a white crosshair showing the location where a fast radio burst was detected.
NEW MEXICO!!! Higher Orbits is bringing Go For Launch! back to Albuquerque in November at @newspace_nexus .
Students in grades 8-12 JOIN US! Work with an Astronaut! Compete to have YOUR ideas launched to space!
Register today - higherorbits.org/events/go-f…
#SpaceInspires #STEM
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1000+ Leo satellites complete, with hundreds on standby for launch.
From two prototypes to a full-rate production line, every Leo satellite is designed, built, and tested at our factory in Kirkland, WA. Getting here meant standing up a satellite factory from scratch, compressing test cycles that traditionally take months into days, and learning from every piece of hardware we broke along the way.
Here's an inside look: aboutamazon.com/stories/how-…
Watch Dragon and Crew-12 return to Earth xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1DGLdZyZZ…
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Our microgravity indicator consists of four satellites orbiting a crocheted Earth, all hand-made elements by Jack’s daughter and my childhood best friend. Each crew member selected a personal symbol or “satellite.” A tether links each satellite to the Earth, representing our connection to our families, friends, and our one shared home. We’ll see this indicator drop as we re-enter Earth’s gravity tomorrow.
I chose a panda holding a mushroom, two adorable symbols of environmental importance and cultural fascination. Pandas are modern icons of species preservation and international diplomacy, and a pivotal character in my childhood. Mushrooms, or fungi, are the great decomposers, with all life on earth depending on them to keep our soils healthy and food webs functioning.
Jack chose a moon that his daughter hand-crocheted. Each color woven into the design represents a member of their family or a cherished shared activity. By bringing this piece with him, he keeps their bond close, allowing Jack to re-live happy memories while looking forward to the ones they’ll create when he returns.
Sophie chose a banana. Bananas are the world’s most common fruit, ordinary fruit shared by billions of people across every continent. Yet on orbit fresh fruit is rare. She wanted with us a playful reminder of kitchens and home—a familiar piece of Earth drifting weightless with us.
Andrey chose this thing, because it reminds me of an old space soviet movie. He would invite everyone to try to guess what this is.
And we present to you, Planet Gaia and her moons, floating here in Crew-12’s Dragon!
Sweet! Salty! Space!
For @WorldSpaceWeek have a delicious way for you to support our Space Inspired STEM for students... POPCORN!
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Buy popcorn & support Higher Orbits & space inspired STEM for students. It’s a great way to celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek!
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Happy Launchiversary to NG-14!
On this day in 2020, the NG-14 mission launched to @Space_Station. The @northropgrumman Cygnus capsule was carrying 2 Higher Orbits Go For Launch! student payloads as part of their cargo.
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