OTD in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Sixty years on, AmericaSpace looks back on his remarkable achievement. […]
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On International Women’s Day, AmericaSpace looks back & forward at the contributions of @WomenNASA & other nations. […] 
Perseverance’s touchdown on Mars. Photos: NASA/JPL Since its successful landing on February 18 in Jezero Crater, mission scientists for the Perseverance rover have been providing updates on the status of the rover, and so far everything seems to continue to go well. Today, NASA held a media briefing to show the amazing video footage […] 
The first low-rez raw image sent back by Perseverance from the ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater, showing many small rocks. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After a journey of 292.5 million miles (470.8 million kilometers), NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally reached its destination – an ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover, the most […] 
On Feb. 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover will land in Jezero Crater using the same sky crane technique that the Curiosity rover used in 2012. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s new Mars rover, Perseverance is in the final hours of its voyage to Mars, aiming for a landing in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. […] 
As @NASA & America remembers their fallen space heroes this week, AmericaSpace looks back at what Challenger’s STS-51L voyage might have looked like: an ambitious mission tragically cut short. […] 
As @NASA selects #ArtemisTeam for @NASA_SLS missions beyond low-Earth orbit, the @Space_Station entered a new era of utilization in 2020 with the arrival of Commercial Crew. […] 
At 7:13 p.m. EST Monday, #Crew1 & #ArtemisTeam member @AstroVicGlover becomes the most flight-experienced African-American astronaut with 43 days in space, passing @Astro_Stephanie. […] 
Illustration depicting water molecules trapped in lunar soil, along with SOFIA onboard a modified Boeing 747SP jetliner. Image Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutterit The Moon is generally thought of as a very dry place, with no surface water or even water vapor clouds. Nothing but arid, dusty regolith and rocks. That’s true for the most part, […] 
OTD in 1968, #Apollo7 astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele & Walt Cunningham took the first step in America’s journey to land a man on the #Moon. […] |
 Next Launch OFT-2 on a Atlas V 421 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 30 Jul 21 at 18:53 GMT 30 Jul 21 at 2:53pm Eastern 
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