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Happy five years in space to NASA's Lucy spacecraft, the first mission that will explore the Trojan asteroids! 🥳 Launche...
10/16/2026

Happy five years in space to NASA's Lucy spacecraft, the first mission that will explore the Trojan asteroids! 🥳

Launched five years ago today, Lucy has already flown by the asteroids Dinkinesh, Selam, and Donaldjohanson, and is due to encounter its first Trojan asteroid next August.

The Trojan asteroids are thought to be remnants of the same material that formed the outer planets of our solar system, and may offer insights into how our solar system formed over four billion years ago.

When the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first to observe the Moon up close, NASA gathered insights from what they saw in...
10/14/2026

When the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first to observe the Moon up close, NASA gathered insights from what they saw into a special publication.

The Artemis II preliminary lunar science report is a continuation of this story of data and science made possible by NASA's missions to the Moon. 🔗 https://go.nasa.gov/4jPW2tm

10/14/2026

Happy launchiversary Europa Clipper! This is such a great story.

The first crewed Apollo mission lifts off!Wally Schirra, Walt Cunningham, and Donn Eisele became the first 3 astronauts ...
10/11/2026

The first crewed Apollo mission lifts off!

Wally Schirra, Walt Cunningham, and Donn Eisele became the first 3 astronauts to be launched on a Saturn rocket 58 years ago today. This 11-day mission in Earth orbit was an important test of the Apollo command and service module. Three months later, it would take NASA astronauts around the Moon.

“We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be ...
10/08/2026

“We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers.” —Margaret Hamilton

Rest in peace, Margaret. Your trailblazing work leading the development of the on-board flight software for the Apollo spacecraft will forever be remembered.

Photo credit: MIT Photo Service

The first of 33 missions ✅ Space shuttle Atlantis completed its very first mission on Oct 7, 1985. Over its 25+ years of...
10/07/2026

The first of 33 missions ✅ Space shuttle Atlantis completed its very first mission on Oct 7, 1985.

Over its 25+ years of service, Atlantis launched interplanetary probes, flew the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, helped build the International Space Station, and much, much more.

Actually, it is rocket science! 🚀 Dr. Robert Goddard, born OTD in 1882, was a pioneer of modern rocketry who not only th...
10/05/2026

Actually, it is rocket science! 🚀 Dr. Robert Goddard, born OTD in 1882, was a pioneer of modern rocketry who not only theorized, but built and tested his inventions. His work on multi-stage, liquid-fueled, and steerable rocket concepts laid the groundwork for today's space vehicles. Our NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is named in his honor.

📷 Robert Goddard in his workshop at Roswell, NM. October 1935.

More than 3000 satellites have been launched into orbit so far in 2026, but let's go back to the first. On this day in 1...
10/04/2026

More than 3000 satellites have been launched into orbit so far in 2026, but let's go back to the first.

On this day in 1957, a new chapter in the technological and scientific history of our planet began with the launch of Sputnik I. More about the dawn of the space age: https://www.nasa.gov/history/dawn-of-the-space-age/

📷 Sputnik I replica at National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Happy 91st birthday to Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, the 10th man to walk on the Moon! 🎂Duke was the CAPCOM in Missi...
10/03/2026

Happy 91st birthday to Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, the 10th man to walk on the Moon! 🎂

Duke was the CAPCOM in Mission Control as Apollo 11 landed on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. He said that his anxiety in Mission Control during the Apollo 11 landing was worse than that he experienced during the Apollo 16 landing. We wish him many happy landings in the days ahead!

Edit: The original version of this post had a typo in the Moon landing date. Thank you to everyone who reads carefully!!!

In 1959, Dee O'Hara became the first staff nurse for Project Mercury, NASA's first human spaceflight program. Throughout...
10/02/2026

In 1959, Dee O'Hara became the first staff nurse for Project Mercury, NASA's first human spaceflight program. Throughout the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, she worked closely with NASA astronauts, pioneering the field of space nursing.

📷 O'Hara in 1961

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