NASA's Kennedy Space Center repostedNASA Solar System@NASASolarSystem·2hOn Aug. 12, 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched into space to "touch" the Sun. A little more than six years later, it captured our closest-ever images of the Sun's atmosphere.
HiRISE: Beautiful Mars (NASA)@HiRISEIt was 20 years ago today...MRO launched on Aug 12, 2005, carrying onboard the best camera ever sent to another planet: HiRISE!
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·On #TDIH in 1972, Meteoroid Technology Satellite, Explorer 46, launched to study meteoroid impacts in near-Earth orbit. This backup satellite was transferred to our Museum by NASA in July 1976.
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·On #TDIH in 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 arrived at the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon. During its mission, it photographed potential Apollo landing sites.
ISRO Spaceflight@ISROSpaceflightToday marks the 5️⃣6️⃣th Founding Anniversary of ISRO! 🎉From carrying rockets on bicycles to watching them lift off to the Moon and Mars, it all started on an Indepence Day morning in 1969!📸 Click on any picture to expand 👇
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·18mToday in 1933, Apollo astronaut Stuart Roosa was born. Roosa was command module pilot on Apollo 14. Before becoming an astronaut, he was a smokejumper for the U.S. Forest Service and an experimental test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base.
QuoteNational Air and Space Museum@airandspace65 years ago today, the Discoverer XIII reentry capsule became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. "Discoverer" was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program: https://s.si.edu/3DRYKID #AirSpacePhoto
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace65 years ago today, the Discoverer XIII reentry capsule became the first human-made object to be recovered from orbit. "Discoverer" was the cover name for the highly classified Air Force/CIA Corona photoreconnaissance satellite program: https://s.si.edu/3DRYKID #AirSpacePhoto
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·Astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons #OTD in 1877. The Red Planet is named for the Roman god of war (Mars) and its moons are named for the personification of fear (Phobos) and terror (Deimos).
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·Happy birthday to Gene Kranz! 🎉NASA flight director and Apollo legend, Kranz's iconic vests came to represent the strong and can-do approach that pervaded his mission control team. His white vest from Apollo 13 is in our collection: https://s.si.edu/45V4ksw
NASA History Office@NASAhistory·Birthday celebrations? GO!Today we celebrate the 92nd birthday of the legendary Gene Kranz. Best known for his work in Mission Control during Apollo 13, Kranz's NASA career began in 1960 during the Project Mercury missions and continued into the Shuttle era.
Leah Cheshier@LeahCheshier·Happy birthday to the one and only Gene Kranz! I’ve been fortunate to meet Gene on a few occasions, but one of my proudest moments at NASA is my interview with him last year. He’s the definition of tough and competent, and you can listen here! https://nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/call-sign-white-flight/
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·65 years ago today, the CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 took the first U.S. photograph of a Soviet military site from space.
James W. Draper@James_W_DraperToday, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Viking I! It launched from LC-41 on the Cape toward Mars. More info here - https://facebook.com/share/p/19oadbbNwt/ @ccspacemuseum
Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first Command Computer Subsystem (CCS) on Viking 1:
While Viking will always have a special place in my heart, see earlier in this thread, let me concentrate on my birthday and family today
NASA JPL@NASAJPL·If this photo looks a little retro, it's because it is!On August 20, 1977, Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral on a Titan/Centaur rocket, beginning its epic journey through the solar system and beyond.48 years and counting:
Quote from: leovinus on 08/20/2025 01:17 pmWhile Viking will always have a special place in my heart, see earlier in this thread, let me concentrate on my birthday and family today Please provide us with a picture of this wonderful occasion. Happy Birthday! (feliz aniversário). If your mom is nearby, give her a warm hug and thank her for bringing you into this world.
National Air and Space Museum@airandspace·On #TDIH in 1977, exactly two years to the day after Viking 1 launched to Mars, Voyager 2 launched on a mission to the outer planets: https://s.si.edu/3SXmItM
Planetary Society@exploreplanets·Aug 2050 years ago, Viking 1 launched, AND 48 years ago, Voyager 2 launched! 🚀Both spacecraft mean a lot to us.The Planetary Society was founded because of the Viking missions. Carl Sagan, who helped lead the mission, saw that NASA’s budget was going to be cut because the government believed people didn’t value space exploration. So he, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman started a grassroots group in 1979 to prove the public did care about exploring other worlds. They founded The Planetary Society in 1979.Voyager 2 carried the Golden Record. Carl Sagan played a significant role in the Voyager missions by helping design the missions and advocating for the Golden Record—a time capsule containing images and sounds of Earth—on both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to potentially communicate with any extraterrestrial civilizations that might encounter the spacecraft.Happy launchiversary to both missions!📸: Carl Sagan stands in front of a Viking lander model in Death Valley, California for Cosmos.NASA/JPL📸: This artist's concept shows the venerable Voyager 2 spacecraft journeying out of the solar system at 15 kilometers per second (34,000 miles per hour) with the solar wind streaming past it four times faster.NASA / GSFC Conceptual Image Lab📸: (black and white rocket photo) Viking 1 was launched by Lockheed Martin Titan/Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 20, 1975.Lockheed Martin 📸: Voyager 2 was launched fromCape Canaveral, Florida, using the Titan IIIE-Centaur rocket on August 20, 1977.
James W. Draper@James_W_DraperMore on this anniversary and outstanding artifact here - https://ccspacemuseum.org/artifacts/gemini-v-booster-segment/.@ccspacemuseum
NASA History Office@NASAhistory8 Days or Bust!The Gemini V mission lifted off 60 years ago today to find out how astronauts would fare in space for over a week. Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad circled the Earth inside their cramped Gemini spacecraft for nearly 8 full days. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3Hwvs7W
