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Space Shuttle Almanac@ShuttleAlmanac16h
News from the Russian Space Agency: They are permanently sealing off the aft transfer docking compartment due to the ongoing slow pressure leak. The aft docking port has been used or Progress cargo ships for decades. They will now be redirected to either Poisk or Prichal.
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諏訪　理/Makoto Suwa
@AstroMakotoSuwa5h
ぼぶ＠ヒューストンスタッフです。 今回は、宇宙服(船外活動服/EMU)の手袋のフィットチェック(試着)の模様をお届けします。 宇宙の船外活動では、手が非常に重要です。 足で体を支えられないため、自分自身の移動や姿勢保持も手が大活躍。工具や部品を持つのも、宇宙服の各種機能を操作するのも当然手の仕事です。 その大事な手に装着する手袋、試着はとてもしっかり行います。 手袋だけのために全身の宇宙服を着て加圧し、宇宙服の中が外側より1/3気圧高い状態にします。この状態で使い心地やサイズなどをミリ単位で微調整しながら、脱いだり着たりを繰り返すこと数回。 合計で約5時間かけた本気のコスプレでした。 この手袋を使って諏訪さんが船外活動で活躍するのが楽しみになりますね。
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Michal Vaclavik@Kosmo_MichalOct 26
(1/3) Mise Shenzhou-24 (Šen-čou) by mohla podle, podle zatím neoficiálních zdrojů, odstartovat 25. listopadu. Půjde o první čínskou pilotovanou výpravu s občanem jiné země než ČLR. Na oběžnou dráhu poletí první pakistánský kosmonaut společně s dvojící čínských kolegů.
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Space Shuttle Almanac@ShuttleAlmanacOct 23
Anyone I didnt reply to on these? Still have a lot of the pieces for sale. Just DM me or ask to follow and we can chat.
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NASA History Office
@NASAhistoryOct 26
Veteran astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton completed the fifth and final glide test aboard Enterprise OTD in 1977. The Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) took place between February and October 1977 to test the Shuttle's flight characteristics prior to its first spaceflight in 1981.
View of the Enterprise orbiter as it glides through the sky over the California desert on ALT free flight 5.

ALT View of the Enterprise orbiter as it glides through the sky over the California desert on ALT free flight 5.

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Sarrah Bellus
@sarrah_bellus17h
LMFAO! Wait for it!
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CNSPACE
@CNSpaceflightOct 26
Shenzhou-23 crew use VR headsets to conduct in-orbit human-factors engineering, including single-person spatial perception and two-person collaborative experiments.
CNSPACE
@CNSpaceflightOct 25
Aboard the China Space Station, Shenzhou-23 astronauts use everyday household tools—lint rollers and a vacuum—to keep their living space clean!
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Andrew Parsonson
@AndrewParsonsonOct 26
Australia has submitted a counteroffer to ESA for an ISS mission for Katherine Bennell-Pegg, with critics calling the proposed spending "reckless." europeanspaceflight.com/aust…

Australia Counters ESA’s Offer for Mission to ISS for Bennell-Pegg - European Spaceflight

Australia has submitted a counteroffer to ESA for an ISS mission for Katherine Bennell-Pegg, with critics calling the proposed spending "reckless."

europeanspaceflight.com
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National Air and Space Museum
@airandspaceOct 26
On this day in 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise completed its last free flight test at Edwards Air Force Base. This photo is from an earlier flight test the previous month.
White space shuttle flying in air with engines covered.

ALT White space shuttle flying in air with engines covered.

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Cady Coleman@Astro_CadyOct 26
🥳🎂🎶Please join me in extending warm birthday wishes to my friend and #Bandella bandmate, former @NASA #astronaut Steve Robinson! Here's to many more amazing orbits! 💫
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Logendra Naidoo 🌍
@Logendra_Naidoo18h
Replying to @JohnCleese
17: - 12 (6x2) shirt holes on the front and the back - 2 sleeve holes - 1 waist hole - 1 neck hole - 1 asshole
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center
@NASAKennedy23h
Big move, bigger mission! The Artemis III Space Launch System core stage moved to the transfer aisle at NASA Kennedy. Next up – teams will lift and integrate the massive 212-foot-rocket with the solid rocket boosters as we prepare for the next giant leap in lunar exploration.
The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

ALT The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is horizontal in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. The 212-foot rocket stage was lifted from High Bay 2 using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the stage and will be joined vertically with the completed solid rocket booster motor segments in its short stack configuration.

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Elysia Segal@elysiasegal18h
NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected: Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is mounted on an assembly ring during inspections in a clean room at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2026.… ift.tt/mVgtQTW
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Randy "Komrade" Bresnik
@AstroKomrade18h
‘Taking Flight’ (nearly).  Our beautiful Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage left the surface of the earth (briefly) today as it ‘flew over the hump’ via a giant crane in the Vehicle Assembly Building to be mated between our 2 already assembled Solid Rocket Boosters on the Mobile Launcher.  Spectacular job by our SLS, Exploration Ground Systems,and  @NASAKennedy team! Go @NASAArtemis III!
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Dave Limp
@davillOct 25
The team also made progress at LC-36B yesterday. Roughly 450 truckloads of concrete, lined up bumper-to-bumper and stretching nearly 3 miles up the coast, supported a 4,500-cubic-yard pour for the pile caps. Three more placements to go for a total of 15,000 cubic yards. This is the foundation for our New Glenn 9x4 pad.
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Rep. George Whitesides
@Rep_Whitesides21h
I was honored to join Three Heart Connection for the Antelope Valley Junior Thrivers Gala in Lancaster. During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we recognize survivors, remember those we’ve lost, and support the work being done to help individuals and families find safety and healing. Thank you to Three Hart Connection for empowering young people, supporting survivors, and helping build a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Boeing Defense
@BoeingDefense20h
Stingray is making moves. The second MQ-25A moved from St. Louis to MidAmerica Airport 📍@BLVairport, where it will undergo final assembly before beginning ground testing.
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Anil Menon
@astro_anil22h
Chez ISS season 2 preview: new chefs, new food, and some old connections are coming soon. We've been growing more plants on station to improve our cultivation techniques. Russian kale, dragoon lettuce, wasabi lettuce. The ground is running a similar crop to compare. Cosmonaut Anna Kikina joins us for a taste test!
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Joshua Kutryk@Astro_KutrykOct 26
I love that we have a HAM radio on the @Space_Station. Thanks to Paul Duke STEM School in Norcross for taking the time today to chat about space exploration!
Astronaut Joshua Kutryk in front of a radio

ALT Astronaut Joshua Kutryk in front of a radio

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James W. Draper@James_W_DraperOct 26
Born 26 Oct 1904, aerospace pioneer Lee Atwood championed the SM-64 Navaho missile, tested at Cape Canaveral beginning in 1956. Though canceled in 1957, its technologies helped pave the way to space. Our museum preserves the world's only complete Navaho! @ccspacemuseum
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