NASA History Office

@NASAhistory

This is the NASA History Office's official X account. We're happy that you share our passion for aerospace history.

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On Oct. 31, 1936, a group of Caltech students and enthusiasts began rocket propulsion tests in Arroyo Seco, north of Pasadena, CA. Their work 90 years ago marked the beginning of…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 6 小时前
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Witch way to the wind tunnel? 🎃 NASA's archives tell the story of the agency's missions and projects, but they also give insight into NASA's culture. In our latest newsletter, see…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 1 天前
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Anybody born after Oct. 30, 2000, has never known a day without a human presence in space. Since the beginning of the first expedition 26 years ago on Nov 2, the International Spa…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 1 天前
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35 years ago today, we got our first ever up-close look at an asteroid! On Oct 29, 1991, NASA's Galileo spacecraft—two years into its journey to Jupiter—flew by Gaspra, an asteroi…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2 天前
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As the sun sets on NASA's Swift mission, we celebrate more than 21 years of discoveries. Designed to catch gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the universe's most powerful explosions, Swift…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 5 天前
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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…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 5 天前
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80 years ago today, the first images of Earth from space were taken. A 35mm camera mounted on a captured V-2 rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This pho…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-24
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Mars Odyssey completes a quarter century of studying Mars! Arriving in orbit around Mars on Oct. 23, 2001 (EDT), Odyssey went on to create the first global map of the chemical ele…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-23
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Happy 65th birthday, NASA’s Stennis Space Center! 🎉 On Oct 25, 1961, NASA announced plans to build a rocket test site in south Mississippi to support the Apollo Program. In the de…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-22
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Today we remember astronaut Ronald E. McNair, born OTD in 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina. McNair, a physicist, jazz saxophonist, and karate black belt, was selected as a NASA a…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-21
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This week in 1968, the Apollo 7 crew was thoroughly testing the redesigned Apollo Command and Service Module, including the critical Service Propulsion System engine. The mission'…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-19
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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 aster…
NASA History Office @NASAhistory · 2026-10-16