Remembering Black Flight Glynn Lunney on his birthday - #OTD in 1936. One of the sharpest Flight Directors NASA ever had, and a very nice and humble person at the same time. His shift on Apollo 13 just after the accident is still seen by many as the best ever in Mission Control.

Can't wait to see it - thanks, Stephen Slater !

Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten, Feliz Natal - and let's all hope for a more peaceful 2025!

A very Happy 90th Birthday to Gerry Griffin, "Gold Flight" of the Apollo era, lead Flight Director during Apollo 12, 15 and 17, who did the landings on 14, 16 and 17, was part of the team that saved Apollo 13, later JSC Center Director - and just a great guy!

Agency-wide email that had just gone out. I’m not often one to advocate for open non-compliance of NASA policies. But to all my NASA friends—if you saw something, you saw nothing.

58 years ago today, we tragically lost the Apollo 1 crew. Today, and every day, we remember and honor the lives of Astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.

"Today, we honor the 39th anniversary of the loss of the Challenger STS 51L crew," said Mike Kincaid, Challenger Center President & Executive Director. Read more of Mike's words on remembering the Challenger astronauts and their legacy: bit.ly/4jBPX0Y #STEM #Challenger

Response to Ambassador Ron Prosor's open letter to the chief editor of the "Spiegel"

22 years later, THEIR mission is still OUR mission. STS-107, forever in our hearts: • Rick Husband • Willie McCool • Dave Brown • Kalpana Chawla • Mike Anderson • Laurel Clark • Ilan Ramon

A Letter for Space Exploration, Cooperation, and Respect Throughout human history, space exploration has been a symbol of unity, perseverance, and the boundless potential of scientific progress. It has transcended borders, brought together nations once divided, and proven that

🌍➡️🌕➡️🔴 The Moon is just the beginning. In this special NASA's Johnson Space Center podcast series, NASA experts and astronauts share how Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station, will support #Artemis and help prepare humanity for Mars. 🎧 Listen here: go.nasa.gov/4kBdz6G

Für alle "schnell zum Mars"-Fans: Hier sprechen echte Experten mit Jahrzehnte langer Erfahrung in Human Spaceflight:

No comment... And according to good sources, the story seems to be true. Not only ISRO is upset...

Op-ed: NASA’s New CLD Strategy Will Lose Mars, LEO to China payloadspace.com/op-ed-nasas-ne… via Payload 🚀

Anybody noticed the memorial graphic for Jim Lovell in the upper left corner of the right pic? Famous Ground Controller Bill Foster had put it up!

🖥️Live Now! Tune in for launch coverage for IMAP, SWFO-L1, and Carruthers! Teams are on console at SpaceX's Hangar X and LSP’s Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Where are you watching the launch?x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Very interesting times we are in where the dilemma in regards to who will lead NASA is about which war crimes supporter should be the one to do it. 🥴

Very good thread about the incident during the Soyuz launch - with facts, expert assessments and without panicking speculations. Thanks, Katya!

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