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Perfect cover-up. Nobody remembered the recorder was on.

#skylab #nasa #spacehistory #astronauts
November 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
The number one flight is shorter than a ladder.

#rockets #spacehistory #nasa
November 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
nasaupdates.bsky.social
Fun fact: Robert Gilruth, Johnson Space Center's first director, moved into his office in March 1964 on the top floor of Building 2. That building later swapped numbers with Building 1 on June 30, 1974! 🏢✨ #NASA #SpaceHistory
November 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Originally known as the Manned Spacecraft Center, this Houston facility was officially renamed NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973. The name honored President Johnson for his unwavering, foundational support of America's space program! 🌟🏛️ #SpaceHistory #NASA
November 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
Refused every cent, got reprimanded anyway. Over mail. 📮

#apollo15 #spacehistory #nasa
November 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
Paid $995, mailed it to NASA, and NASA wouldn't mail it back.

#Apollo11 #NASA #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory
November 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
...and about one of the first ESA Horizon 2000 cornerstone @science.esa.int missions, approved back in 1984! 🧪🔭

#Space #History #SpaceHistory

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The 1985 Rome Ministerial Council and the green light for Horizon 2000 | ESA Archives Portal
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October 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
Four hours on the pad, no bathroom plan. Two years later, Shepard left the next astronaut a joke pump tagged Remove Before Flight.

#space #nasa #spacehistory #mercury
October 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
“Nobody will believe us.” Nine seconds later: “Probably due to the VHF ranging.”

#apollo10 #apollo #spacehistory
October 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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On Oct. 28, 1971, the UK became the 6th nation with orbital capability, launching its first satellite, Prospero, on a Black Arrow rocket. It tested solar cells and micrometeoroids from Woomera. #SpaceHistory #AerospaceEngineering #SatelliteLaunch #UKSpaceHistory #space
November 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
darkcosmicinsights.bsky.social
To explore the Sun’s poles, NASA went to JUPITER first. ☀️🪐

Ulysses used Jupiter’s gravity in 1992 to tilt its orbit about 80°.

It surveyed the Sun’s south pole in 1994 and north pole in 1995.

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#Ulysses #Jupiter #NASA #SpaceHistory #SolarScience
November 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
eurospacehistory.bsky.social
#FromTheBasement: ESRO-2B, inside its fairing with an ESRO logo, is mated to its US Scout-B launcher at the Western Test Range, California, in May 1968. On 17 May, it would become the first ESRO satellite in orbit! #Space #History #SpaceHistory

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White-coated US Air Force technicians at Vandenberg Air Force base in California work on the launch of ESRO-2B in 1968, the ESRO logo is visible on the white rocket fairing, lying horizontal on its trailer before raising vertically for launch.
October 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
nasaupdates.bsky.social
NASA officially established Johnson Space Center on Nov. 1, 1961! Following a 6-month design phase and 18 months of construction, the center's first employees moved onto the Houston site in late 1963. Happy 65th anniversary to the heart of human spaceflight! 🚀🛰️ #NASA #SpaceHistory
Astronaut candidate Anna L. Fisher trains at the Water Immersion Facility in Houston in 1979. Credit: NASA Exploration geologists and Artemis science officers Trevor Graff, left, and Angela Garcia carry out a lunar training development run at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston. This testing run marked the first time in the Artemis program that two geologists were suited up simultaneously for lunar geology training in the NBL. Credit: NASA Flight Control Room 1 at the Mission Control Center during the Gemini IV mission in June 1965, the first mission control from Houston. Credit: NASA NASA's Artemis Il flight control team works on console in the White Flight Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the mission's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. NASA/Robert Markowitz
November 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
He said no to TV. Then he brought cue cards.

#apollo7 #nasa #spacehistory
October 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
playdeltav.bsky.social
65 years ago today: NASA launched Mercury-Scout 1 on Blue Scout II.

The flight is recorded as failure.

https://www.playdeltav.space/r/on-this-day/11-01?s=bluesky&c=history

#SpaceHistory #OnThisDay
November 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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FUN FACT: On this day in 2000, the first crew moved into the International Space Station.

Born since then? You've never known a single day without humans in orbit.

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#ISS #SpaceHistory #SpaceFunFact
ISS Tracker — Live Map & Visible Passes Tonight
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November 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM
darkcosmicinsights.bsky.social
Neil Armstrong’s first spaceflight nearly spun out of control. 🌀

After Gemini 8 made the first docking in orbit, a stuck thruster sent the spacecraft into a dangerous spin.

🔭 codeofascension.com/go/science-d...

#DarkCosmicInsights #Gemini8 #NeilArmstrong #NASA #SpaceHistory
October 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
He fell through the fire not knowing if the shield was still there.

#JohnGlenn #Mercury #SpaceHistory
October 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
playdeltav.bsky.social
69 years ago today: Laika.

Sputnik 2 carried the dog Laika into orbit with no way of bringing her back. 21 orbital launches have flown on this date.

https://www.playdeltav.space/r/on-this-day/11-03?s=bluesky&c=history

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Laika. Sputnik 2 carried the dog Laika into orbit with no way of bringing her back.
November 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
theoff-keybard.bsky.social
but later disclosures confirmed she died from overheating within hours. A monumental space milestone with a terrible cost.

👇 Read the full story on The Bard's Desk:

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This Day in History — Laika, the First Animal to Orbit Earth
On November 3, 1957, a Moscow stray named Laika became the first animal in orbit aboard Sputnik 2, a spacecraft built with no way to bring her home.
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November 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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26 years ago today: The station is occupied.

Expedition 1 opened the hatch on the International Space Station, beginning a continuous human presence in orbit. 21 orbital launches have flown on this date.

https://www.playdeltav.space/r/on-this-day/11-02?s=bluesky&c=history

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The station is occupied. Expedition 1 opened the hatch on the International Space Station, beginning a continuous human presence in orbit.
November 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
darkcosmicinsights.bsky.social
Neil Armstrong’s first spaceflight nearly spun out of control. 🌀

After Gemini 8 made the first docking in orbit, a stuck thruster sent the spacecraft into a dangerous spin.

🔭 codeofascension.com/go/science-d...

#DarkCosmicInsights #Gemini8 #NeilArmstrong #NASA #SpaceHistory
October 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM
playdeltav.bsky.social
26 years ago today: Expedition 1 launches.

Soyuz TM-31 carried the first resident crew to the International Space Station; it has been occupied ever since. 27 orbital launches have flown on this date.

https://www.playdeltav.space/get?s=bluesky&c=history

#SpaceHistory #OnThisDay
Expedition 1 launches. Soyuz TM-31 carried the first resident crew to the International Space Station; it has been occupied ever since.
October 31, 2026 at 6:34 AM
sugataai.com
Before the space race ended, Britain's Black Arrow rocket proved that a single nation could still reach for the stars on its own. 🇬🇧 #spacehistory sugataai.com/blog/on-this...
On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket
On October 28, 1971, a moment of profound national pride pierced through the smoggy skies of England, not with the roar of a modern rocket, but with the soft, trembling shake of a Black Arrow booster.
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October 29, 2026 at 10:05 AM
secondlookspace.hughesnode.com
A cartoon beagle, a stuck valve, and a joke from the Red Baron.

#Apollo10 #NASA #SpaceHistory
October 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM