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Shock diamonds are standing wave formations in exhaust plumes which appear when the exhaust over-expands and is re-compressed by the surrounding atmosphere
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Well, would you look at that! A nice little Easter egg. Thanks to @StrengellLauri for pointing this out!
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Painting of the @NASA logo is underway on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at @NASAKennedy Apparently @JimBridenstine is getting carried away with the whole #TheWormIsBack thing. Just sayin'
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I took identical pictures of Saturn a year apart, and because of the tilt of the planet, it creates a stereoscopic effect. Relax your eyes a bit so the image overlaps, and you can see the depth. #astrophotography #space #opteam
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Here is what Photon Lunar looks like! This platform can also deliver small payloads to Mars,Venus and other exciting places.
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With the keen eyes I’ve been given, I’ll zoom in on Mars with a clarity like never before. My primary camera, Mastcam-Z, will even let me see details that human eyes can’t. go.nasa.gov/2KOVxxX
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#Photo #ProgressMS14
📸 The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft successfully launched on April 25, 2020 at 01:51:41 UTC from launchpad No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome — en.roscosmos.ru/21423/
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ASAP notes final certification for the parachutes for Orion is expected in May. Chutes for Artemis-1's Orion already packed into the mortars.
(Orion chute testing has been conducted over many years: nasaspaceflight.com/?s=Orion…





























