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Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.⁣⁣
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A new era of space exploration begins on May 27.
Nine years after the final space shuttle mission,
we’re once again launching astronauts from U.S.
soil.
On board the Crew Dragon spacecraft that sits atop the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are veteran astronauts @astro.behnken and @astro.doug.
But the crew alone won’t fill the crew cabin.
Flying with them are the dreams of everybody who ever dared to explore.
They are the dreams of the generations that saw 12 humans walk on the Moon.
They are the dreams of young boys and girls who will watch a woman take that first step on the Moon in 2024 under our Artemis program.
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May 27 will be noted as yet another day in history when people can say,
“I remember what I was doing that day.”
How will you watch history tomorrow?
Show us by tagging @nasa in your posts and using the hashtag #LaunchAmerica.
You might just make it onto our broadcast.⁣⁣
Live NASA TV coverage starts at 12:15pm ET (4:15pm UTC)
at nasa.gov/live.
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Remember:
the future is bright because you're in it.
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📸:
NASA/Bill Ingalls⁣
⁣ #hope #spacex #nasa #rocket #sunset #photooftheday⁣

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Today in galactic arts and crafts:
deep space glitter!
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@NASAHubble spotted this irregular galaxy in a vast region of empty space that's at least 150 million light-years across.
Galaxy KK 246 is the only one known for certain to reside in this enormous volume,
along with 15 others that have been tentatively identified.⁣
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Image Credit:
ESA/Hubble &
NASA,
E.
Shaya,
L.
Rizzi,
B.
Tully,
et al.⁣
⁣ #hubble #nasa #galaxy #glitter #universe

The @spacex Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are at the launchpad.
Next week:
a new era of human spaceflight begins.
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Two @nasaastronauts,
Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley (@astro.doug)
will be the first to fly aboard the Crew Dragon.
This mission,
targeted for liftoff Wednesday,
May 27 at 4:33 p.m.
EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center,
will serve as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.
Our astronauts will once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station,
for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
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Image Credit:
NASA/Bill Ingalls⁣
⁣ #rocket #spacecraft #nasa #spacex #launchamerica