SpaceTracks

This project was put together to feed news into the Near-Earth-Object tracking and alert app AsteroidTracker, a free product currently available for Android systems.

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NASA's #OSIRIS-REx flight schedule for todays #Asteroid sample touch-n-go (TAG) mission - NASA TV - https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

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Its Tag day. NASA's #OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to #Asteroid Bennu to collect samples!! Watch Live #NASA #space #awesome #ToBennuAndBack

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Watch the #NASA & #SpaceX live stream of the first crewed rocket launch from the US since the end of the Space Shuttle program in July 2011!! 

- https://www.spacex.com/launches/ 

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Asteroid #Vesta imaged by NASA’s #Dawn spacecraft

More about Dawn: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/

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Our Sun, Our Star - imaged today by NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory #SDO #sol #SunDay

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Asteroid #Bennu up close at a distance ~0.7km (0.4mi), imaged by NASA’s #OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

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SpaceX #Starhopper completed a second low-altitude test flight ~150 meters (500ft) - https://tcrn.ch/2ZicCtP

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“First of Two Van Allen Probes Spacecraft Ceases Operations“ - https://go.nasa.gov/2NKIQ9Z  #space #NASA

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Sol 2505 on #Mars taken by #NASA rover #Curiosity #MarsMonday

http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/image/02505/NRB_619867312EDR_S0763002NCAM00596M_.html

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“How Scientists Used NASA Data to Predict Appearance of July 2 Eclipse” https://go.nasa.gov/2NHSryt - #NASA #space #SUNday

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“NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Been Assembled for the First Time“ #NASA @Space #JWST

Full Story - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-has-been-assembled-for-the-first-time

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NASA’s #Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2492 #exploration #MarsMonday

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The Planetary Society‘s #LightSail2 deploying its #solar sails

Full Story: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/ls2-deploys-sail.html

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The Planetary Society’s #LightSail2 Spacecraft raised its orbit around the #Earth via solar sailing!!

Full Story: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/lightsail-2-successful-flight-by-light.html

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The Planetary Society's #LightSail2 is scheduled to deploy its #solar sail today (7/23/19) @ 11:40 PDT

Check out the live coverage at 11:20 AM PDT: http://planetary.org/live

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JAXA’s #Hayabusa2 is preparing for a 2nd touchdown on #Asteroid #Ryugu - http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20190619e_PPTD_approach1/

Image (JAXA, Chiba Institute of Technology & collaborators)

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NASA’s #Juno spacecraft captured a vortex with a dark center at a distance of ~9,200 miles (14,800 kilometers) above the Jovian clouds #JupiterAbyss - https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiter_abyss