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Yamato battleship sinking April 1945
🚢 THE YAMATO'S FINAL BATTLE
April 7, 1945 — The legendary Japanese battleship Yamato, flagship of the Imperial Navy and the largest warships ever built, sinks in the East China Sea after a suicide mission against American forces near Okinawa. Hit by over […]
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#BlackExcellence #NASA #ArtemisII #SpaceHistory #BlackHistory #Legacy #RepresentationMatters #FaithAndFocus #Trailblazers #HistoryInTheMaking
An astronaut stood on a piece of machinery in space. The earth can be seen behind them.
Astronaut Franklin R. Chang‑Diaz works with a grapple fixture during EVA on the International Space Station 9 June 2002. STS‑111's first spacewalk installed the fixture for the station's robotic arm on P6 truss. Photograph thanks to NASA #SpaceHistory
This photograph was taken on the third and final day of the trip, when a visit to the areas surrounding Kourou had been organised – despite the wet weather. It shows one of the two boats charted for an excursion on the Kourou River. Olivier Giscard d’Estaing is possibly the figure on the right.
The #ESAarchives April #ObjectOfTheMonth: photos of a 1970s VIP visit to Kourou organised by ESA’s predecessor European Launcher Development Organisation. Check out some very early European space merchandise put to good use on a tropical day!
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #SpaceHistory
European space history made! The first Italian hazelnut chocolate spread to orbit the Moon... #Nutella #SpaceHistory
Why will today's lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video? https://arstechni.ca #opticalcommunicationsdemonstration #intuitivemachines #Spaceexploration #Constellation #spacehistory #DavidIsrael #JackFischer #lunarrelay #artemisII #livevideo #satellite #downlink #artemis #mission #Space…
Usually hidden from our view on Earth, even Apollo astronauts didn't see it completely because of their orbit and illumination conditions (only Apollo 17 caught a partial glimpse lit by 'Earthshine' in 1972). #SpaceHistory @exploration.esa.int @science.esa.int
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#OnThisDay in 1967, the space race was reaching new heights. This original Lockheed ad promised we'd soon leave Earth behind—and the imagery still feels futuristic. #SpaceHistory
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1950s sky plates reanalyzed reveal short-lived optical transients consistent with orbital glints; authors cite statistical patterns and links to nuclear-test and UFO waves, urging institutional follow-up. #SpaceHistory #Astronomy #UAP
These signed photos from #NASA legend #GeneKranz channel the same ice‑cold precision that helped guide Apollo 13 through one of spaceflight’s most impossible saves. eBay tinyurl.com/57yexwdd and Amazon tinyurl.com/mr2jnych
#Apollo13 #MissionControl #spacehistory #authentic #beckett
The first-ever TV image from space was beamed down by TIROS-1 on April 1, 1960, marking the dawn of Earth observation from orbit. #RandomFact #DailyFact #SpaceHistory #Satellite #Science
Somewhere right now, there’s a shoebox filled with moon landing-era photos nobody’s seen in years. 🌕📸
Apollo. Shuttle. NASA tours. Planetariums. Space camp. Backyard telescopes.
That’s why digitizing picture brings such joy.
#ArtemisII #NASA #MoonMission #SpaceHistory
Everybody’s talking about Artemis II.
But now I wanna know:
Who in your family has the old space photos?
Moon landing newspaper clippings.
NASA tours.
Space camp.
Rocket launches.
Shuttle memories. 🚀📸
Reply w/ yours.
#ArtemisII #NASA #SpaceHistory #MoonMission
A white man with dark curly hair, wearing a dark jumper and light collared shirt, holding a radio receiver in one hand. Behind him is a brick built building, with satellite dishes and aerials on.
Professor Sir Martin Sweeting receiving Digitalker signals from UoSAT-1, a British amateur radio satellite. Built at the University of Surrey, it launched into low Earth orbit on October 6, 1981.
#SpaceHistory
These Never-Before-Seen Photos Show Astronaut Neil Armstrong Relaxed and Smiling After He Almost Died in the Gemini 8 Emergency: Few members of the media were at the unexpected arrival site. Military police officer Ron… @SmithsonianMag #NeilArmstrong #Gemini8 #Astronauts #SpaceHistory #NASA
There used to be a great conference sponsored by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums, and I had the privilege of attending seven or eight of them as a speaker #aviation #spacehistory
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, marking the beginning of the space age.
A tiny bright sphere took its flight,
and Sputnik gave nations a fright.
Up high it would glide,
shocking all worldwide—
and the space age began overnight.
#Sputnik #SputnikShock #SpaceHistory #Satellite #Limerick
When a Digital Watch Outthought the Omega Speedmaster
#SeikoBtw #SpaceHistory #WatchDesign #AusNews
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After 53 years, we're finally heading back. What does humanity's return to deep space mean for our future? Is this the start of a new golden age of exploration, or just a brief return?
#ArtemisProgram #SpaceHistory #LunarExploration
After 53 years, we're finally heading back. This isn't just about the Moon; it's about what we value. What do you think this long pause—and now, the return—says about humanity's priorities in space exploration?
#ArtemisProgram #SpaceHistory #LunarExploration
After 53 years, we're finally heading back. This isn't just about space; it's about ambition, politics, and human ingenuity. What do you think is the biggest lesson from this half-century gap in deep space travel?
#ArtemisProgram #SpaceHistory #DeepSpace
🚀 One of the wildest real engineering proposals ever made: scientists in the 1950s seriously designed a spaceship that would fly by detonating nuclear bombs behind it.
#ProjectOrion #SpaceHistory
Collection of space and astronomy text books on darkened shelf
Dusty pages, silent halls,
Voices echo through the walls.
To know the now, we must look back,
Along the faded, winding track.
History is a mirror to be held,
To show us how the future’s spelled.
We read the lines of yesterday,
To light the dark along our way.
#WorldPoetryDay #SpaceHistory
Soyuz MS-21, launched March 18, 2022, carried Commander Oleg Artemyev, Denis Mateev, and Sergey Korsakov to the International Space Station.
#SpaceHistory
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🚀 FIRST SPACEWALK IN HISTORY
March 18, 1965 — Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first human to step into the infinite void of space. Floating 475 kilometers above Earth during the Voskhod 2 mission, Leonov spent 12 minutes tethered to his […]
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🚀 FIRST LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET LAUNCH
March 16, 1926 — In a snowy farm field in Auburn, Massachusetts, Robert Goddard stands beside history. His tiny 10-foot rocket, fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, climbs 41 feet into the cold New England air—the […]
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