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#NASAMarshall delivers NASA's most vital propulsion systems, launch vehicles, cutting-edge science, and more. Verification: nasa.gov/socialmedia
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    Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed 🎀 This image of Westerlund 2 features data from @chandraxray and @NASAWebb. A cluster of gleaming stars, shown in neon pink across the frame, are between one and three million years old! 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4wFGcVB
    This image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features @chandraxray data (pink) and infrared data from @nasawebb (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming stars ringed in neon pink stretch across the frame, highlighting a cluster where stars are between one and three million years old. Brick-orange dust clouds along the bottom edge illustrate the raw materials of this active stellar nursery.
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    Jun 30
    In celebration of America's 250th birthday, @chandraxray has unveiled four cosmic images in red, white, and blue. 🇺🇸 The image set features Cassiopeia A, the nebula NGC 3603, the galaxy NGC 4736, and a distant galaxy cluster known as ZwCl 0024+1652. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4fgdxiP
    In Cassiopeia A, X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown along with an infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Chandra’s X-ray vision reveals the blast wave that tore through the star plus elements in the debris field like iron, calcium, and oxygen. Webb’s infrared data also shows the expanding shell of material from the explosion plus cosmic dust throughout the remnant. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
    NGC 3603 shows a colossal and brilliant star factory located in the Carina spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. These images show high-energy X-ray data from Chandra with infrared and ultraviolet views from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. While Hubble maps the towering, dark pillars of cold dust and the glowing gas blankets where new suns are born, Chandra's X-ray data pierces through the haze. The X-rays reveal a sparkling, dense swarm of young, massive stars at the center of the cluster, shedding powerful winds and intense radiation as they take their first breaths in the cosmic wild. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR/UV: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AURA; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
    These images show the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94 or M94. X-rays of different wavelengths from Chandra are included along with a striking visible light image from astrophotographers Brian Brennan and Remi Lacasse using their telescopes on the ground. M94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it where new stars are forming called a starburst ring, perhaps fueled by gas driven in from its unique bar-like oval structure. It also has a remarkable outer ring of spiral arms. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical:Brian Brennan and Remi Lacasse; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
    This image features ZwCl 0024+1652, an immense and distant cluster of galaxies bound together by gravity. X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals an enormous, glowing reservoir of superheated gas that pervades the entire cluster—a cloud containing far more mass than all of its galaxies combined. Also shown is optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope, which captures the individual galaxies drifting within the cluster. By analyzing how the cluster's immense gravity warps the light of objects far behind it, astronomers used specially processed Hubble data to map a massive, invisible ring of dark matter. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical and Dark Matter: NASA/ESA/M.J. Jee; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare
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    Jun 30
    It's a double feature!🎥 We’re kicking off summer skywatching season by observing Meteor Watch Day and International Asteroid Day, both today, June 30. Learn about meteors, how you can see them, and how NASA keeps an eye on near-Earth asteroids: go.nasa.gov/4oVsifh
    In this 30 second exposure taken with a circular fish-eye lens, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. The Perseids will peak this year from August 12-13.
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    Jun 29
    During their visit to #NASAMarshall, two members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission answered a few questions from our workforce. Hear from @NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and @JAXA_en astronaut Takuya Onishi about their mission to the @Space_Station and more: youtube.com/watch?v=83DJv4…
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    Jun 28
    It's a Hot Moon Summer 💅 In the early morning tomorrow, June 29, this month's full Moon will peak, also known as the Hot Moon or Strawberry Moon since it aligns with the beginning of the summer season. Learn more about our Moon here: science.nasa.gov/moon/
    The Worm Moon rises over the city of New Orleans home of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility on the evening of March 13th, 2025. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
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    Jun 27
    This image of Messier 64 is a combined view from @NASAHubble and @NASAWebb. The gas in the outer regions is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behavior may be due to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy.
    Image credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (European Southern Observatory – Germany), J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Leroy (The Ohio State University), and D. Thilker (The Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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    Jun 26
    NASA's 2026 Human Lander Challenge concluded on June 25 following final technical presentations near #NASAMarshall. Check out the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems for future crewed lunar landers: go.nasa.gov/4bdYeWm
    University students and advisors from 11 finalist teams gathered in Huntsville, home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, June 23-25 for the agency’s third annual Human Lander Challenge. This year’s competition challenged students to consider solutions for environmental control and life support systems for long duration spaceflight. These technologies are essential for maintaining breathable air, potable water, and thermal stability for astronauts during deep space missions.
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    Jun 26
    For @NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Engineers from #NASAMarshall and L3Harris are testing a technology vital for in-orbit refueling: go.nasa.gov/44wa9Lp
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    Jun 26
    Artemis III is coming together, piece by piece. The second of four RS-25 rocket engines was recently offloaded at @NASAKennedy. These rocket engines will power the Space Launch System rocket during the launch of Artemis III, propelling the Orion spacecraft into Earth orbit.
    Adam Brown, Quality Inspector for L3Harris, examines one of the RS-25 rocket engines that was recently offloaded inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center. He is wearing eye protection and holding a flashlight. Credit: NASA
    A view of the RS-25 rocket engine from above. The engine is laying on its side and has the shape of a bell, with a wide opening at the bottom. The top of the bell shape is covered in a cluster of piping. Credit: NASA
    Two RS-25 rocket engines are seen in this image — one in the background laying on its side and one right side up in the foreground. They are both inside of a white windowless room. Credit: NASA
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    Jun 25
    NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA’s plans to build a Moon Base on the lunar surface. Learn more here: go.nasa.gov/4g1X6bK
    Artist’s rendering of the Moon’s South Pole region. Glowing points of light scattered across the lunar surface represent surface assets supporting sustained human and robotic operations near the South Pole.
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    Jun 24
    You can stand under my umbrella ☔ NASA’s Pegasus barge has delivered a weather cover for the Artemis III SLS core stage to @NASAKennedy. The cover will protect the stage’s internal systems when SLS undergoes a future tanking test in its short stack configuration. 🔗
    NASA’s Pegasus barge carrying a weather cover for the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage arrives Sunday, June 21, 2026, at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cover will protect the stage’s thermal systems while SLS sits atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B in its short stack configuration. NASA will send four Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. Credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest
    Teams load a weather cover for the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage on Monday, June 22, 2026, from NASA’s Pegasus barge at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin to transport the hardware to the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cover will protect the stage’s thermal systems while SLS sits atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B in its short stack configuration. NASA will send four Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. Credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest
    Teams transport a weather cover for the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage from NASA’s Pegasus barge to the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, June 22, 2026. The cover will protect the stage’s thermal systems while SLS sits atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B in its short stack configuration. NASA will send four Artemis astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, establish an enduring human presence on the lunar surface, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. Credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest
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    Jun 21
    Scientists are still studying data from NASA Lucy's flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson! One of the surprising reveals has been the asteroid's shape, which indicates that it has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history. Read more: go.nasa.gov/3SeiBMJ
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    Jun 20
    This photo from the @Space_Station shows the aurora australis arcing over Earth during an active solar event. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras: go.nasa.gov/4uQdksa
    Image credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
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