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On Oct. 24, 2001, NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft slipped into orbit around the Red Planet.

25 years later, it's still conducting science and relaying messages from the rovers, making it the longest-operating orbiter ever at a planet beyond Earth.  ½
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See the story of this legendary interplanetary workhorse and how it continues to lead the way for Mars exploration: science.nasa.gov/mission/odysse…
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Oct 22
Floor it!

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has fired up its thrusters and is accelerating to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. Learn more about Psyche’s solar-powered propulsion system, which uses electromagnetic fields to steadily deliver thrust: go.nasa.gov/4jAR2bY
Photo of a Hall thruster identical to those on NASA’s Psyche operating in a vacuum chamber at JPL during tests. A ring of blue light emits a hazy stream of glowing material. The blue light is generated by xenon ions being accelerated through an electromagnetic field, which gives the spacecraft a gentle but steady acceleration. NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA JPL retweeted
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Oct 20
The Orionid meteor shower, created by tiny pieces of debris from Halley's Comet, peaks on the night of Oct. 21 - 22. Your best chance to see them comes a few hours before dawn, after the bright Moon sets. Find a dark location, give your eyes time to adjust, and look up.
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Oct 21
Still making tracks and doing science!

Since breaking the all-time off-world driving distance record on Oct. 11, Perseverance has continued work on the Red Planet.  ½
Tracks made by the rover on the reddish desert Martian surface, with two of the rover’s wheels and one of its weather instruments visible at the bottom of the frame.
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NASA Earth
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Oct 20
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier could contribute more to sea level rise by the end of the century than some previous estimates.

@NASAJPL helped develop a model that better accounts for seawater moving beneath the ice, improving simulations of the glacier’s retreat.
Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, showing a vast expanse of white ice ending in a steep ice cliff above dark blue ocean water. Broken ice surrounds the glacier’s edge. Credit: NASA
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See more stargazing tips for the coming weeks ✨
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The Orionid meteor shower, created by tiny pieces of debris from Halley's Comet, peaks on the night of Oct. 21 - 22. Your best chance to see them comes a few hours before dawn, after the bright Moon sets. Find a dark location, give your eyes time to adjust, and look up.
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Oct 13
Checking in with two deep space explorers. 🚀🛰️

Our Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid launched 3 years ago today, and tomorrow marks 2 years since Europa Clipper set sail for Jupiter's ocean moon Europa.

(The same rocket side boosters were used for both launches!) 1/3
A rocket lifts off on a pillar of fire as a bird flies by, the scene reflected in the still waters of a lake.A rocket lifts off on a pillar of fire
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Oct 13
Shaken, spun, baked, and blasted!

A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of establishing @NASAMoonBase, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at JPL. 1/2
Voyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 lunar lander is suspended in front of the open 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as technicians in clean-room garments guide and position the spacecraft. The large thermal vacuum chamber rises behind the lander, with an American flag hanging beside the entrance. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechVoyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 lunar lander is shown during spin testing on a special table at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft appears motion-blurred as it rotates, while several technicians in clean-room garments work nearby. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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The tests simulated the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space, as well as the intense shaking of launch. Results show that @voyagertech_’s Griffin Mission One is ready to survive the rigors of space. See how JPL’s Environmental Test Laboratory works: go.nasa.gov/47cM4ea
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Oct 12
Perseverance has set a new off-world record! 🏅

On Oct. 11, the rover's odometer hit 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), eclipsing the distance record set by NASA's Opportunity rover. 1/2
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Oct 8
Our planet-hunting TESS mission has reached an exciting milestone: over 1,000 of the exoplanet candidates it has discovered since its 2018 launch have been confirmed!

Let’s explore some of these intriguing worlds beyond our solar system … 🧵
This oval map shows the whole sky as observed by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. The background is a deep blue-gray speckled with countless tiny dots and streaks. The plane of our Milky Way galaxy appears as a large, wispy pale arc sweeping around the center of the image. Pink dots speckle the map, marking the locations of over 1,000 confirmed exoplanets. A bright patch along the bottom edge just left of center shows the location of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. A few black lines and blocks are visible in the image, mostly on the left side of the map, indicating regions TESS has not yet imaged. This image is watermarked with “Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Nicole Schanche (University of Maryland College Park).”
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Oct 8
A journey to the depths of ancient Mars?

Perseverance is exploring a field of light-toned rocks, which are an unusual sight on Mars, a planet dominated by dark-colored basaltic stones. This piqued the team’s interest. What are they? How did they get here?  ½
A desert landscape on Mars, seen from beneath the rover, with its robotic "hand" visible along with and a wheel with tracks in the dirt.A field of light-toned rocks in reddish soil.
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NASA
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Oct 7
Artemis II update! We just dropped 814GB of observations — including nearly 1,000 new images and 521 minutes of crew audio — in our Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report: go.nasa.gov/3TKBfwz
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Oct 6
Our @NASAJPL team brought a preview of Mars exploration to Huntington Beach with their SkyFall demo.

Building on Ingenuity, SkyFall will deploy three helicopters in midair to Mars and use ground penetrating radar to search for subsurface ice. In addition to other scientific t will show how we could potentially identify landing sites for future Mars missions. 

Fission powered spacecraft and helicopters exploring another planet to help prepare for Americans to follow. Hard not to get excited about this mission.
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Oct 6
Meanwhile on Mars...
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📍Gale Crater, Aug. 11, 2026, 8:30 a.m. local Mars time.

The Curiosity rover captures the Sun rising on crags known as yardangs, a scene that scientists have long been waiting to see up close. 1/2
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Oct 5
Early risers, you deserve something beautiful. 🌘

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, catch the thin crescent Moon high in the eastern sky before dawn. Just above the Moon, you’ll see the planet Jupiter. Below the Moon, the bright star Regulus will be shining. 1/2
A thin waning crescent Moon.
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Oct 5
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See more October skywatching tips in our monthly What’s Up video guide. go.nasa.gov/4jFpgLo
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Oct 1
Congratulations, Crew-13!

During several internships at JPL, commander @astro_watkins worked on missions including the near-earth object hunter NEOWISE and Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.

Wishing the entire crew a successful mission.
NASA
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Oct 1
Destination: @Space_Station📍

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission has successfully launched! The Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew is set to dock at about 7pm ET (2300 UTC) tonight, kicking off several months of scientific exploration. Watch with us here! go.nasa.gov/4xS9r7L
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad. The sky is mostly covered with different kinds of clouds: thick, fluffy ones at the bottom and wider, more spread out ones in the rest of the sky. The Sun's light turns the bottom right portion of the sky orange.NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission members CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, left, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney, middle left, and Jessica Watkins, middle right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, right, wave to a crowd (not seen) after walking out of a building.
A Crew-13 member waves out of a black Tesla's open window as they proceed to the launch pad. The car's license plate reads "Lucky 13."A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft launches. There is a bright column of fire under the rocket as it moves upward. Clouds of vapor spread out below the rocket, almost blending into the similarly shaped clouds in the sky.
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