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Wherever the mission takes us. Our rockets fly to the most challenging orbits, while delivering the most accurate payload insertions in the world.
When OSIRIS-REx reached the asteroid Bennu in 2018, scientists expected to find a smooth, beach-like surface. Instead, they encountered a jagged, rugged world. Samples of the asteroid, brought back to Earth in 2023, are helping untangle the mystery: go.nasa.gov/4cMGBPb
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just did it again. ☀️ On March 11th, it completed its 27th close approach to the Sun, flying just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface at a blistering and record-matching 430,000 mph. New data drops March 18: go.nasa.gov/474BFBH
President Trump gave the world the Artemis Program, and NASA and our partners have the plan to deliver. We will standardize architecture where possible, add missions and accelerate flight rate, execute in an evolutionary way, and safely return American astronauts to the Moon, this time to stay. This is the NASA that once changed the world. This is the NASA that will do it again.
On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed in Jezero Crater on Mars. As NASA's fifth Mars rover celebrates five years on the Red Planet, here are five major mission highlights. 🧵1/7
