I love #Mercury #Gemini #Apollo. Books are my thing and I have a soft spot for the young Jim Dale. All views and haverings are my own. #DCThomson.
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Happy Birthday Astronaut David Scott born June 6, 1932. 9⃣4️⃣ Scott flew in space three times, Gemini 8, #Apollo9 & #Apollo15, was the 7th person to walk on the Moon, & later drove the lunar rover for the first time on the moon's surface during the mission
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No trip to a museum in Florence is complete without the viewing of Galileo's actual finger! The second picture is his tomb in Basilica Santa Croce.
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#OTD in 1970, the Apollo 13 crew got their first glimpse of the damage caused by the explosion that occurred 200,000 miles from Earth.
The recent Artemis II mission helps us comprehend the gravity of the situation.
Here's my photographic analysis of the damage:
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Apr 12
Re-entry of Artemis II crew captured by the astronaut in International Space Station
Community note
ISS astronauts photographed a trail from the Artemis II service module burn-up but not the Orion crew capsule re-entry. x.com/Astro_ChrisW/s…
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Apr 10
Eyes peeled in the cupola awaiting the safe return of our @NASAArtemis friends. Our trajectory on @Space_Station will be passing nearby over the Pacific, so we hope to catch a glimpse!
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Tracey Steel retweeted
"Earthrise" - one of the most iconic photographs ever taken, wasn't planned!
As the world awaits the images from the Artemis II fly-by later today, how was was the original "Earthrise" photograph, captured?
Here's part of an hour long interview I did with @cspanhistory recently.
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"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our @NASAArtemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Through the windows of the past, we look to the future.
Artemis II soars skyward as seen through the launch mount of Launch Complex 34.
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Apr 2
Signal acquired! 📡
Engineers at @NASAJPL have confirmed that the Orion spacecraft is communicating with the Deep Space Network. For the first time in over 50 years, we’re receiving a signal from a spacecraft carrying humans toward the Moon.
ALT The Orion spacecraft is in the foreground of the image, with a bit of Earth, the \"blue marble,\" at the top. The solar arrays of Orion are seen at the top and bottom of the image. Credit: NASA
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Glynn Lunney ~ “Here’s the deal. If you’re going go to the Moon, then you have to go to the Moon. Now you go mess about in low Earth orbit and so on, but if want to go to the Moon, then eventually you have to go to the Moon.”
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Ad Astra Per Aspera.
Before Artemis II, there was Apollo.
From the Apollo 1 fire to the final moon landing in 1972, NASA’s race to the moon was defined by risk, innovation, and history-making firsts.
Here’s a timeline of every Apollo mission.
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Mar 25
My new book, “Space Journal” has cleared the tower. I hope you enjoy it. Huge thanks to @thamesandhudson for making it real 🥂 Available here, there and everywhere: amazon.co.uk/Space-Journal-S…
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Mar 24
American friends. @BNBuzz are having a pre-release 25% sale on Space Journal. Here’s the link: barnesandnoble.com/w/space-j…
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100 years ago TODAY!
March 12, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket. It reached just 41ft but he believed a rocket could hit the Moon
Exactly 40 years later, #OTD 1966, Neil Armstrong completed the world's first docking in space on Gemini VIII
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Tracey Steel retweeted
Mar 12
On this day 75 years ago: Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in the Beano comic, published by Dundee's DC Thomson. Pictured here with his dug Gnasher, he still features weekly in the Beano.
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Mar 10
Serious question...we were choosing our six (living) celebs for a dream 'Blankety Blank' line up, and my question is this...do The Krankies count as one celeb or two?
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(1/2) I've avoided the news all weekend and it's been marvellous. Instead, I've walked on the beach, had multiple pots of tea, a few glasses of fizz, some Minger cheese, spent time gardening and I've read my book...
There is always a shitshow going on somewhere in the world...
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2/2) it's a good idea to live in your wee bubble frequently. Here endeth the lesson.. Yes, I watched 'The Untouchables' on Friday night too.
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Mar 7
this French and Saunders sketch is my favorite piece of contemporary opera
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