On November 2, 1929 the Ninety Nines held their first meeting. The organization of 99 women pilots, including their president Amelia Earhart, would go on to become an international organization with thousands of members. 🛩️ #AviationHistoryMonth

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It's official! 🎉 Today NASA announced that Brian C. Odom, who has been serving as the Acting Chief Historian since August 2020, is our new NASA Chief Historian! Please join us in congratulating Brian on his well-deserved appointment.

Before they returned to Earth #30YearsAgo today, the astronauts of STS-52 took this breathtaking photo of Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay backdropped by towering thunderclouds appearing over the Kalahari Desert back on Earth.

Remembering the rich history of the Arecibo Observatory which began operating #OTD in 1963. 😭 Home to the world's largest single-aperture telescope for over 53 years, Arecibo was responsible for decades of major discoveries including the 1st exoplanet: naic.edu/ao/legacy-disc…

Trick or treat! More astronaut #Halloween fun, this time featuring John Glenn and John Glenn!

On Halloween 1998, STS-95 astronauts Steven Lindsay and Curtis Brown on Space Shuttle Discovery dressed up as their crewmate, Senator John Glenn.

Astronauts get to join in the Halloween fun from 250 miles up! #OTD in 2013, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano soared across the International Space Station in a single bound, revealing his secret identity. #HappyHalloween ! 🎃

Looks better than the Nimbus 2000! 🧹

'To go places and do things that have never been done before—that’s what living is all about.'

On his birthday, we celebrate the extraordinary life of NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who flew on Gemini X and Apollo 11.

More on Collins's legacy: go.nasa.gov/3FkAMrq

Asteroids rock! #OTD in 1991, the Galileo spacecraft became the first to fly by and image an asteroid: Asteroid 951, also known as Gaspra. Asteroids like Gaspra can give us clues to how the solar system formed!

Discover more firsts achieved by Galileo: go.nasa.gov/3spFcpj

#OTD in 1998, Senator John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, almost 4 decades after he made history as the 1st American to orbit the Earth.

Glenn and his STS-95 crewmates conducted more than 80 experiments on their nearly 10-day mission.

Is there water deep in our solar system? Yes! #OTD in 2015, the Cassini spacecraft flew through a plume ejected from Enceladus, Saturn's icy moon. The plume contained salty water, providing evidence for a sub-surface ocean.

More about Enceladus: go.nasa.gov/3FcF5oO