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Another Moonwalker Gone: Apollo 14 Astronaut Ed Mitchell Has Died at 85

The world has lost one of its special treasures: retired Navy captain and former NASA astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, LM pilot for Apollo 14 and one of the 12 men who walked on the Moon, died on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 at the age of 85. His passing brings the number of…

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Here’s the Ingenuity helicopter on #Mars, imaged by @NASA_Persevere's left Navcam earlier today, April 5 2021. Color- and lens distortion-adjusted. Ingenuity successfully survived its first frigid night on the surface of Mars, fully separated from the Perseverance rover. After a few more tests its first solo flight should occur on Sunday, April 11! #Mars2020
This is Perseverance's 21.5-meter-wide parachute and 4.5-meter-wide backshell on #Mars, cropped at the full 29.3 cm/pixel resolution that HiRISE was able to capture from 290 km away in orbit. Crazy. #Mars2020
Perseverance probably won't bother going to study it but I hope somebody files this one as "butt rock."
Harbor seals and the Conimicut Point light in Warwick, Rhode Island USA. Feb. 28, 2021. @rhodeisland_igers @ig_rhody @rimonthly @wanderwarwick
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