Association of Space Explorers
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Earth's first emissaries to the cosmos. Pioneering the path to space. Delivering the astronaut perspective.
Houston, TX, USA
Joined October 2011
#OTD 35 years ago ✨ Soyuz TM-9 launched on February 11, 1990, with ASE members Anatolli Solovyov and Alexander Balandin aboard!
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Delight in the melodies of the Sarabande movement of Bach’s Cello Suite #1 from Catherine Brisset for #EarthMusicMonday! The stunning view of the stars used in this #EarthMusicTheater movie was taken by @Space_Station #Exp71 astronaut @dominickmatthew.
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#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Garrett Reisman, who flew to space twice between 2008 and 2010 (STS-123 and STS-132) as part of trips and expeditions to the @Space_Station (Expedition 16/17)!
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RT @AstroHague: How is Expedition 72 tailgating for the Super Bowl? We're cooking up a space version of hot wings and projecting the pre-ga…
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#OTD 15 years ago ✨ STS-130 launched on February 8, 2010, with ASE members Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, George Zamka, Steve Robinson, and Kathryn Hire aboard!
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Today, we remember ASE member @WordenAlfred on his #birthday. Worden flew to the Moon in 1971 aboard Apollo 15. ✨
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Today, we remember ASE member Konstantin Feoktistov on his #birthday. Feoktistov flew to space in 1964 aboard Voskhod 1. ✨
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#HappyBirthday to ASE member Yuri Onufrienko, who flew to space twice between 1996 and 2002 (Soyuz TM-23 and STS-108) as part of expeditions aboard Mir and the @Space_Station (Mir EO-21 and Expedition 4)!
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Today, we remember ASE Life Member Mary Cleave on her #birthday. Cleave flew to space twice between 1985 and 1989 (STS-61-B and STS-30). ✨
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This #EarthMusicMonday, enjoy #EarthMusicTheater's "Night Lights and Aurora," which pairs the creativity of ASE member @astro_Pettit's long-duration exposures of urban night lights with the music of Chilean composer Mario Quiroga! Watch here:
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#OTD 30 years ago ✨ STS-63 launched on February 3, 1995, with ASE members Bernard Harris, Janice Voss, Eileen Collins, Jim Wetherbee, and Vladimir Titov aboard!
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#ASEspotlight: Vladimir Aksyonov 🌠 ASE member Aksyonov (left) flew to space twice aboard Soyuz 22 and Soyuz T-2. Fun fact: His Soyuz 22 spacecraft was originally a backup for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project! Today, we remember Vladimir on his 90th birthday. ✨
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#HappyBirthday to ASE member @Astro_Tani, who flew in space twice between 2001 and 2008 (STS-108 and STS-120) as part of trips and expeditions to the @Space_Station (Expedition 16)!
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Today, we commemorate the crew of STS-107: Ilan Ramon, William ("Willie") McCool, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Rick Husband. 🌠
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RT @Space_Station: Live now on @NASA+. @NASA_Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore get ready for their science and maintenance spacewa…
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#HappyBirthday to ASE member Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, who flew to space in 1980 aboard Soyuz 38 as part of a trip to the Salyut 6 space station! Pic: Escla,
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#HappyBirthday to ASE member Mamoru Mohri, who flew to space twice in 1992 and 2000 (STS-47 and STS-99)!
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#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member John Fabian, who flew to space twice between 1983 and 1985 (STS-7 and STS-51-G)!
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Today, we commemorate the crew of STS-51-L: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Michael Smith, Francis ("Dick") Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, and Gregory Jarvis. 🌠
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