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Pharah

XB-70

Always remember to release the parking brake when towing.

Apollo 8 at the moment of staging.

Lapis “Bob” Lazuli in Hit the Diamond

Someone on Twitter told me I’m less of a person and more of an emotionless robot for being in the military.

Not only did the stupidity of that statement make me laugh, but I got some amusing images.

BLEEP BOOP

I AM A MILITARY ROBOT

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

MAGGOT

The ultimate short field landing.

Favourite switch on my new aircraft. Oh the choices….!

T-38C passes in front of the Sun at supersonic speed, revealing shock waves.

This is beautiful

war in Ukraine

What's the best comeback/burn you've heard ever?

Nancy Astor: “If you were my husband, I’d put poison in your coffee.”

Winston Churchill: “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”

Windows: THIS DOWNLOAD CONTAINS MALICIOUS SOFTWARE AND WINDOWS HAS BLOCKED IT!

Most People: Oh my god! Thank you, Windows!

Computer Savvy People: Don't do things I didn't tell you to do, you annoying, paranoid piece of shit!

Next up is Scootaloo!

How Not To Build A Blimp

Got a cool pic of Ed Force One on the ramp this morning!

Solar System: 5 Things to Know This Week

From Mars to the asteroid belt to Saturn, our hardworking space robots are exploring the solar system. These mechanical emissaries orbit distant worlds or rove across alien landscapes, going places that are too remote or too dangerous for people (for now).

We often show off the pictures that these spacecraft send home, but this week we’re turning that around: here are some of the best pictures of the space robots, taken by other robots (or themselves), in deep space.

1. So Selfless with the Selfies

The Mars Curiosity rover makes breathtaking panoramas of the Martian landscape — and looks good doing it. This mission is famous for the remarkable self portraits of its robotic geologist in action. See more Martian selfies HERE. You can also try this draggable 360 panorama HERE. Find out how the rover team makes these images HERE.

2. Two Spaceships Passing in the Moonlight

In a feat of timing on Jan. 14, 2014, our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a snapshot of LADEE, another robotic spacecraft that was orbiting the moon at the time. LADEE zoomed past at a distance of only about five miles below.

3. Bon Voyage, Galileo

The history-making Galileo mission to Jupiter set sail from the cargo bay of another spacecraft, Space Shuttle Atlantis, on Oct. 18, 1989. Get ready for Juno, which is the next spacecraft to arrive at Jupiter in July.

4. Cometary Close-Up

Using a camera on the Philae lander, the Rosetta spacecraft snapped an extraordinary self portrait at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of about 10 miles. The image captures the side of Rosetta and one of its 14-meter-long solar wings, with the comet in the background. Learn more about Rosetta HERE.

5. Man and Machine

This snapshot captures a remarkable moment in the history of exploration: the one and only time a human met up in space with a robotic forerunner on location. The Surveyor 3 lander helped pave the way for the astronaut footsteps that came a few years later. See the story of Apollo 12 and this unique encounter HERE.

Want to learn more? Read our full list of the 10 things to know this week about the solar system HERE.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

Google Photos automatically made this 10/10 panorama for me

Navy tradition, Every time a plane landed on the wrong carrie, it was tradition to graffiti it before sending it back

a derp of bad luck by CSImadmax

Dude. Guys.

We wear ribbons in place of medals for a reason.

So we don’t look like we bedazzled ourselves.

Head-on deliberate midair collision is a weapon of heroes.

Climbing into the heavens.