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What does a total solar eclipse look like from space?

On this day in 1999, this photo of the Moon's shadow on Earth during a total solar eclipse was taken from the Mir Space Station. #IdeasThatDefy

Today in 1903, the the Wright brothers made a flight that changed everything. The Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot. #IdeasThatDefy

#OTD in 1930, Lt. Apollo Soucek flew an open cockpit Wright Apache fighter to a world record altitude of over 43 thousand feet. He wore this fur helmet to keep warm during the flight. #IdeasThatDefy

#TDIH in 1783: The first human beings to take to the air in free flight did so aboard a Montgolfier balloon from the garden of the Chateau de la Muette. #IdeasThatDefy

Today in 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland. He was the first modern European scientist to propose that the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun, a theory he published shortly before his death: s.si.edu/2GRLbfW #IdeasThatDefy

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#OTD in 1999, Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander aboard Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-93. #IdeasThatDefy #BecauseOfHerStory

#TDIH in 2012: Felix Baumgartner became the first person to break the speed of sound in free fall. The capsule and pressure suit from Baumgartner's jump are part of the Air and Space collection. #IdeasThatDefy

Today in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly in space. His historic single orbit around Earth took only 108 minutes from ignition to landing. #IdeasThatDefy

Chuck Yeager flew Bell X-1 to the highest velocity and altitude of any piloted airplane up to that time—today in 1948. He reached Mach 1.45 and flew to an altitude of 71,900 feet. #IdeasThatDefy

#OTD in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he launched on a suborbital mission aboard his Mercury 'Freedom 7' spacecraft. The mission lasted 15 minutes and 22 seconds. More on Shepherd's history making flight: s.si.edu/42bARq0
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Today in 1974, our Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird made a world speed record flight from London to Los Angeles in 3 hours, 47 minutes, and 39 seconds.

You can see the supersonic spy plane on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center: s.si.edu/3iq1rVF #IdeasThatDefy

On this day 1978, NASA selected the first class of female astronaut candidates: Shannon Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn Sullivan, Judith Resnik, Anna Fisher, and Sally Ride. 👩‍🚀 #BecauseOfHerStory #IdeasThatDefy

This picture of Eileen Collins was taken today in 1995 while on board Space Shuttle Discovery, on STS-63. She became the first woman space shuttle pilot. #BecauseOfHerStory #IdeasThatDefy

On this week in 1958, Vanguard 1 was successfully launched. It was the world's first solar-powered satellite and the second U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth. #IdeasThatDefy

#OTD in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto when using a blink comparator to compare two photographic plates taken six days apart.

85 years later, the New Horizons spacecraft gave us a up-close look at Pluto. #IdeasThatDefy

Today in 2017, the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere, the end of its Grand Finale, which included a series of nearly two dozen nail-biting dives between the planet and its icy rings: s.si.edu/2O0f8hI #IdeasThatDefy

#TDIH in 2001: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. NEAR landed on Eros, sending back photos of the surface. #IdeasThatDefy

On this day in 2010, Buzz Lightyear returned from the International Space Station onboard Discovery (STS-128) after 15 months in Earth orbit on the ISS. The flown toy is on display in DC: s.si.edu/3C6elBE #IdeasThatDefy