The first gritty photo, a NASA employee’s hat and that elaborate handshake all come in for comment.
Twitter is often a horrible grouse-fest of political anger and trolling. But on Monday, tweeters put their venom aside as NASA’s first Mars landing in six years brought out the best of the medium.
The InSight mission, launched on May 5,2018, touched down successfully, to the relief of millions. The mission will study the early evolution of terrestrial planets, NASA says.
The recorded reaction in NASA’s control room inspired many of the tweets.
