Robert Pearlman
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editor of http://collectSPACE.com, on the trail of space history artifacts, missing moon rocks and where space exploration intersects with pop culture
The Artemis II crew have added an additional embroidered patch to the pressure suits they will wear to launch to the moon...
Artemis II crew wears 'Freedom 250' patch for America's semiquincentennial
The next astronauts to fly to the moon are now wearing their pride for America's history on their sleeves. NASA revealed the Freedom 250 commemorative patch and announced the Artemis II crew will wear...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:50 AM
The Artemis II crew have added an additional embroidered patch to the pressure suits they will wear to launch to the moon...
An American flag that finally caught a ride to the moon; a piece of fabric from the Wright Flyer that already has circled Earth; and 850 holographic seals are among the contents of the Official Flight Kit (OFK) launching on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.
From earth (soil) to the moon (flag): NASA to fly artifacts, mementos on Artemis II
NASA's first astronauts to launch to the moon in more than 50 years will pay tribute to the lunar and space exploration missions that preceded them, as well as aviation and American history, by flying...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
An American flag that finally caught a ride to the moon; a piece of fabric from the Wright Flyer that already has circled Earth; and 850 holographic seals are among the contents of the Official Flight Kit (OFK) launching on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.
Apple TV has announced Friday, March 27, for the return of "For All Mankind," its critically-acclaimed alternate space history series.
'For All Mankind' to launch into long-awaited Season 5 on Apple TV this March
As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the moon, Apple TV is ready to take us all back to Mars.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Apple TV has announced Friday, March 27, for the return of "For All Mankind," its critically-acclaimed alternate space history series.
For the first time in 57 years, a rocket that will carry astronauts to the moon stands atop Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
NASA rolls out Artemis II rocket to launch pad for astronauts' flight to the moon
NASA is now four miles closer to returning astronauts to the moon. The agency rolled out its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the Artemis II mission to launch a...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
For the first time in 57 years, a rocket that will carry astronauts to the moon stands atop Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
One of the the two exhibitions debuting with the newly-renovated Flight and the Arts Center at the National Air and Space Museum this July is devoted to one of the first artists to smuggle art to the moon...
'The Ascent of Rauschenberg' to highlight artist's space works at Smithsonian
Robert Rauschenberg, a mixed-medium painter who was a member of NASA's Art Program and who joined an effort to sneak artwork to the moon, will be the first artist celebrated in a newly-renovated galle...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
One of the the two exhibitions debuting with the newly-renovated Flight and the Arts Center at the National Air and Space Museum this July is devoted to one of the first artists to smuggle art to the moon...
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour is back on Earth, having left the International Space Station a few weeks earlier than planned to bring a medically-compromised crew member home.
Crew splashes down safely after medical issue cuts ISS stay short
The first medically-driven early end to a U.S. space mission has now been safely completed. Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov returned to Earth from the International Space Stati...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour is back on Earth, having left the International Space Station a few weeks earlier than planned to bring a medically-compromised crew member home.
The 2026 class of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees will increase the ranks to 113 when honored at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 16.
Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor veteran spacewalkers Akers and Tanner in May
Two veteran NASA spacewalkers are being honored with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, who each launched on four space shuttle missions, will be recognize...
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January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The 2026 class of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees will increase the ranks to 113 when honored at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 16.
Two large structures that once were key to NASA's successes in orbit and at the moon will soon fall back to "earth" as they are toppled at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
NASA to topple towers used to test Saturn V rocket, space shuttle
Two historic NASA facilities that were used to test the Saturn V and space shuttle launch vehicles are set to be demolished after towering over the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama sin...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Two large structures that once were key to NASA's successes in orbit and at the moon will soon fall back to "earth" as they are toppled at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
Once again, rockets have given "proof through the night" that the United States knows how to celebrate its existence...
NASA moon rockets projected full size onto Washington Monument for America's 250th
The towering image of a full-size Saturn V moon rocket returned to the face of the Washington Monument, this time to mark 250 years since the founding of the United States. The booster was projected a...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Once again, rockets have given "proof through the night" that the United States knows how to celebrate its existence...
Children around the world will discover a colorful side to space exploration with their next Happy Meal...
Crayola space-themed kits and toys star in new 'Planet McDonald's' Happy Meal
Crayola and McDonald's are blasting off into the new year with a Happy Meal designed to send kids' imaginations into orbit. The crayon brand and fast food chain have teamed together for the first time...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Children around the world will discover a colorful side to space exploration with their next Happy Meal...
NASA's Artemis II crew rehearsed their launch day activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday (Dec. 20), and in doing so revealed their ride to their rocket — again.
NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II crew ride to launch pad
Artemis II, meet Astrovan II. NASA's first astronauts who will fly by the moon in more than 50 years participated in a practice launch countdown, including taking their first trip on a transport vehic...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NASA's Artemis II crew rehearsed their launch day activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday (Dec. 20), and in doing so revealed their ride to their rocket — again.
Jared "Rook" Isaacman was sworn in as NASA's head on Thursday (Dec. 18). He is NASA's fourth administrator to have flown into space and is the first chief to be born during the space shuttle program.
Private astronaut Jared Isaacman sworn in as NASA Administrator
NASA has a new chief, just in time for the new year. Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who self-financed two history-making spaceflights, was sworn into office the day after the Senate voted ...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Jared "Rook" Isaacman was sworn in as NASA's head on Thursday (Dec. 18). He is NASA's fourth administrator to have flown into space and is the first chief to be born during the space shuttle program.
On Christmas Eve 1999, seven Santa hats circled the planet. Now more than quarter century later, one of those red and white caps is on display, but only for the holiday season.
Astronaut's space shuttle-flown Santa hat on display for the season
A red and white conical cap that circled the world one Christmas Eve -- not atop a jolly old man riding a reindeer-guided sled, but rather on a NASA astronaut aboard a space shuttle -- has gone on dis...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
On Christmas Eve 1999, seven Santa hats circled the planet. Now more than quarter century later, one of those red and white caps is on display, but only for the holiday season.
For the third year in a row, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will feature deep space images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on its Priority Mail postage stamps for 2026.
US Postal Service returns to Webb Space Telescope for 2026 Priority Mail stamps
Given its latest pair of Priority Mail stamps revealed for the new year, maybe the U.S. Postal Service should consider relabeling its expedited deliveries as
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December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For the third year in a row, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will feature deep space images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on its Priority Mail postage stamps for 2026.
The "white room" that the next moon-bound astronauts will use to enter their spacecraft on the launch pad has been painted to display the Artemis program logo...
Artemis adornment: NASA paints program logo on launch gantry white room
NASA's
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December 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The "white room" that the next moon-bound astronauts will use to enter their spacecraft on the launch pad has been painted to display the Artemis program logo...
NASA's Artemis IV crew will land with and deploy a small, four-wheel rover, becoming the first astronauts to work alongside a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.
Lunar Outpost rover to study lunar dust alongside Artemis astronauts on moon
B-9 had Will Robinson. Twiki had Buck Rogers. And, of course, C-3PO and R2-D2 had Luke Skywalker. Now, in a scenario straight out of science fiction, MAPP will have whoever NASA names to the crew of t...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NASA's Artemis IV crew will land with and deploy a small, four-wheel rover, becoming the first astronauts to work alongside a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.
The pair of twin rocket boosters that will power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon can now properly serve as candles for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and founding of the United States.
NASA reveals 'America 250' logo on rocket launching astronauts to the moon
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon, recently remarked that flying during the United States' 250th anniversary has definitely got him and his crew
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December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The pair of twin rocket boosters that will power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon can now properly serve as candles for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and founding of the United States.
The newly-announced NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket from LEGO does something that no prior LEGO set of the moon-bound vehicle has done before: launch!
LEGO announces new NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally!) in 2026
How do you top a highly-detailed scale model of NASA's new moon-bound rocket and its support tower? If you are LEGO, you make it so it can actually lift off. The NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocke...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The newly-announced NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket from LEGO does something that no prior LEGO set of the moon-bound vehicle has done before: launch!
Soyuz MS-28 arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday (Nov. 27), bringing three new crew members just in time for a Thanksgiving Day feast...
Soyuz MS-28 crew makes Thanksgiving Day arrival at International Space Station
The first-ever space crew to launch on Thanksgiving Day has made it official: you cannot escape holiday traffic, even if you are in orbit. For the first time, there was only one available parking spot...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Soyuz MS-28 arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday (Nov. 27), bringing three new crew members just in time for a Thanksgiving Day feast...
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and The Jim Henson Company are bringing Gobo, Red and Uncle Traveling Matt to Florida for a new stage show...
Launch your cares away, Fraggles coming to NASA for 'Space-y' play
Uncle Traveling Matt is finally going to discover that
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November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and The Jim Henson Company are bringing Gobo, Red and Uncle Traveling Matt to Florida for a new stage show...
Estes Rockets' latest flying model reproduces Russia's Soyuz in museum-quality detail. The $130 kit includes more than 100 parts that were formed using various molding methods, as well as the first 3D-printed resin component in an Estes product.
Russia's Soyuz made by Estes into highly-detailed flying model rocket
The world's most flown rocket is about to see its flight rate increase, albeit at a small scale. Russia's Soyuz has been made into a detailed collector's model capable of flight. Released by Estes, th...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Estes Rockets' latest flying model reproduces Russia's Soyuz in museum-quality detail. The $130 kit includes more than 100 parts that were formed using various molding methods, as well as the first 3D-printed resin component in an Estes product.
On Monday (Nov. 17), the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, broke ground for a new 20,000-square-foot expansion that among other purposes will display the original full-scale space shuttle mockup built by Rockwell in 1972.
Project Inspiration: Groundbreaking marks display site for original mock space shuttle
An astronaut led a ground breaking in Downey, California, beginning to clear the way for a new education complex and permanent home for the original full-scale
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November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
On Monday (Nov. 17), the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, broke ground for a new 20,000-square-foot expansion that among other purposes will display the original full-scale space shuttle mockup built by Rockwell in 1972.
The first installations in the Kent Kresa Space Gallery include a walkthrough solid rocket booster segment, a space shuttle main engine and a Rocket Lab Electron small-lift booster.
Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery
It took the California Science Center more than three years to erect its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, including stacking NASA's space shuttle Endeavour for its launch pad-like display. Now ...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The first installations in the Kent Kresa Space Gallery include a walkthrough solid rocket booster segment, a space shuttle main engine and a Rocket Lab Electron small-lift booster.
The New Mexico Museum of Space History is restoring a big part of the state's role in sending astronauts to the moon...
Little Joe (II), big project: Apollo abort test rocket being restored at NM museum
A rare surviving example of a NASA rocket that was used to test the first spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon is being restored 60 years after its last use. A Little Joe II is being refurbished a...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Space History is restoring a big part of the state's role in sending astronauts to the moon...
After six months in space and finding a "tiny" debris strike had damaged their ride home, China's Shenzhou 20 crew landed on the Shenzhou 21 capsule on Friday (Nov. 14).
China's Shenzhou 20 crew lands safely after debris hit causes capsule swap
China's fifth space station crew is safely home on Earth, despite their spacecraft still being docked to the orbiting Tiangong outpost. Shenzhou 20 taikonauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie lan...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
After six months in space and finding a "tiny" debris strike had damaged their ride home, China's Shenzhou 20 crew landed on the Shenzhou 21 capsule on Friday (Nov. 14).