2026 • Jan 28
I bought "Remove Before Flight" tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they're from Challenger
"This is an attempt to learn more..." ...
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2025 • Dec 24
NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad
Moon-bound astronauts rehearse their launch-day activities with a repurposed ride. ...
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2025 • Dec 09
NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon
NASA crew will be the first astronauts to work with a robot on a celestial body other than Earth. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery
Filling space in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's Kent Kresa Space Gallery. ...
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2025 • Nov 15
The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board
"Blue" and "Gold" are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027. ...
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2025 • Oct 27
25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station
From the makers of Apollo in Real Time comes a site with 500 times more data. ...
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2025 • Sep 29
Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand
"Removing an item from the National Collection is not a viable solution..." ...
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2025 • Sep 23
NASA names 24th astronaut class, including prior SpaceX crew member
NASA's 24th astronaut class since selecting the Mercury astronauts in 1959. ...
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2025 • Aug 09
James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died
Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice. ...
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2025 • Aug 08
Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle
Generating "...public resistance to the provision's enforcement." ...
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2025 • Aug 06
Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one
"The acting administrator has made an identification." ...
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