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: Capri Sun is celebrating the upcoming total lunar eclipse and Artemis II moon mission by giving away 10,000 pouches of its limited edition Blood Moon Punch. All that fans have to do is snap a photo of the moon and submit it at moon-punch.com over the next 10 days. The cherry-flavored drink comes in red-hued glow-in-the-dark pouches displaying one of the eight phases of the moon, from a crescent to quarter to gibbous.
Apple TV has released the trailer for season 5 of "For All Mankind," the alternate space history series returning on March 27. The two-minute tease shows why this next season might be retitled "For All Marskind," with the conflict focused on the growing divide between Earth and Mars. The series stars Joel Kinnaman as an Apollo astronaut and Alex Baldwin (Sean Kaufman), his grandson, on Mars in 2012, nine years after season 4.
: The U.S. Postal Service has two special pictorial postmarks ready for use during the upcoming Artemis II mission. The first flight to carry astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years will be commemorated with cancellations at post offices in Cape Canaveral and Houston. The interchangeable date devices depict the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, as well as the moon and Artemis Mission Control.
: Estes, the world's leader in model rockets, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled lift-off with a flying replica of Robert Goddard's 1926 rocket. Once assembled, the 1:5 scale model stands two feet tall and with a solid-fuel motor, can reach heights up to six times of the original. The $30 kit is rated at an "intermediate" skill level to build and differs from the original given its engine placement, fins and parachute.
: Astrolab will carry to the moon an American flag that previously spent 67 hours on the lunar surface. The company revealed that its FLIP (Flex Lunar Innovation Platform) rover will be adorned by a U.S. flag that was smuggled inside Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott's spacesuit but without knowledge. Now 55 years later, Scott has endorsed its one-way return trip. Astrolab's FLIP will fly to the moon's south pole on Astrobotic's Griffin Mission 1.
: Given the choice to send any Fraggle into (outer) outer space for real, John Tartaglia told collectSPACE he would pick Uncle Traveling Matt (despite that he performs Gobo). "I guess in the world of our show ["Fraggle Rock: A Space-y Adventure" now at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex], the one that makes sense would be Uncle Matt. I feel like he'd probably be screaming though, confused over what's all happening."
: Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday (Feb. 24) served as the "First Day of Issue" city for the U.S. Postal Service 2026 Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps. Both releases feature images captured by the Webb Space Telescope, continuing a theme of deep space views for its third year. The Priority Mail "Crab Nebula" and Priority Mail Express "Galaxy Pair" stamps are sold in panes of four at post offices nationwide.
: A helium flow issue with the Artemis II Space Launch System upper stage has resulted in NASA having to further delay the moon mission's launch to April. To gain access to the ICPS (interim cryogenic propulsion system), technicians need the SLS to be rolled back from its launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Depending on the pace of repairs, Artemis II may lift off no earlier than April 1.
: LEGO Education has two new kits that are aimed at getting kids to "Build. Solve. Invent." their future lives off of Earth. The Moon and Mars Mission Science Kits include the step-by-step instructions that are usual with LEGO sets, but only to build the equipment needed to carry out experiments to solve for problems and invent applications related to establishing lunar and martian bases. The sets also come with play builds and minifigures.
: The four members of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, who lifted off Friday (Feb. 13), opted to represent themselves and what tethers them to Earth by choosing a crocheted world and its four moons as their "zero-gravity indicator." Each of the "Planet Gaia" satellites has a theme that is personal to them, including Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir of NASA, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos.
: If you know Ryan Nagata's name, then you are likely familiar with with his high-fidelity replicas of Apollo spacesuits. Now he is adding space food to his repute. Nagata's Etsy shop is stocked with Apollo and shuttle dishes, or rather his recreations of such. Both the packaging and food inside are replicas, so they are truly shelf-stable for display. Nagata has also put together meals based on the first foods eaten at the moon.
: After a hydrogen leak and other issues cropped up during a test of the mission's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA delayed the liftoff of Artemis II, its first crewed flight to the moon in over 50 years. The "wet dress rehearsal" practiced the pre-launch activities, beginning about 49 hours prior to the countdown reaching T-minus 0. Another wet dress will be held before an official launch date is targeted, no earlier than March 6.
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