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July 15, 2024

Seiko pays colorful tribute to Skylab-flown 'Pogue' chronograph with new watch

A new wristwatch pays tribute to the first automatic chronograph that was worn in space. Seiko has revealed its Prospex Speedtimer SSC947 with a colorway based on the watch that astronaut Bill Pogue launched to the Skylab orbital workshop.


July 15, 2024

'Meatball' milestone: NASA's original logo still soars after 65 years

One of the world's best known — and certainly most-traveled — logos is 65 years old. Since its announcement on July 15, 1959, the NASA insignia has adorned t-shirts and spacesuits, been reproduced 10 stories tall and reached the moon and Mars.


July 15, 2024

Omega, Tang and Fruit of the Loom: The real and fake ads in 'Fly Me to the Moon'

"Brands get a tie-in money can't buy and NASA works its way into the minds of everyday people." That is the pitch made by marketing maven Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) in the new movie "Fly Me to the Moon," now in theaters.


July 12, 2024

'Fly Me to the Moon' director on faking the real and fake moon landing (interview)

For his new movie "Fly Me to the Moon," director Greg Berlanti faked the historic first moon landing. But fear not space fans, that does not mean what you might think it means. collectSPACE spoke with Berlanti about the film and recreating the real past.


July 11, 2024

Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91

Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's first flights into space on board the X-15 rocket plane preceded him becoming a NASA astronaut and launching twice on the space shuttle.


July 4, 2024

'Space Cadet' applies comedy to NASA's astronaut selection process, says director

Right now, NASA astronauts are helping to review the thousands of applications that the space agency has received to join their ranks. Chances are, though, that none of the submissions are from the likes of Tiffany "Rex" Simpson in the movie "Space Cadet."


July 2, 2024

Astronaut ice cream turns 50: freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room temperature treat, which melts as the freeze-dried ice cream rehydrates in your mouth, was first sold to the public in 1974.


July 1, 2024

Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, the NASA commander of the ill-fated flight of space shuttle Challenger, is being remembered 40 years after his first spaceflight by Northrop Grumman with the naming of a commercial, space station-bound cargo spacecraft.


July 1, 2024

'Great Food Truck Race' blasts off on 17th season with stop at NASA

"The Great Food Truck Race" lifted off for its 17th season on the Food Network by touching down at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Celebrity chef Tyler Florence welcomed nine teams to their first competition, the "Blast Off Challenge."


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July 10, 2024
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William E. Burrows, Historian of the Space Age, Is Dead at 87


William E. Burrows, who as a journalist and author explored the promise and perils posed by outer space — including the proliferation of weapons and spy satellites and the threat of potentially earth-shattering asteroids — died on June 29 in Bridgeport, Conn. He was 87.

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Historic Marker Celebrates NASA Kennedy's Old Center Headquarters


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May 15, 2024
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April 30, 2024
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Springfield lands rocket engine from TN-AL border


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April 21, 2024
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Archaeological study of Cape Canaveral's first rocket launch site expands to 3D mapping


Wielding a handheld optical scanner, Jorge González meticulously maneuvered across an archaeological grid of white string and metal pins, creating a 3D digital map of a newly excavated steel-mat corridor that led into the long-demolished Bumper blockhouse.

April 15, 2024
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James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92


James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie Wyeth to document aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, died on March 22 in Washington. He was 92.