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: You can use your smartphone to capture a total lunar eclipse and a limited edition drink. Capri Sun is rolling out its new flavor, "Moon Punch," in a collectible, glow-in-the-dark pouch by inviting its fans to snap a photo of the eclipse that will be visible from most of North America on Wednesday night (March 13). There are eight pouch designs, each depicting a moon phase. Moon Punch will also be sold by Amazon, Walmart, Target and Kroger.
: Nichole Ayers and her three SpaceX Crew-10 crewmates are very proud of their mission patch, a design that began with Ayers finding inspiration from the ideas generated by an AI. As it turns out, one of the AI chatbots is proud of it, too. "It's cool that astronauts, who are already pushing boundaries by venturing into space, are also embracing tools like AI to symbolize their missions." The patch may point to a future for AI in space.
: Intuitive Machines' second Nova-C lander, named "Athena," is on the moon, but at an "off-nominal" angle on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole. Athena brought with it to the surface NASA and commercial payloads, including Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover; Intuitive Machines' Micro-Nova Hopper "Grace"; a lunar surface cellular network from Nokia; and PRIME-1, a NASA drill that was to (and may still) search for water ice.
: As of 2:34 a.m. CST (0834 GMT) on Sunday (March 2), the moon is home to a new spacecraft. Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first Blue Ghost, becoming just the second company in history to safely reach the lunar surface. Blue Ghost is now a platform for 10 NASA-provided payloads and first-of-its-kind demonstrations, which will operate for a full lunar day (14 Earth days), ending with a sunset at Mare Crisium.
: The numbers "19" and "65" are visible (in both white and UV light) on Swatch's new MoonSwatch as a nod to the year that NASA first qualified the Omega Speedmaster for use on U.S. spaceflights. The MoonSwatch 1965 features both vintage and modern details, borrowing its white dial from the Speedmaster first introduced in 2024 and Omega logo from the 1964 original. The MoonSwatch 1965 goes on sale for $270 on March 1.
: A year after landing the first commercial spacecraft on the moon, Intuitive Machines' second Nova-C lander is on its way to the lunar south pole. "Athena" lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a path to reach Mons Mouton on March 6, beginning 10 days of lunar surface operations. Among Athena's payloads are two rovers, a "hopper," a NASA-provided drill, the first data center on the moon and a 4G/LTE network demo by Nokia.
: Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, Artemis II crewmates Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Tom Hanks received standing ovations from an audience of about 500 people on Monday (March 10), as they took to the stage following a premiere screening of "The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks" at Space Center Houston. The five discussed the impact of the immersive film and exploring the moon.
NASA's Artemis II crew wants your help designing the zero-g indicator that will fly with them around the moon. In the Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge, students and adults can submit their original ideas for the small toy to be made by NASA's Thermal Blanket Lab technicians. The dolls are constrained by size, weight and material, and need to be meaningful to the mission, as well as "represent humanity."
: We don't know what Lego and Lunar Outpost have planned, other than a "future product," but we are here for their collaboration. The Danish toy company revealed its partnership with the Colorado space robotics firm as the latter's first lunar rover left Earth for the moon. Lego did not share any other details, but did promise "more than a few surprises along the way," as its work together with Lunar Outpost blasts off "later this year."
: To land Blue Ghost on the moon, Firefly Aerospace laid out 14 major mission milestones from Earth to the lunar surface. To land your own Blue Ghost, you will need to follow 42 steps. The Blue Ghost Mission 1 Building Blocks Set creates a 1:18 scale model of the moon lander from 196 Lego-like pieces. The kit is specific to the current "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission, featuring a few of the NASA-provided instruments.
: A new delivery of supplies is now on its way to the International Space Station with the launch of Russia's Progress MS-30 (91P) uncrewed cargo ship. The craft's fairing was decorated with logos celebrating the upcoming 100th birthday of the late cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev and the 60th anniversary of the world's first spacewalk on the 1965 Voskhod 2 mission he commanded. The launch shroud was jettisoned in flight.
: What got started as an apparel company contributing its insulation technology for use on a commercial lunar lander has now inspired the sale of limited edition clothing for the brand's second trip to the moon. In other words, Columbia Sportswear's Omni-Heat Infinity tech has come full circle. A new long-sleeve and a graphic tee celebrate Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander "Athena" and Columbia's role shielding the mission.
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