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March 6, 2014 / 8:55 a.m. CT (1455 GMT)
Some disassembly required: When NASA 905, NASA's original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, moves to Space Center Houston this spring, it will do so in several still-very-large pieces. The dismantling of the historic jumbo jet will allow for NASA 905 to navigate from Ellington Field to the Johnson Space Center's official visitor center, where, once it is reassembled, the airplane will be paired with the space shuttle Independence high-fidelity mockup for display.
March 5, 2014 / 8:50 a.m. CT (1450 GMT)
Mars map blasts off: Just a week after the launch of its Mars Crater Map crowd-funding project, Uwingu says it has raised more than $80,000 through the naming of over 6,000 of the Martian landmarks. Though the names it charts are unofficial, Uwingu has entered into a partnership that will put its map into use on the Red Planet. Mars One, which aims to land four astronauts on Mars in 2025, will fly and use the Uwingu map on its robotic and human flights.
March 4, 2014 / 6:20 p.m. CT (0020 GMT March 5)
William Pogue, 1930-2014: Skylab 3 (SL-4) pilot William R. "Bill" Pogue died on Monday (March 3). He was 84. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1966, Pogue had been slated to fly to the moon on Apollo 19 but the mission was canceled due to budget cuts. Instead, Pogue spent 84 days onboard the United States' first space station, setting (with his crewmates) a record for the longest human space flight at that time (1974). Prior to his joining NASA, Pogue was a pilot with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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March 2, 2014 / 11:35 p.m. CT (0535 GMT March 3)
Pull of "Gravity": "Gravity" was in full force at the Academy Awards on Sunday evening (March 2), pulling in seven Oscars, including best director for Alfonso Cuarón. The space thriller, which featured detailed depictions of real-life spacecraft and was made with technical advice by astronauts aboard the real space station, won all but three of the Oscars for which it was nominated. The real crew of the International Space Station sent congratulations to the filmmakers on the awards, thanking them for "bringing this ultimate in extreme environments to moviegoers."
February 28, 2014 / 5:05 p.m. CT (2305 GMT)
@NASAArmstrong: The process to rename Dryden Flight Research Center for Apollo 11 moonwalker Neil Armstrong began on Friday (Feb. 28), as NASA updated its website and social media addresses. Over the course of the next several months, work will commence to make the physical changes at the California center, where its nearby test range will carry forth the Dryden name. A formal public ceremony marking the "Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center" and "Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range" as the facilities' new names is planned for later this spring.
February 27, 2014 / 1:10 p.m. CT (1910 GMT)
People's map of Mars: If NASA's Curiosity Mars rover someday reaches the summit of Mount Sharp at the center of Gale Crater, it may be able to see a 1-mile wide depression now forever to be known — at least on one map — as collectSPACE crater. "Named in celebration of the thousands of space history enthusiasts who comprise the collectSPACE community," the crater was recorded on Uwingu's new website, which seeks to name all of the Red Planet's 500,000 unlabeled craters, while raising funds for grants in space exploration, research and education.
February 25, 2014 / 7:35 p.m. CT (0135 GMT Feb 26)
'Gravity' drops: On Sunday (Feb. 23), Rick Mastracchio watched "Gravity." That, alone, wouldn't be so newsworthy if it wasn't for his being aboard the International Space Station at the time. "Let's call it training," he posted to Twitter. Now everyone can do the same (watch 'Gravity,' not screen it on the space station). Tuesday, Warner Bros. released "Gravity" on Blu-ray and DVD for the Earth-bound masses, including hours of extras that explore the making of the movie and the real science behind space debris.
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February 24, 2014 / 1:35 p.m. CT (1935 GMT)
Solar System stamps: The "Solar System" is among a list of approved subjects that the U.S. Postal Service is planning, but has not yet announced, for issue in 2014, according to a list leaked to the Washington Post. Now in design development, the solar system stamps would be the first space or astronomy-related stamps the USPS has released since the 2011 "Mercury Project" (Alan Shepard) and "MESSENGER Mission" pair. The upcoming planetary postage is targeted for October, per another leaked list.
February 21, 2014 / 4:30 a.m. CT (1030 GMT)
Dale Gardner, 1948-2014: A two-time space shuttle astronaut who was the last to fly the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) jetpack as he helped to perform the first space salvage of faulty satellites in orbit, Dale Gardner died Wednesday (Feb. 19). He was 65. Gardner flew on orbiters Challenger and Discovery as a part of the STS-8 and STS-51A crews in 1983 and 1984, respectively. A naval officer, Gardner joined the astronaut corps in 1978 with the "Thirty-Five New Guys," NASA's first recruits for the shuttle.
February 19, 2014 / 8:00 p.m. CT (0200 GMT Feb 20)
Valery Kubasov, 1935-2014: One of the two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the first US and Russian space mission, Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov died Wednesday (Feb. 19). He was 79. A veteran of three flights, Kubasov also served as the pilot of the 1969 Soyuz 6 mission and commanded Soyuz 36 in 1980. He was first selected as a cosmonaut in 1966.
February 18, 2014 / 3:05 p.m. CT (2105 GMT)
Must-see space TV: Coming to a television network near you: astronauts! From a return appearance by Mike Massimino on "The Big Bang Theory" to an unprecedented two-hour live special from the real International Space Station, astronauts are set to become TV stars. All four of the major U.S. networks have space-themed programming ready to go or in development, including "Astronaut Wives Club" (ABC), "Extant" (CBS), "Mission Control" (NBC), and "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" (FOX/NatGeo Channel).
February 14, 2014 / 2:45 p.m. CT (2045 GMT)
Shuttle exhibit gains wings: Visitors to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will be cleared for liftoff when the museum's new Space Shuttle Exhibit opens to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The display, featuring NASA's first Crew Compartment Trainer, allows guests to experience the size and shape of a full-scale space shuttle orbiter by entering the payload bay to view inside the flight deck and mid-deck once used to train NASA astronauts.
February 12, 2014 / 1:10 p.m. CT (1910 GMT)
Olympic meteorite medals: One year after falling to Earth over Russia, small pieces of the Chelyabinsk meteorite are landing at the center of special medallions to be bestowed to the Sochi Olympic athletes who earn gold on Saturday (Feb. 15). The meteorite-adorned medals will be awarded as a bonus to the official Olympic gold medals at a presentation separate from the podium ceremony.
February 11, 2014 / 3:10 p.m. CT (2110 GMT)
European space euros: Monnaie de Paris, France's national mint, has issued a limited set of gold and silver coins to commemorate Europe's exploits in space. The "50 Years of European Space Cooperation" coins feature the Ariane 5 rocket as the European Space Agency's "best known and most popular symbol" of European cooperation in space. The coins come in four euro denominations, with three (200, 50, 5) minted in gold and 10 euro silver proof.
February 10, 2014 / 2:15 p.m. CT (2015 GMT)
Coca-Cola recycles space can: In a newly-aired TV commercial timed (and themed) for the Olympics, Coca-Cola has returned to its design for its 1985 space Coke can. The ad, which features an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station watching their nations go head-to-head in a hockey match, is not too far from reality. The real space station crew may not have soda drinks, but are watching the Winter Games.
February 7, 2014 / 2:55 p.m. CT (2055 GMT)
Space to Sochi: The opening ceremony for the XXII Winter Olympic Games featured on Friday (Feb. 7) spacesuited dancers, a large Vostok rocket, real cosmonauts carrying the Russian and Olympic flags, and, to light the Olympic Cauldron, a torch flown on board and outside the International Space Station. The torch, which launched to space and back last November, was the third of its kind to reach orbit and the first-ever to be carried on a spacewalk.
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