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July 15, 2026

Apollo 11's broken switch and mission-saving pen sell for $860K at auction

A dried out marker and a snapped off piece of plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby's auction. What otherwise might be worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids of the sale due to where the two items were 57 years ago on the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

July 14, 2026

Ex-SpaceX flight doc and two cosmonauts launch on Soyuz MS-29 to ISS

The first former SpaceX employee to fly into space as a NASA astronaut, Anil Menon, lifted off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, flying with two cosmonauts, Pytor Dubrov and Anna Kikina, the latter the first to have flown on board a SpaceX Dragon capsule.


July 11, 2026

Cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov, 2nd Bulgarian in space, dies at 74

Aleksandr Aleksandrov, the second Bulgarian to fly into space and the first to live on a space station, has died at the age of 74. Aleksandrov flew on Soyuz TM-5, a visiting mission during the Mir space station's third long-duration expedition.


July 9, 2026

Wally Funk, last of the 'Mercury 13' and oldest woman in space, dies at 87

Wally Funk, who in 2021 became the oldest woman to fly into space — 60 years after she and 12 other women sought the same opportunity as NASA's original astronauts — has died at the age of 87. Funk was the last living member of the "Mercury 13."


July 6, 2026

Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen is leaving the Canadian Space Agency

The first non-American to fly to the moon has announced he is retiring from the Canadian Space Agency. Jeremy Hansen, who flew as as mission specialist aboard NASA's Artemis II mission, will leave his career as a CSA astronaut in September.
July 11, 2026

Astronaut Barbie lands at post offices with new US stamp release

With Barbie you can be anything, even an astronaut ... on a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service "honored the possibilities and hope" conveyed by Mattel's line of fashion dolls by issuing ten Barbie stamps, including one depicting Astronaut Barbie.


July 10, 2026

LEGO reveals Hubble Space Telescope Icons set coming August 1

The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the building blocks of the cosmos for more than 35 years. Now, it is its turn to be made up of toy bricks. The LEGO Icons Hubble Space Telescope is a 1,252-piece kit aimed at adult LEGO fans.


July 9, 2026

Collectible cut from booster that launched all five space shuttles

A new, limited edition collectible is both a flown artifact from a historic NASA space program and a souvenir of a one-of-a-kind museum exhibit. MotorArt PlaneTags is set to begin sales of its Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster tags.


July 5, 2026

NASA astronauts will plant US Capitol-flown American flag on next moon landing

NASA now has the next United States flag to be deployed on the surface of the moon. A member of the last mission to land on the moon, joined by the most recent astronauts to fly there, accepted the banner as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebration.

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June 27, 2026
WLOX

Biloxi dedicates Fred Haise Landing along Highway 90 to honor Apollo 13 astronaut


The City of Biloxi on Saturday dedicated the area surrounding the Fred Haise statue along Highway 90 as the "Fred Haise Landing," honoring the Apollo 13 astronaut and Biloxi native.

June 25, 2026
Florida Today

KSC Visitor Complex plans future upgrades to improve rocket-launch viewing


Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex officials are planning long-term upgrades over a 15-year span at the Apollo/Saturn V Center to accommodate thousands of additional rocket launch spectators, NASA permitting records show.

June 24, 2026
Billboard

PJ Harvey Returns With Cosmic New Track 'Voyager' Inspired by NASA Missions


PJ Harvey is sending a message from deep space. The British singer-songwriter has unveiled "Voyager," a sweeping new track inspired by NASA's legendary Voyager probes, which were launched in 1977 and continue their journeys nearly five decades later.

May 29, 2026
CBS News

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida


A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

May 29, 2026
Xinhua

Shenzhou-22 return capsule touches down, astronauts all sound


The return capsule of the Shenzhou-22 spaceship, carrying the Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site on Friday.
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