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October 1, 2008 / 11:53 p.m. CT (0453 GMT Oct 2)
Fifty years, 50 collectibles: Over the past half century, NASA has been the inspiration for movies, music, technological innovation and many collectibles. It should be possible then to identify space history milestones by the memorabilia that was annually created as an outcome.
September 30, 2008 / 5:07 p.m. CT (2207 GMT)
ExPRESS delivery crew: NASA released Tuesday the assignments for space shuttle Discovery's STS-129 crew. Slated to bring two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELC) and two spare gyroscopes to the space station, the October 2009 mission will be led by Charles "Scorch" Hobaugh as commander, and pilot Barry "Butch" Wilmore. Robert Satcher, Randolph Bresnik, Michael Foreman and Leland Melvin will fly as mission specialists. Joining them for the ride back from the station will be Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, as the final International Space Station crew member to arrive or depart by shuttle.
September 29, 2008 / 7:06 p.m. CT (0006 GMT Sep 30)
Moonwalker and manager memoirs: Two new memoirs to be published in 2009, each by authors who were part of NASA's best or worst moments in history, were announced this past week. Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin is penning "Magnificent Desolation: The Long Road Home from the Moon," his third autobiography since 1973. Harmony Books will publish Aldrin's memoir, which will be about "his triumphs in space and [his] hard times back on Earth," in time for the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing. Hard times are also told in "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster" by Allan J. McDonald with historian James R. Hansen (author of Neil Armstrong's biography). The first book to cover the accident by an author who was involved in the decision to launch, McDonald directed the Solid Rocket Motor project.
September 28, 2008 / 10:45 p.m. CT (0345 GMT Sep 29)
SpaceX success: SpaceX made history on Sunday night, as their Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fueled launch vehicle to reach Earth orbit. Coming on their fourth try at a successful Falcon flight since 2006, the two-stage rocket carried a 364-pound payload, a mass simulator dubbed "RatSat" to a 385 by 410 mi. orbit.
September 28, 2008 / 7:21 a.m. CT (1221 GMT)
Shenzhou VII lands: Two days, 20 hours, and 28 minutes after launching, Shenzhou VII returned to Earth on Sunday, landing in Inner Mongolia at 4:38 a.m. CDT. Its crew, Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng were reported to be in good condition but were taken to a local hospital for observation. They're scheduled to return to Beijing on Monday, for a two-week quarantine recovery.
September 27, 2008 / 9:22 a.m. CT (1422 GMT)
Shenzhou VII's spacewalk: Zhai Zhigang made China's first spacewalk on Saturday, working outside Shenzhou VII for about 14 minutes. Saying he felt good, Zhai offered greetings to "my country and the world." At times waving a Chinese flag, he retrieved a solid lubricant experiment from outside the spacecraft to return to Earth. Clad in a Chinese-built Feitian spacesuit, Zhai was helped by Liu Boming, who occasionally poked his head outside.
September 26, 2008 / 8:34 p.m. CT (0134 GMT Sep 27)
Dust for display: Earlier this month, NASA packed up its Stardust capsule, the historic container that landed the world's first comet particles, and shipped it to the Smithsonian. The shuttlecock-shaped capsule will now go on public display starting Oct 1, NASA's 50th anniversary, sharing space with Friendship 7 and Apollo 11's Columbia.
September 25, 2008 / 10:26 p.m. CT (0326 GMT Sep 26)
Shenzhou VII souvenirs: The patch worn by the three Shenzhou VII crewmembers is triangular in shape, includes a depiction of three stars, the Earth, and a space walking astronaut, and inscriptions in both Chinese and English. The taikonauts' autographs are more difficult to describe but collectors are sharing reference examples.
September 25, 2008 / 9:49 a.m. CT (1449 GMT)
Shenzhou VII launches: Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng became China's fourth, fifth and sixth taikonauts in space on Thursday as their Shenzhou VII spacecraft reached orbit shortly after launching at 8:10 a.m. CDT. China's third manned mission, Shenzhou VII is the first with a three-person crew and among them, Zhai is scheduled to make China's first spacewalk on Friday. The outing will also debut the Chinese-built 'Feitian' space suit.
September 22, 2008 / 5:51 p.m. CT (2251 GMT)
Patch preview | Expedition 19: When the Expedition 19 crew members start arriving on-board the International Space Station in March 2009, they will gradually expand the outpost's population from the present three to six people. To represent them, the Expedition 19 patch depicts a simplified station orbiting over a whimsical blue, green, and white Earth, while the Sun splashes rays from behind the planet and 10 stars dot the space background.
September 22, 2008 / 3:39 p.m. CT (2039 GMT)
Shenzhou VII souvenirs: On Saturday, at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, the China Arts and Crafts Society revealed three medals commemorating the country's soon-to-be-launched third manned mission and the first to schedule a spacewalk. The "Shenzhou VII Souvenir Jade Medals" feature a "China Aerospace" logo and depictions of the launch, spacewalk, and landing. The medals official release coincides with the Sept. 25 launch.
September 20, 2008 / 3:54 p.m. CT (2054 GMT)
Two shuttles, two pads: For what may've been only the third -- and was likely the last time in history, two space shuttles stood on each of NASA's two launch pads Saturday, exposed as if they were both ready to liftoff. The double shuttle view was afforded by a coincidence of events: Endeavour's arrival at Pad 39B on Friday and the anticipated roll-out of Atlantis payload to Pad 39A later on Saturday. As if the sight of the twin spacecraft wasn't rare enough, a rainbow was seen stretching between the pads.
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