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Cosmonaut candidates: Russia has named the members of its 17th class of cosmonauts after a year and a half recruitment. The eight men include military pilots, an airline pilot, an economist, aircraft and spacecraft engineers and the younger brother of a cosmonaut now on board the International Space Station. The candidates must still pass two years of training before being eligible for spaceflights.
Gold medals for 'Hidden Figures': NASA's real "Hidden Figures" have been put forward for the highest honor bestowed by Congress. Legislation introduced in the Senate seeks to honor Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden with the Congressional Gold Medal for their service to NASA during the early years of U.S. human spaceflight. If the act passes, the four will be NASA's first women to receive the prestigious award.
From Crip to commercial crew: It has been 40 years since NASA last assigned a crew to test fly a U.S. spacecraft. Now as the agency prepares to announce its next selections, the space shuttle's first pilot, Bob Crippen recalls his experience and shares the advice he would offer to the astronauts who will test fly Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon commercial crew vehicles.
Spacesuit streetwear: Heron Preston's new collection blends the astronaut aesthetic with streetwear to pay tribute to NASA's 60 years. The capsule, which includes hoodies, t-shirts and a silver denim jacket, features the space agency's former NASA "worm" logotype. Preston's line also incorporates a three-way backpack inspired by the portable life support system worn by spacewalking astronauts.
Apollo 11 loops: The Apollo 11 mission flew to the moon, landed on the lunar surface and returned to Earth in 195 hours. In that same stretch of time, flight controllers' discussions amounted to 100 times that amount of audio. Now, almost 50 years later, those 19,000 hours of archived communication loops are publicly available for the first time thanks to NASA and the University of Texas at Dallas.
First moonwalker's memorabilia: Six years after Neil Armstrong died, his personal items are being sold. Armstrong's family is working with Heritage Auctions of Dallas to sell more than 2,000 mementos and historical artifacts that belonged to the first moonwalker, including medals and flags that flew on Apollo 11. The first lots will debut for bids in early November, with more auctions to come next year.
'Apollo 11': NEON and CNN Films on Friday (July 20) announced "Apollo 11," a cinematic space event film from director Todd Douglas Miller ("Dinosaur 13"). The cinema-direct film promises to show audiences the first mission to land humans on the moon "like never before." A release date for "Apollo 11" has not yet been announced, but a 30-second teaser offers a glimpse at the new documentary.
'Three Missions': NASA's pursuit of landing astronauts on the moon is the theme of Field Notes' 39th limited edition release. Featuring three memo books and three "punch out and assemble" models, the "Three Missions" set celebrates the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs of the 1960s and early 1970s with facts, figures, photographs and three paper replicas of the early U.S. crewed spacecraft.
Towers toppled: The oldest standing launch structures at Cape Canaveral were imploded on Thursday (July 12), toppling gantries that supported 325 missiles and rockets. The two mobile service towers at Launch Complex 17 were used for Thor and Delta rocket launches from 1957 to 2011, including supporting some of the United States' most notable satellite and robotic spacecraft missions. LC-17 will continue in use without the towers as the testing ground for commercial lunar landers developed by Moon Express.
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