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December 1, 2020

Street artist Tristan Eaton to offer replicas of SpaceX-launched art

Tristan Eaton, a street artist whose original creations lifted off on SpaceX's first rocket to fly with NASA astronauts on board, is now ready for his own launch, of sorts: the sale of limited edition replicas of his space-flown "Human Kind" artwork.


December 1, 2020

Chang'e 5 probe lands on moon to collect and return lunar samples

China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon, moving a step closer to returning the first lunar samples to Earth in more than 40 years. The Chang'e 5 lander touched down in the moon's Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms").


November 24, 2020

Panel reviews designs for NASA's 'Hidden Figures' Congressional Gold Medals

When it comes to depicting the women mathematicians and engineers whose work helped to advance supersonic flight research and landing the first humans on the moon, do you show them as the "hidden figures" or bring them into the light?


November 23, 2020

China launches Chang'e 5 on first attempt at moon rock return in 44 years

China has launched a robotic spacecraft to the moon in an attempt to do something that has not been achieved in almost 45 years — return lunar samples to Earth. The Chang'e 5 mission lifted off on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.


November 20, 2020

'The Real Right Stuff' film trades actors for archival footage as series companion

About halfway through "The Real Right Stuff," the new National Geographic documentary now on Disney+ soars past the Mercury astronaut stories depicted in the eight-episode "The Right Stuff" series for which it serves as a nonfiction companion.


November 20, 2020

'The Right Stuff' recap: Hey, let's get up there ('Flight')

The first season of "The Right Stuff" comes to an end with the flight of the first American into space. But "Flight," the title of the eighth and last episode of the National Geographic series' inaugural run on Disney+, seems to refer to more than just the Mercury mission.


November 18, 2020

Cosmonauts prep for module removal on spacewalk out new airlock

Two cosmonauts opened a new door to the outside of the International Space Station while preparing for the replacement of a 19-year-old docking module. Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov inaugurated the use of the Poisk module as an airlock.


November 18, 2020

Law firm claims stake in tape strips used to lift moon dust off Apollo 11 sample bag

A Kansas City law firm has filed suit over what it claims is its financial stake in five small strips of possibly-moon-dust-stained carbon tape, extending a complicated legal saga that has surrounded a white zippered pouch used on the first moon landing.


November 16, 2020

'Baby Yoda' revealed as astronauts' zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission

The crewmates who lifted off on SpaceX's first operational crewed mission for NASA are proving "this is the way." The Crew-1 astronauts revealed their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of "The Child" from the Star Wars spinoff series "The Mandalorian."


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