Two Russian cosmonauts stepped out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk that included the deploy of small satellites in tribute to the dawn of the space age. Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy pitched a trio of nanosatellites in honor of Sputnik.

Don Pettit has never looked up to see a total eclipse. Twice though, he's looked down. As an International Space Station crewmember, Pettit is one of the few astronauts to not only view a total solar eclipse from space but see the moon's shadow cast down on Earth.

Next-generation NASA spacecraft have new cameos as part of the relaunched Mission: SPACE ride at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, but the refreshed attraction jettisons reference to the space agency itself. Riders can now experience Earth and Mars flights.

Could NASA's space shuttle be the next real launch vehicle to enter the LEGO universe? A fan-designed, scale model of the reusable spacecraft, sized to match the Saturn V, has soared on LEGO Ideas since lifting off less than a month ago.

Hardware from one of NASA's retired space shuttle orbiters had a critical role in landing the Curiosity Mars rover. A helium regulator that flew on multiple missions as part of the winged spacecraft was re-launched as a key component of the rover's descent stage.

"Space archaeologist" might be expected as a job description for a fictional character on an interplanetary mission to find the ruins of an alien civilization. But a handful of real-life archaeologists are already planning to study culture in space, of the human variety.

A manufacturer that specializes in producing nautical torches is shining light on a lantern that was flown to the moon almost 50 years ago. Barbolight, based in Madrid, Spain, has created a modern replica of the penlight that was used by NASA's Apollo astronauts.

A rare gold model of an Apollo lunar module gifted to Neil Armstrong shortly after the first moon landing in 1969 has been stolen from the Ohio museum that bears the astronaut's name. Police responded to a burglary alarm at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.

The grandson of a Russian rocket scientist, the grandson of Amelia Earhart's authorized photographer and an Italian who will be the oldest professional astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station launched to Earth orbit on a five month mission.