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October 6, 2025

Astronaut Chris Hadfield weaves real-life events into alt-history thriller 'Final Orbit'

Astronaut Chris Hadfield is having a really good time rewriting space history. In his latest novel, "Final Orbit," Hadfield reaches back 50 years to the space missions of the 1970s. Only in his take, some of the events play out dramatically different.


October 2, 2025

Vast selects IWC Schaffhausen as 'official timekeeper' for Haven space stations

A U.S. company developing what it plans to be the world's first commercial space station has chosen a Swiss luxury watchmaker to be its official timekeeper. Vast has partnered with IWC Schaffhausen to create timepieces and push the boundaries of watchmaking.


September 29, 2025

Astronaut-Senator to appropriators: Leave space shuttle Discovery in Smithsonian

A former NASA astronaut-turned-U.S. Senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his twice ride to space remain grounded and on display in the Smithsonian. Mark Kelly has joined with three senators to halt the move of space shuttle Discovery.


September 26, 2025

Renovations done, Cosmosphere offers a bright new look at space race

The space race of the past never looked so bright. The Cosmosphere has renovated its Hall of Space, a series of galleries that tours visitors through the nearly 70 years of space exploration using the museum's artifact collection and now new interactive displays.


September 24, 2025

Introducing Integrity: Artemis II astronauts name their Orion ride to moon

The first astronauts set to fly to the moon in more than 50 years will do so in Integrity. NASA's Artemis II crew revealed "Integrity" as the name of their Orion spacecraft. "We need to have a name for the Orion that we're going to ride this magical mission on."


September 22, 2025

NASA names 24th astronaut class to train for future Artemis missions

NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee group during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The class was selected out of 8,000+ applicants.


September 21, 2025

Science Museum, London opens 'Space' gallery featuring Apollo capsule, UK tech

The only spacecraft to carry astronauts to the moon and today be on display outside of the U.S. is back on exhibit. The Science Museum in London has returned to view NASA's Apollo 10 command module as part of the opening of its new gallery "Space."


September 20, 2025

Set 'SCE to Aux' and say ahh: Signature Edition patches celebrate NASA legends

Two celebrated NASA veterans who in their own ways were responsible for overseeing the health of the early U.S. space program, nurse Dee O'Hara and flight controller John Aaron, have now had their signature roles embroidered as limited, collectible patches.


September 16, 2025

Timex offers NASA Artemis-inspired and astronaut Snoopy watches

The first beagle on the moon and the space program launching the next astronauts there are on the face of new watches from Timex. The American company has launched the Timex X Peanuts Space and NASA-Inspired analog and digital collections.


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October 2, 2025
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Snoopy's NASA journey, from Apollo to Artemis, shines as Peanuts turns 75


As Peanuts celebrates the 75th anniversary of its first comic strip Thursday, it's difficult to tell the full story of Peanuts without highlighting its 50-plus-year relationship with the space agency. The same can be said from NASA's perspective.

September 10, 2025
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Astronaut participates in unveiling of 'moon tree' on Boise State's campus at First Friday Astronomy event


If you've ever dreamed of visiting the moon, you can now take one small step closer without ever leaving campus. On September 5, the Boise State Physics department planted a "moon tree" in front of the Education building — a Douglas fir seedling that traveled around the moon aboard NASA's Artemis I mission in 2022.

August 29, 2025
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Telluride First Look: Watch Clip From 'Earth To Michael,' Documentary About Astronaut, His Son, And The Space Between Them


In the documentary Earth to Michael, making its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, a cute little boy wearing an Endeavour Space Shuttle sweatshirt is interviewed by a reporter. She asks him his name and then inquires, "And where's your daddy?"

August 27, 2025
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South Carolina Wing Squadron Renamed for Astronaut


The South Carolina Wing's Anderson Composite Squadron has been rededicated as the Charles Duke, Jr., Composite Squadron, paying tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of Brig. Gen. Charles Moss Duke, Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force officer, Apollo 16 astronaut, and test pilot.

August 21, 2025
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Tom Hanks Recalls Night-Flying With Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell


During the deep dive into all things Apollo 13 amid preproduction for the film, Jim Lovell took me night-flying in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron from a grass-strip airfield outside of Austin, Texas. No one was at the airport, so after a pilot check walkaround of the airplane, we took off.

August 12, 2025
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Fifth Season Launches Apollo 13 Docu; Avi Belkin's 'Odyssey' Tells Tale From Perspective of Jim Lovell


Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks' performance in the Best Picture-nominated Ron Howard film, will have another screen moment. Days after the passing of Lovell at 97, a Fifth Season-financed documentary, Odyssey, is nearly complete and about to be brought to distributors.

August 9, 2025
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Returns, Splashes Down Off California


The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program completed the agency's 10th commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Saturday.

August 6, 2025
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Mistakenly sold NASA command trailer could be yours — for $199K


Space fans looking to camp out in style have a chance to pick up an Airstream trailer that once served as the Convoy Command Vehicle for NASA's Space Shuttle operations at Edwards Air Force Base — if they have a couple hundred thousand to spare, that is.