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Flight suit worn on 1st all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display

When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit.

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Documentary director redefines astronaut Eileen Collins as the 'Spacewoman' (interview)

The dictionary defines "spacewoman" as simply "a woman astronaut." In the case of its latest usage, though, the term carries more meaning. "Spacewoman" is a new film about Eileen Collins.

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Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston

The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.

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At 60 years, monument to NASA's Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule?

A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464?

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Moon RACER: Intuitive Machines takes lunar rover out for debut drive

Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather's moon buggy. The company's Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, just made its public debut.

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Chef Duff Goldman spins up moon-shaped cake for NASA 'Taste of Space'

Duff Goldman, the host of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes," has for a third year brought a space-themed cake to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

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NASA's Robonaut-2 reunited with its ride into space at Smithsonian

NASA's space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.

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Exclusive: Doritos' 1st ad filmed in space features special 'zero-g' chips (video)

It is not a sound often heard in Earth orbit, but in the newly released footage of snack and space history being made, it is clearly there. *Crunch* Doritos is releasing its first ad filmed in space.

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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour

The new home of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour, the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, has reached new heights and the California Science Center is celebrating with a "topping off" ceremony.

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Gateway gift: Northrop Grumman delivers lunar-orbit hab for Space Center Houston display

A full-scale mockup of the astronaut accommodations for a small space station orbiting the moon has arrived at Space Center Houston. Northrop Grumman has donated its prototype for the Gateway HALO.

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'Aurora' the baby falcon plush toy takes flight again as SpaceX Crew-9 zero-g indicator

A tradition borrowed from the Russian space program has physically crossed over to an U.S. spacecraft. The "zero-g indicator" that launched on SpaceX's Crew-9 previously flew on two Russian Soyuz.

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'Space for Birds': Astronaut Roberta Bondar captures avian habitats from Earth, in air and on orbit in new book (interview)

Roberta Bondar knew that she would not be able to hear birds, let alone seen them from space, but when she really thought about it, their absence struck her deeply.

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Statue of fallen 'Teacher-in-Space' Christa McAuliffe unveiled at NH state house

A statue of Christa McAuliffe, NASA's "Teacher-in-Space" who died on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, has been unveiled in New Hampshire, the state where she taught.

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Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)

An early mockup of NASA's winged orbiters, Pathfinder was returned to its position atop a space shuttle propulsion "stack" at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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NASA looking at what artifacts to preserve from space station before 2030 demise

Two years after stating there were no plans to save artifacts from the end of the International Space Station, NASA is in the early stages of identifying what small parts of the complex to preserve.

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Omega, Tang and Fruit of the Loom: The real and fake ads in 'Fly Me to the Moon'

"Brands get a tie-in money can't buy and NASA works its way into the minds of everyday people." That is the pitch made by Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) in the new movie "Fly Me to the Moon."

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'Fly Me to the Moon' director on faking the real and fake moon landing (interview)

For his new movie "Fly Me to the Moon," director Greg Berlanti faked the historic first moon landing. But fear not, space fans, that does not mean what you might think it means.

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'Space Cadet' applies humor to NASA astronaut selection, says film director (interview)

Right now, NASA astronauts are helping to review thousands of applications to join their ranks. Chances are none of the submissions are from the likes of Tiffany "Rex" Simpson in "Space Cadet."

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SpaceX Dragon joins Mercury and Apollo capsules on display in Chicago

A twice-flown SpaceX capsule has debuted at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, next to a Mercury spacecraft and an Apollo command module.

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New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)

Adam Higginbotham was out with his first book when he got the idea. "People often asked me whether I remembered where I was when I heard the news about Chernobyl." He didn't, but recalled Challenger.

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Houston, we have an encore: ISS virtual reality experience 'The Infinite' returns

What do you do for an encore after you have virtually transported thousands of Houstonians to the International Space Station? If you are Felix & Paul, you invite them back, to fly to the moon.

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Historic space-baked cookie lands in the Smithsonian

It's been four years since it was made, but if you could smell it, you'd find it still retains the whiff of a DoubleTree Cookie. The first food item baked in space is now at the Smithsonian.

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'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicator

What has one horn, two crewmates and shares a name with its ride into orbit? "Calypso," the plush sequined narwhal that is flying on the crew flight test of "Calypso," Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

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ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

Vulcan, United Launch Alliance's new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of being exposed to gamma rays or the bite of a radioactive spider, but it does have an origin story worthy of a comic book.

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Adam Sandler's 'Spaceman' used NASA artifacts to create sci-fi film's spaceship

There is a scene in "Spaceman" where Adam Sandler, playing a Czech astronaut, floats by a brown duffle bag. What sets the bag apart is that it is an authentic piece of space equipment.

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