The 441st person to fly above Earth's atmosphere and first to earn U.S. commercial astronaut wings in the process, Mike Melvill died Thursday (March 19) at the age of 85.

NASA has put out a draft request for proposal for how to move its historic flown spacecraft around the country...

First there was the "Original 7." Later came the "Hairballs," the "Hogs" and the "Flying Escargot." More recently, there were the "Chumps," "8 Balls," "Turtles" and "Flies." Now, meet the "Platypi," the official nickname of NASA's 24th astronaut candidate class...

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona now has the crew module access tunnel that led into and out of the space shuttle orbiters while in the second of three servicing hangars at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

With 1957 being the year most often associated with the start of the Space Age, it is rare to celebrate a centennial for a spaceflight event. Monday (March 16) marks a significant 100th anniversary: the launch of the world's first liquid fuel rocket by Robert Goddard...

Visitors at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Space Center Houston can now get an up-close look at NASA's Artemis I "crew."

The 24th Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft (and second XL) to deliver supplies to the International Space Station will launch under the name of a late space shuttle astronaut, the company announced on Monday (March 10).

Guests visiting LEGOLAND California on Friday (March 6) lifted off into a brand new space-themed land, packed with nods to LEGO Space history...

What do an Australian surfer, a German pop star, a Polish mountain climber and an American tennis legend have in common with a research astronaut? They all now have one-of-a-kind dolls as members of Mattel's first-ever Barbie Dream Team...

NASA on Friday (Feb. 27) announced changes to its Artemis moon program, increasing the launch cadence and adding a new mission to precede landing on the lunar surface...

Nearly two years after Apple TV announced "Star City" was in development, the streaming service shared a first look at the Soviet-side spinoff series to the acclaimed alternate space history, "For All Mankind."

Capri Sun is celebrating the upcoming total lunar eclipse and Artemis II moon mission by giving away 10,000 pouches of its limited edition Blood Moon Punch. All that fans have to do is snap a photo of the moon and submit it at moon-punch.com over the next 10 days...

Apple TV has released the trailer for season 5 of "For All Mankind," the alternate space history series returning on March 27. The two-minute tease shows why this next season might be retitled "For All Marskind," with the conflict focused on the growing divide between Earth and Mars.

The U.S. Postal Service has two special pictorial postmarks ready for use during the upcoming Artemis II mission...

LEGO Education has two new kits that are aimed at getting kids to "Build. Solve. Invent." their future lives off of Earth...

Estes, the world's leader in model rockets, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled liftoff with a replica of Robert Goddard's 1926 rocket. Once assembled, the 1:5 scale model stands two feet tall and with a solid-fuel motor, can reach heights up to six times of the original.

The four members of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, who lifted off Friday (Feb. 13), opted to represent themselves and what tethers them to Earth by choosing a crocheted world and its four moons as their "zero-gravity indicator."

Astrolab will carry to the moon an American flag that previously spent 67 hours on the lunar surface...

f you know Ryan Nagata's name, then you are likely familiar with with his high-fidelity replicas of Apollo spacesuits. Now he is adding space food to his repute...

Given the choice to send any Fraggle into (outer) outer space for real, John Tartaglia told collectSPACE he would pick Uncle Traveling Matt (despite that he performs Gobo). "I guess in the world of our show, the one that makes sense would be Uncle Matt...

After a hydrogen leak and other issues cropped up during a test of the mission's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA delayed the liftoff of Artemis II, its first crewed flight to the moon in over 50 years.

An artifact countdown, a returning lecture series, movie screenings and more will usher in the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum this summer.

Tim Hortons is set to temporarily rebrand its famous Timbits as "Moonbits" in celebration of Jeremy Hansen becoming the first Canadian to launch to the moon...

This is the story of 18 "Remove Before Flight" tags that were detached before NASA's first space shuttle tragedy...

The Artemis II crew have added an additional embroidered patch to the pressure suits they will wear to launch to the moon...

An American flag that finally caught a ride to the moon; a piece of fabric from the Wright Flyer that already has circled Earth; and 850 holographic seals are among the contents of the Official Flight Kit (OFK) launching on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.

Apple TV has announced Friday, March 27, for the return of "For All Mankind," its critically-acclaimed alternate space history series.

For the first time in 57 years, a rocket that will carry astronauts to the moon stands atop Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

One of the the two exhibitions debuting with the newly-renovated Flight and the Arts Center at the National Air and Space Museum this July is devoted to one of the first artists to smuggle art to the moon...

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour is back on Earth, having left the International Space Station a few weeks earlier than planned to bring a medically-compromised crew member home.

The 2026 class of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees will increase the ranks to 113 when honored at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 16.

Two large structures that once were key to NASA's successes in orbit and at the moon will soon fall back to "earth" as they are toppled at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

Once again, rockets have given "proof through the night" that the United States knows how to celebrate its existence...

Children around the world will discover a colorful side to space exploration with their next Happy Meal...

NASA's Artemis II crew rehearsed their launch day activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday (Dec. 20), and in doing so revealed their ride to their rocket — again.

Jared "Rook" Isaacman was sworn in as NASA's head on Thursday (Dec. 18). He is NASA's fourth administrator to have flown into space and is the first chief to be born during the space shuttle program.

On Christmas Eve 1999, seven Santa hats circled the planet. Now more than quarter century later, one of those red and white caps is on display, but only for the holiday season.

For the third year in a row, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will feature deep space images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on its Priority Mail postage stamps for 2026.

The "white room" that the next moon-bound astronauts will use to enter their spacecraft on the launch pad has been painted to display the Artemis program logo...

NASA's Artemis IV crew will land with and deploy a small, four-wheel rover, becoming the first astronauts to work alongside a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.

The pair of twin rocket boosters that will power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon can now properly serve as candles for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and founding of the United States.

The newly-announced NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket from LEGO does something that no prior LEGO set of the moon-bound vehicle has done before: launch!

Soyuz MS-28 arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday (Nov. 27), bringing three new crew members just in time for a Thanksgiving Day feast...

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and The Jim Henson Company are bringing Gobo, Red and Uncle Traveling Matt to Florida for a new stage show...

Estes Rockets' latest flying model reproduces Russia's Soyuz in museum-quality detail. The $130 kit includes more than 100 parts that were formed using various molding methods, as well as the first 3D-printed resin component in an Estes product.

On Monday (Nov. 17), the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, broke ground for a new 20,000-square-foot expansion that among other purposes will display the original full-scale space shuttle mockup built by Rockwell in 1972.

The first installations in the Kent Kresa Space Gallery include a walkthrough solid rocket booster segment, a space shuttle main engine and a Rocket Lab Electron small-lift booster.

The New Mexico Museum of Space History is restoring a big part of the state's role in sending astronauts to the moon...

After six months in space and finding a "tiny" debris strike had damaged their ride home, China's Shenzhou 20 crew landed on the Shenzhou 21 capsule on Friday (Nov. 14).

NASA's Mars ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) probes, named "Blue" and "Gold," are expected to enter Mars' orbit in September 2027. Built by Rocket Lab, the twin craft are adorned with company touches, including a couple of kiwis.