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August 2, 2026

LEGO honors Hubble Space Telescope's legacy with detailed model

In its 35 years orbiting Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has been released as a LEGO model three times. Now, a fourth take on the telescope refocuses attention from the outside of the satellite to what makes its stunning observations possible.

July 29, 2026

Alan Bean's moon artifacts-turned-artist's tools 'hammer' in $1M at auction

The unusual tools that an astronaut-turned-artist famously used to infuse not just what it felt to walk on the moon, but pieces of the moon itself, have now commanded auction results higher than some of the works they helped Alan Bean to create.


July 24, 2026

NASA center marks 60 years of bus tours with collectible popcorn bucket

NASA has jumped on the collectible popcorn bucket bandwagon, or rather in this case, the bus. To mark the 60 years since its start as only a bus tour, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is offering its first popcorn bucket.


July 16, 2026

Swatch: Apply by Apollo 11 anniversary to buy '1969' limited MoonSwatch

Swatch is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with a new, limited edition gold model of its MoonSwatch. You can buy the new Mission to the Moon 1969 wristwatch if you can land one of the 1,969 spots available by applying online.


July 14, 2026

Ex-SpaceX flight doc and two cosmonauts launch on Soyuz MS-29 to ISS

The first former SpaceX employee to fly into space as a NASA astronaut, Anil Menon, lifted off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, flying with two cosmonauts, Pytor Dubrov and Anna Kikina, the latter the first to have flown on board a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
July 27, 2026

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launches on postage stamps from France

France has eight new postage stamps commemorating the sixth and latest generation of Europe's heavy-lift rocket. Each of the eight stamps depict the Ariane 6 at various stages of its launch using photographs from its missions since 2024.


July 21, 2026

Astronauts For America to deploy space travelers on mission to promote voting

A group of retired astronauts will land at college campuses and town halls this summer to promote their next mission. Astronauts for America's nonpartisan "Vote For Freedom" campaign by will see the space travelers promote the right to vote.


July 15, 2026

Apollo 11's broken switch and mission-saving pen sell for $860K at auction

A dried out marker and a snapped off piece of plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby's auction. What otherwise might be worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids of the sale due to where the two items were 57 years ago on the Apollo 11 spacecraft.


July 11, 2026

Astronaut Barbie lands at post offices with new US stamp release

With Barbie you can be anything, even an astronaut ... on a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service "honored the possibilities and hope" conveyed by Mattel's line of fashion dolls by issuing ten Barbie stamps, including one depicting Astronaut Barbie.

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July 31, 2026
The New York Times

A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week


Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who's to blame? And who pays for the damage?

July 30, 2026
Florida Today

NASA astronaut visits Titusville eatery after 'mystery dollar' appears


Diners were starstruck as an astronaut in a blue NASA flight suit entered BurgerRob's in Titusville on July 30 — a visit prompted by a mysterious dollar bill that landed in the register about a year ago.

July 29, 2026
CBC

Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's journey into space to be published in a book this fall


"Earthrise: A Canadian Astronaut's Journey into Deep Space" will share story of the historic lunar mission.

July 26, 2026
CBS News

NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after eight-month stay International Space Station


Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut closed out a 241-day stay aboard the International Space Station early Sunday with a fiery plunge back to Earth and an on-target touchdown on the broad steppe of Kazakhstan.

July 16, 2026
The New York Times

How a Seed in Space Became a Tree in Madison Square


A tree in a Manhattan park traveled a long way before it got there — to the moon, almost, and back. Some 1.4 million miles, according to NASA.
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