Robert Pearlman

Blast off into LEGO Space history in LEGO Galaxy at LEGOLAND California LEGO Galaxy, the newest addition to LEGOLAND California, is a celebration of space history -- LEGO Space history, that is. LEGO Galaxy opened with a roller coaster, two more space-themed rides, a LEGO...

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

Mattel reveals Barbie Dream Team dolls including research astronaut Kellie Gerardi In 2023, Kellie Gerardi became the 674th person and 90th woman to fly into space. Now, three years later for International Women's Day, she has joined an even more exclusive group: she is the sixth fe...

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 shuffles Artemis schedule to hasten return of astronauts to the moon As NASA continues to press forward with sending its first crew of astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years, it is also making changes to its Artemis schedule, increasing its cadence from on...

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...

Apple TV offers first look at 'Star City', Soviet-side spinoff to 'For All Mankind' It was an event that set off a

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 giving away 10,000 Moon Punch pouches for 10-day Artemis II mission Carpi Sun is returning to the moon! The drink brand is relaunching its limited edition Moon Punch as first introduced last year. The cherry-flavored beverage is coming back in part to celebrate NASA's...

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...

For All... Marskind? Planets divide in 'For All Mankind' season 5 trailer A Mars rover landing and a commercial capsule launch 14 years ago stand out as pinnacle spaceflight achievements. But what if humanity could have gone further? Not only living on Mars, but seeking to ...

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.

Moon mission mail: USPS to offer pictorial postmarks for Artemis II milestones The United States Postal Service (USPS) Is ready to

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

New LEGO Education moon and Mars kits challenge kids to 'Build. Solve. Invent.' LEGO is returning space exploration to its building blocks. The toy company is now providing kids with the pieces needed to not just build, but also solve and invent the next-generation architecture n...

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

Robert Goddard's historic rocket recreated as flying model kit 100 years later You can now celebrate the 100th anniversary of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket launch by flying a replica -- powered by a solid-fuel motor. That minor bit of irony aside, Estes Rockets has rele...

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.

SpaceX Crew-12 tethers to Earth with crocheted 'Planet Gaia' zero-g indicator As NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and her three crewmates entered low Earth orbit, they became temporary satellites around the planet, each bringing their individual motivations to their shared eight mon...

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 FLIP lunar rover to carry US flag smuggled to the moon on Apollo 15 A small American flag that in 1971 was smuggled to the surface of the moon is now set to return there, this time in an official, albeit one-way, capacity. The flag's new flight has the endorsement of ...

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

Apollo moon meals and more: Artist's Etsy shop offers replica space food Fifty-year-old freeze-dried spaghetti with meat sauce never looked so good. Ryan Nagata, an artist known for his replica spacesuits, has launched an Etsy shop to offer a full menu of Apollo and early ...

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...

NASA stage show explores 'outer' outer space with Henson's Fraggles Move over Snoopy... NASA has a new character helping to promote its exploration plans. His name is... Uncle Traveling Matt.

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...

NASA delays Artemis II moon mission to March after rocket test runs into a leak NASA has delayed the launch of its first astronauts to fly to the moon in more than 50 years. The Artemis II crew now have at least a month before they lift off on a 10-day mission to fly by and beyon...

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.

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to celebrate 50 years with new exhibits, events The National Air and Space Museum will count down to its 50th birthday this summer by showcasing artifacts from each of the 50 U.S. states before debuting five galleries. The museum is nearing the com...

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 to celebrate first Canadian to fly to moon with 'Moonbits' Tim Hortons is offering a sweet send off for the first Canadian astronaut to fly to the moon. The Canada-based coffeehouse has announced a limited-edition Moonbits box that will be available only in A...

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...

Attached to tragedy: Tracing Challenger 'Remove Before Flight' tags 40 years on Forty years ago, a stack of bright red vinyl tags shared a physical connection to what would develop into NASA's first space shuttle disaster. The banners, though, were collected before the ill-fated ...

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

Artemis II crew wears 'Freedom 250' patch for America's semiquincentennial The next astronauts to fly to the moon are now wearing their pride for America's history on their sleeves. NASA revealed the Freedom 250 commemorative patch and announced the Artemis II crew will wear...

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

From earth (soil) to the moon (flag): NASA to fly artifacts, mementos on Artemis II NASA's first astronauts to launch to the moon in more than 50 years will pay tribute to the lunar and space exploration missions that preceded them, as well as aviation and American history, by flying...

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.

'For All Mankind' to launch into long-awaited Season 5 on Apple TV this March As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the moon, Apple TV is ready to take us all back to Mars.

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

NASA rolls out Artemis II rocket to launch pad for astronauts' flight to the moon NASA is now four miles closer to returning astronauts to the moon. The agency rolled out its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the Artemis II mission to launch a...

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...

'The Ascent of Rauschenberg' to highlight artist's space works at Smithsonian Robert Rauschenberg, a mixed-medium painter who was a member of NASA's Art Program and who joined an effort to sneak artwork to the moon, will be the first artist celebrated in a newly-renovated galle...

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...

Crew splashes down safely after medical issue cuts ISS stay short The first medically-driven early end to a U.S. space mission has now been safely completed. Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov returned to Earth from the International Space Stati...

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.

Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor veteran spacewalkers Akers and Tanner in May Two veteran NASA spacewalkers are being honored with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, who each launched on four space shuttle missions, will be recognize...

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.

NASA to topple towers used to test Saturn V rocket, space shuttle Two historic NASA facilities that were used to test the Saturn V and space shuttle launch vehicles are set to be demolished after towering over the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama sin...

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.

NASA moon rockets projected full size onto Washington Monument for America's 250th The towering image of a full-size Saturn V moon rocket returned to the face of the Washington Monument, this time to mark 250 years since the founding of the United States. The booster was projected a...

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

Crayola space-themed kits and toys star in new 'Planet McDonald's' Happy Meal Crayola and McDonald's are blasting off into the new year with a Happy Meal designed to send kids' imaginations into orbit. The crayon brand and fast food chain have teamed together for the first time...

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

NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II crew ride to launch pad Artemis II, meet Astrovan II. NASA's first astronauts who will fly by the moon in more than 50 years participated in a practice launch countdown, including taking their first trip on a transport vehic...

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.

Private astronaut Jared Isaacman sworn in as NASA Administrator NASA has a new chief, just in time for the new year. Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who self-financed two history-making spaceflights, was sworn into office the day after the Senate voted ...

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.

Astronaut's space shuttle-flown Santa hat on display for the season A red and white conical cap that circled the world one Christmas Eve -- not atop a jolly old man riding a reindeer-guided sled, but rather on a NASA astronaut aboard a space shuttle -- has gone on dis...

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.