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collectSPACE is an online publication and community for space history enthusiasts featuring articles and photos about space artifacts and memorabilia, information on past, current, and upcoming space events, space history collecting resources, and links to other space-related websites. It also provides an array of message boards where registered members can discuss various aspects of space history and the space collecting hobby; buy, sell, or trade items; or pose "what if?" historical questions. Users often abbreviate the website's name as "cS," and members often refer to each other as "cSers."
collectSPACE, founded and edited by Robert Pearlman, has published articles and reviews by authors Andrew Chaikin (A Man on the Moon), Kris Stoever (For Spacious Skies), James Oberg (Red Star in Orbit), Frederick Ordway III (Imagining Space), Francis French (In the Shadow of the Moon), David Hitt (Homesteading Space), Russell Still (Relics of the Space Race), Colin Burgess (Into That Silent Sea), Jay Gallentine (Ambassadors From Earth) and Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham, among others. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesNASA center marks 60 years of bus tours with collectible popcorn bucket
NASA center marks 60 years of tours with collectible popcorn bucket July 24, 2026 — NASA has jumped on the collectible popcorn bucket bandwagon, or rather in this case, the bus. To mark 60 years since its start as only a bus tour, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is holding a month-long celebration with special photo opportunities and "vintage throwbacks." It is also offering its first popcorn bucket.
Astronauts For America to deploy space travelers on mission to promote voting
Astronauts For America to deploy space travelers to promote voting July 21, 2026 — A group of more than 100 retired NASA astronauts will land at college campuses and town halls this summer to promote their their next mission — getting Americans out to the polls.
Swatch: Apply by Apollo 11 anniversary to buy '1969' limited MoonSwatch
Swatch: Apply by Apollo 11 anniversary to buy '1969' MoonSwatch July 16, 2026 — Swatch is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with a new, limited edition gold model of its popular MoonSwatch. You can buy it if you can land one of the 1,969 spots available by applying online. The new Mission To The Moon 1969 MoonSwatch features a dial, hands, crown and pushers made from Omega's proprietary 18k "Moonshine" Gold.
Apollo 11's broken switch and mission-saving pen sell for $867K at auction
Apollo 11's broken switch and mission-saving pen sell for $867K July 15, 2026 — A dried out felt-tip marker and a snapped off piece of molded black plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday (July 15). What otherwise might be worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids of the sale due to where the two items were one day and 57 years ago — lifting off aboard NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity's first mission to land astronauts on the moon.
Ex-SpaceX flight doc, two cosmonauts launch on Soyuz MS-29 to ISS
Ex-SpaceX flight doc, two cosmonauts launch on Soyuz MS-29 to ISS July 14, 2026 — The first former SpaceX employee to fly into space as a NASA astronaut lifted off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Tuesday (July 14), flying with two cosmonauts, including the first to have flown on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Interkosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov, second Bulgarian in space, dies at 74
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov, second Bulgarian in space, dies July 11, 2026 — Aleksandr Aleksandrov, the second Bulgarian to fly into space and the first to live on a space station, has died at the age of 74. Prime Minister Rumen Radev of Bulgaria issued a statement mourning the death of Aleksandrov on Friday (July 10).
Astronaut Barbie lands at post offices with new US stamp release
Astronaut Barbie lands at post offices with new US stamp release July 11, 2026 — With Barbie you can be anything, even an astronaut ... on a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Saturday (July 11) "honored the possibilities and hope" conveyed by Mattel's long-running line of teenage fashion dolls by issuing a new series of ten Barbie collectible stamps. Themed around the doll's careers throughout the years, one the stamps depicts Barbie as an astronaut.
LEGO reveals Hubble Space Telescope Icons set coming August 1
LEGO reveals Hubble Space Telescope Icons set coming August 1 July 10, 2026 — The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the building blocks of the cosmos for more than 35 years. Now, it is its turn to be made up of toy bricks. The LEGO Icons Hubble Space Telescope is a 1,252-piece kit aimed at adult LEGO fans. Set to be released on Aug. 1 for $139.99, the set creates a desktop model roughly to scale with the included astronaut minifigure.
New collectible cut from booster that launched all five space shuttles
New collectible cut from booster that launched all five space shuttles July 9, 2026 — A new, limited edition collectible is both a flown artifact from a historic NASA space program and a souvenir of a one-of-a-kind museum exhibit. MotorArt PlaneTags is set to begin sales of its new Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster tags on Thursday (July 9). The release is for two sets of numbered metal tags: the Aft Skirt Skin, limited to 2,000 pieces; and the 4,000-piece Aft Skirt Hold-Down Post.
Wally Funk, last of the 'Mercury 13' and oldest woman in space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, last of the 'Mercury 13' and oldest woman in space, dies July 9, 2026 — Wally Funk, who in 2021 became the oldest woman to fly into space — 60 years after she and 12 other women sought the same opportunity as NASA's original astronauts — has died at the age of 87.