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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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Search ArticlesWhy one astronaut's autograph sent the value of this space-flown envelope soaring
Why one astronaut's autograph sent the value of an envelope soaring October 22, 2026 — How much can a rarely sought after astronaut's autograph add to the value of a relatively common, yet flown-in-space item? If one example is any guide, it is thousands of dollars. The item, a stamped and cancelled envelope that flew on the eighth flight of the space shuttle, is —absent any signatures — not at all rare.
NASA's Artemis moon craft, built out of LEGO, lands at Henry Ford museum
NASA's Artemis moon craft, built out of LEGO, lands at Ford museum October 16, 2026 — NASA's Artemis moon-bound rockets, spacecraft and suits are landing at a Michigan museum — piece by toy piece. The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn is opening "Artemis Adventure with LEGO Bricks" on Sunday (Oct. 18). The hands-on exhibition is devoted to the science and engineering needed to return astronauts to the moon.
Perseverance Mars rover sets record for distance driven on another world
Perseverance rover sets record for distance driven on another world October 13, 2026 — A newly-surpassed planetary exploration record places into perspective that not all distances logged off-Earth are astronomically large. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of another world. The six-wheeled robotic explorer rolled past the earlier distance record set by its smaller predecessor, Opportunity, on Oct. 11.
Artemis Moon Tree: Survived space. Killed by winter. Now for sale.
Artemis Moon Tree: Survived space. Killed by winter. Now for sale. October 12, 2026 — It survived the powerful vibrations of a rocket launch, was exposed to cosmic radiation for more than three weeks, held up to the stress of four times the force of gravity and made it home after a record-setting journey. It cleared those challenges only to be done in by something much more terrestrial.
Out of circulation, into orbit: 2026 coins spent a month in space
Out of circulation, into orbit: 2026 coins spent a month in space October 7, 2026 — This week, the United States Mint began selling sets of its 2026 coins, featuring designs celebrating the country's semiquincentennial. The collection is special for another reason, though — it includes examples of the same coins that were launched to the International Space Station earlier this year.
You can now own an artifact from Vast's Haven space station testbed
You can now own an artifact from Vast's Haven space station testbed October 5, 2026 — Last fall, a company working to develop a commercial space station sent a satellite into orbit to verify the technologies it needs to operate its inaugural module. Now, Vast is selling the pieces left over from its Haven Demo mission, continuing an aerospace industry tradition.
Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Milt Windler, flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 October 3, 2026 — Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at the age of 94. Windler died on Thursday (Oct. 1), surrounded by his loving family, according to a brief notice posted online.
Houston, we have a golden dragon: Crew-13's 'Lucky' zero-g indicator
Houston, we have a golden dragon: Crew-13's 'Lucky' zero-g indicator October 1, 2026 — Joshua Kutryk could not quite fathom he had left the planet. A mission specialist on SpaceX's Crew-13 flight to the International Space Station, Kutryk stated his disbelief just after the Dragon capsule "Grace" — his ride into orbit — separated from its Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday morning (Oct. 1).
Astronaut Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 training jacket and trousers up for auction
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 training jacket and trousers up for auction September 27, 2026 — A two-piece flight suit made for the first astronaut to walk on the moon has surfaced at an auction benefiting a small space history museum in Florida. The jacket and trousers were part of a training or spare inflight coverall garment sized for Neil Armstrong, the commander of NASA's 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
Disney's Ludwig von Drake inspired by rocket scientists 65 years ago
Disney's Ludwig von Drake inspired by rocket scientists 65 years ago September 24, 2026 — Did you know that the first character that Walt Disney created to specifically appear on television was inspired, in part, by early Space Age rocket scientists? On this day 65 years ago (Sept. 24, 1961), Disney introduced the world to the "renowned scientist, lecturer, psychologist [and] world traveler," Ludwig von Drake.