NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad
Moon-bound astronauts rehearse their launch-day activities with a repurposed ride.
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Robert Pearlman
robert@collectspace.com
Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE, a daily news publication and community focused on where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of "Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018.
Pearlman served as technical consultant the 2018 Damien Chazelle film "First Man" with Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy and the 2019 Todd Douglas Miller documentary "Apollo 11.” He has commentator on "American Restoration” and "American Pickers” for the History Channel and has been an off-camera advisor for PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.” He is on the leadership board for For All Moonkind and is a member of the American Astronautical Society's history committee.
In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023, the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world.
Pearlman served as technical consultant the 2018 Damien Chazelle film "First Man" with Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy and the 2019 Todd Douglas Miller documentary "Apollo 11.” He has commentator on "American Restoration” and "American Pickers” for the History Channel and has been an off-camera advisor for PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.” He is on the leadership board for For All Moonkind and is a member of the American Astronautical Society's history committee.
In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023, the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world.
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NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon
NASA crew will be the first astronauts to work with a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.
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Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026
Developed with NASA and ESA, the 632-piece kit comes out Jan. 1.
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Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery
Filling space in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center’s Kent Kresa Space Gallery.
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The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board
“Blue” and “Gold” are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027.
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25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station
From the makers of Apollo in Real Time comes a site with 500 times more data.
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Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
“This is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard in nearly five years in the United States Senate.”
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Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand
“Removing an item from the National Collection is not a viable solution…”
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The crew of Artemis II will fly on Integrity during mission to the Moon
Integrity, this is Houston, you are go for the Moon…
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NASA names 24th astronaut class, including prior SpaceX crew member
NASA’s 24th astronaut class since selecting the Mercury astronauts in 1959.
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NASA closing its original repository for Columbia artifacts to tours
A reminder to remain diligent and keep focused on safety.
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James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died
Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice.
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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle
Generating “…public resistance to the provision’s enforcement.”
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Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one
“The acting administrator has made an identification.”
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Lunar Outpost celebrates release of Lego Moon Rover Space Vehicle
“I bet most engineers started out as a kid playing with Lego.”
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Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
John Glenn’s Friendship 7 returns as SpaceX and Blue Origin artifacts debut.
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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected
Paul Calle thought he had represented the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
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“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
“The title of this amendment is ‘Houston, We Have a Problem.’”
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Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
An effort to move shuttle Discovery has merged with the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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