As part of its celebration of 250 years of mail delivery, the United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service) has issued a prestige booklet highlighting some of the most popular topics for U.S. postage stamps. Space exploration makes the list... #USPS250booklet

The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency's retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be up in the air...

Oddly, Cornyn and Weber described the law as requiring NASA "to transfer a space vehicle involved in the Commercial Crew Program," rather than choosing a destination center related to the same. Taken as written, then Discovery and the other shuttles would be exempt...

"I know today when I came out many of you were expecting Tom Hanks, but you're going to have to settle for little old me." — Jim Lovell (1928-2025), at many of his public appearances after "Apollo 13" was released.

Well, my entry was not one of the 25 finalists but there are some very imaginative ideas that made the cut (see the article for images of them all). I have my favorite... but let's see what NASA picks.

With Starship Flight 10 a success, the flight's patch is now available from SpaceX's store — as are Starship stainless steel chopsticks: "Not intended for catching Starships or Boosters." shop.spacex.com

As astronomers attest, the deeper you look out into space, the farther back in time you see. As Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered illustrates, the same can said for astronaut photography.

"That's incredible!" said Eileen Collins, reacting to the auction in an email to collectSPACE. "Space shuttle mission STS-93 still lives on." "I am happy to see the Sacagawea coins are drawing so much enthusiasm. I am still so proud to have been part of this wonderful mission."

More than two decades after establishing the Columbia Research and Preservation Office on the 16th floor of the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center is preparing to move some of the fallen shuttle's recovered parts to a new, more (workforce-only) accessible location.

"Watches of NASA," the first documentary short from Teddy Baldassarre. View the trailer below and the full video here: teddybaldassarre.com/nasa (free registration required).

"We waited to make sure the whole enterprise was ready for us to announce it before we even used it. I think we'll start using it in sims: 'Houston, Integrity. Integrity, Houston.' That's the plan." — Victor Glover

"It is worth noting that there is little evidence of broad public demand for such a move." — Senator Mark Kelly with Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine and Senator Dick Durbin

Do not pass, Go to McDonald's to see NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket...

Have you heard the news that Texas' senators want to chop up NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery in order to move it from the Smithsonian to Houston? The lawmakers in question have, and are now crying foul to the Justice Department.

The site offers more than 9,000 days of photos, video and audio transmitted during the 25 years of continuous human residency on the International Space Station. That includes: 4,561,987 space-to-ground calls in 69 languages; 6,931,369 photos; 10,908 articles; and 930 videos. #ISSinRealTime

There are several commercial payloads on HTV-X1, including an attempt at sake fermentation; the stuffed toy mascot for the outdoor apparel brand CHUMS; plant seeds for the World Horticultural Exhibition in 2027; and Japan Airlines passengers' passports to be stamped on the ISS.

All of the proceeds from the Margaritaville patch sales will be donated to the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (ISS National Lab), the organization responsible for managing the ISS National Laboratory.

I had a great time reminiscing and looking forward at what 2026 has to hold for space exploration history. Check out the latest episode of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's podcast "We Choose to Go to Kennedy" now streaming!

'For All Mankind' to launch into long-awaited Season 5 on Apple TV this March: collectspace.com/news/news-0121…

Sixteen years ago, I purchased a stack of Remove Before Flight tags off of eBay. Unbeknownst to be at the time, they were used on the external tank that launched on the ill-fated final flight of space shuttle Challenger 40 years ago today...