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If you are thinking that is outer space, you're a decade too late. Rather, it's the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 22, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-112224a-blue-origin-ns28-100th-woman-space.html"> Blue Origin crew, including history's 100th woman to fly to space, lands safely</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-112224a-blue-origin-ns28-100th-woman-space.html"> <img src="../images/news-112224d-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>"The Space Gal" has become the 100th woman to fly into space. Emily Calandrelli, who adopted her online persona long before she booked a trip with Blue Origin, lifted off as one of the six passengers aboard the company's New Shepard suborbital rocket.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 21, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-112124a-axiom-ax1-lopez-alegria-flight-suit-kennedy-space-center.html"> Flight suit worn on 1st all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-112124a-axiom-ax1-lopez-alegria-flight-suit-kennedy-space-center.html"> <img src="../images/news-112124a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately-funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit. His Ax-1 garb is now on display at Kennedy Space Center.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 19, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111924a-spacex-starship-test-flight-six-banana.html"> 'It's bananas': Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111924a-spacex-starship-test-flight-six-banana.html"> <img src="../images/news-111924b-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>An artificial banana floated peacefully in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there, suspended in the bay of its steel spacecraft's otherwise empty cargo hold. The fruit was Starship's first zero-g indicator.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 19, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111924a-not-so-wicked-wizard-of-oz-moon-for-all-mankind.html"> The not so 'wicked' path from 'The Wizard of Oz' to the moon landing</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111924a-not-so-wicked-wizard-of-oz-moon-for-all-mankind.html"> <img src="../images/news-111924a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>Houston, we... are not in Kansas anymore. "The Wizard of Oz" and space exploration are two topics that by all rights should have nothing in common. But as it turns out, all you need to do is follow the Yellow Brick Road long enough and you reach the moon.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 15, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111524a-spacewoman-documentary-astronaut-eileen-collins-director-interview.html"> Documentary director redefines astronaut Eileen Collins as the 'Spacewoman'</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111524a-spacewoman-documentary-astronaut-eileen-collins-director-interview.html"> <img src="../images/news-111524a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>The dictionary defines "spacewoman" as simply "a woman astronaut." In the case of its latest usage, though, the term carries more meaning. "Spacewoman" is a new film about Eileen Collins, the United States' first female astronaut to command a mission.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 13, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111324a-lunar-quilt-challenge-astronaut-karen-nyberg.html"> First quilter in space challenges students, crafters to stitch the moon</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111324a-lunar-quilt-challenge-astronaut-karen-nyberg.html"> <img src="../images/news-111324a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, astronaut Karen Nyberg is calling for quilters to create the moon. "The Next Giant Leap: Lunar Quilt Block Challenge" is now accepting moon-themed quilt blocks by students and artists.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 11, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111124a_artemis-gateway-habitat-mockup-northrop-grumman-space-center-houston.html"> Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111124a_artemis-gateway-habitat-mockup-northrop-grumman-space-center-houston.html"> <img src="../images/news-111124a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration by entering an early mockup for astronaut accommodations around the moon. The "ground prototype" for what evolved into part of NASA's Gateway is now at Space Center Houston.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 10, 2024</h6><BR> <h7><a href="news-111024a-project-mercury-monument-time-capsule-60-years.html"> At 60 years, monument to Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule?</a></h7> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <a href="news-111024a-project-mercury-monument-time-capsule-60-years.html"> <img src="../images/news-111024a-sm.jpg" width="73" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="0" border="0" align="left"></a> <p>A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464? The Project Mercury Monument was dedicated on Nov. 10, 1964.</p></div> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> <img src="../images/dot.gif" width="340" height="1" vspace="2" hspace="0" border="0"><br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <CENTER><h7>News Archive</h7><BR><BR> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD> <h4><a href="news-2024archive.html">2024</a> | <a href="news-2023archive.html">2023</a> | <a href="news-2022archive.html">2022</a> | <a href="news-2021archive.html">2021</a> | <a href="news-2020archive.html">2020</a> | <a href="news-2019archive.html">2019</a> | <a href="news-2018archive.html">2018</a><BR><a href="news-2017archive.html">2017</a> | <a href="news-2016archive.html">2016</a> | <a href="news-2015archive.html">2015</a> | <a href="news-2014archive.html">2014</a> | <a href="news-2013archive.html">2013</a> | <a href="news-2012archive.html">2012</a> | <a href="news-2011archive.html">2011</a><BR><a href="news-2010archive.html">2010</a> | <a href="news-2009archive.html">2009</a> | <a href="news-2008archive.html">2008</a> | <a href="news-2007archive.html">2007</a> | <a href="news-2006archive.html">2006</a> | <a href="news-2005archive.html">2005</a> | <a href="news-2004archive.html">2004</a><BR><a href="news-2003archive.html">2003</a> | <a href="news-2002archive.html">2002</a> | <a href="news-2001archive.html">2001</a> | <a href="news-2000archive.html">2000</a> | <a href="news-1999archive.html">1999</a></h4><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="../"><IMG SRC="../images/return-front.jpg" ALT="back to collectSPACE" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <p5>© 1999-2024 collectSPACE. All rights reserved.</p5> <IMG SRC="./../images/blank.gif" WIDTH="345" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> </td> <td valign="top" width=5> <IMG SRC="../images/blank.gif" WIDTH="5" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"> </td> <td valign="top" width=185> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5><TR><TD>   <p7>Related News From The Web:</p7><BR><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 25, 2024<BR><i>U.S. Army</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.army.mil/article/281579/soldier_astronaut_receives_rare_honor" TARGET="AirLock">Soldier, Astronaut, receives rare honor</A></p><BR> <h6>Huddled inside the International Space Station a million feet above the earth's surface, Kate Rubins decided she wanted to go back.</h6></div><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 23, 2024<BR><i>Mount Olive Tribune</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.mountolivetribune.com/features/5879/monument-unveiled-honors-native-son-astronaut-and-towns-former-school-where-he-got-his-start/" TARGET="AirLock">Monument unveiled: honors native son/astronaut — and town's former school, where he got his start</A></p><BR> <h6>This day was seven and a half years coming, but it was well worth the wait for those in attendance. Friday at 10 a.m., despite temperatures barely clawing into the 40s and a breeze that kicked up every so often, dozens of people bundled up and gathered at the site of the town's former school gym for the unveiling of a monument honoring native son William Thornton.</h6></div><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 19, 2024<BR><i>Union Leader</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.unionleader.com/news/history/restored-alan-b-shepard-jr-portrait-unveiled-on-astronaut-s-birthday/article_7ea76a6a-bd6d-52de-9561-7a2f7a577d56.html" TARGET="AirLock">Restored Alan B. Shepard Jr. portrait unveiled on astronaut's birthday</A></p><BR> <h6>It was a special tribute on what would have been Alan B. Shepard Jr.'s 101st birthday. A restored portrait of the first American in space was unveiled Monday night at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where Shepard spent his high school years and graduated as a member of the Class of 1940.</h6></div><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 12, 2024<BR><i>BBC News</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0jellz4zro" TARGET="AirLock">British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker with space story</A></p><BR> <h6>British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize.</h6></div><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>November 8, 2024<BR><i>BBC News</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwrr58801yo" TARGET="AirLock">Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why</A></p><BR> <h6>Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why.</h6></div><BR> <div style="line-height:0px;"><h6>October 7, 2024<BR><i>The New York Times</i></h6><BR> <p><A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/science/hera-asteroid-launch-spacex.html" TARGET="AirLock">European Space Mission Launches to Investigate an Asteroid Crash Site</A></p><BR> <h6>In humanity's latest bid to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, a European spacecraft soared away from the coast of Florida on Monday. 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