A collection of rare autographs and memorabilia, including a spacesuit from Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, is being auctioned for more than $62,000, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph in ...

There was a time -- Hair Balls is reasonably sure -- when every kid wanted to be an astronaut when he or she grew up. And why not? They were watching on TV as astronauts were launched into space and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1966, Leonard N. "Lenny" Masiello was an employee of Hamilton Standard who was asked to assist in testing the Apollo space suit. This ...

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WASHINGTON - The familiar exteriors of astronauts' spacesuits often hide all of the ingenuity and mechanics that are built inside the suits, which were first imagined as "wearable spacecraft." Now a ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be on ...

A Rolex watch that was flown to the moon is now the most expensive astronaut timepiece to sell at auction. The hammer price (prior to the buyer's premium) that clinched the moon-flown Rolex — one of ...

First, let’s talk about terminology. When we talk about putting on or taking off a spacesuit, we frequently use the terms “donning and doffing.” These are technical terms that are used to refer to the ...

The Intrepid Museum's largest temporary exhibition, "Apollo: When We Went to the Moon" is staged under the display of the prototype space shuttle orbit Enterprise. Given it was navy ships that ...