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![A baseball flown in space and a moon lander bobblehead are part of the Houston Astros' next NASA Night celebration at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, July 16, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hvCsMvMZdJfk99DBDAR4NT-320-80.jpg)
Houston Astros to celebrate Apollo 11 with moon lander bobblehead
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
An astronaut will take to the field as a baseball player walks on the moon — at least, the latter in bobblehead format — as part of NASA Night with the Houston Astros.
![Pulled from auction: Cockroach carcasses and the Apollo 11 moon dust extracted from their stomachs, the result of a 1969 NASA biological test in search of dangerous "moon bugs."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KTEmYpSRZFijMHdQr74rwg-320-80.jpg)
NASA halts sale of cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
As it turns out, attempting to sell moon dust that was extracted from the stomachs of cockroaches does indeed bug NASA. So much so, that the space agency requested RR Auction halt its sale.
![Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell poses with Tom Hanks after being presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office on July 26, 1995. At far left, partially cropped, is Lori Garver, then-executive director of the National Space Society, standing next to Colin Hanks.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qS6bcCCqQ2RTdBav4kAGfP-320-80.jpg)
Former NASA deputy chief reveals story behind Apollo 13 astronaut's medal of honor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Less than a month after "Apollo 13" opened, President Bill Clinton met with Jim Lovell to present one of the highest awards an astronaut can receive: the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
![The new monument to NASA's fallen Apollo 1 crew is seen after its dedication at Arlington National Cemetery on June 2, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FYjsXMqBDu99pEaVcPNUqP-320-80.jpg)
Monument to NASA's fallen Apollo 1 crew dedicated at national cemetery
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
A monument now stands at Arlington National Cemetery in memory of the Apollo 1 crew, the first astronauts to die in their spacecraft, 55 years after the fire took their lives.
![Now up for bid: Cockroach carcasses and the Apollo 11 moon dust extracted from their stomachs, the result of a 1969 NASA biological test in search of dangerous "moon bugs."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KTEmYpSRZFijMHdQr74rwg-320-80.jpg)
Cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust goes up for auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.
![A frozen moon rock from Apollo 17 while it's being processed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RxoPobf82SirZUwEFy2qAQ-320-80.jpg)
NASA scientists start studying 50-year-old frozen Apollo 17 moon samples
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA scientists have begun to study 50-year-old samples of the moon's surface, collected during the agency's final moon landing mission, Apollo 17.
![NASA's Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo 11 astronauts towards the moon on July 16, 1969. In a new video, Ron Creel, an Apollo engineer, discusses what happened to the three extra Saturn V rockets that were made.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mxMV3eZ8vJNqgyrnjrHg3B-320-80.jpg)
Where Are NASA's Extra Saturn V Moon Rockets from the Apollo Era?
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Nine Saturn V rockets moved astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972, but there were three extras made — and you can still see some of the pieces today, says a retired Boeing engineer.
![NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins talks to family and friends as she and her Crew-4 crewmates head to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead for their launch to the International Space Station on April 27, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d2xASKMzK9Jaam9RHZcm3V-320-80.jpg)
Apollo 17 moonwalker hails launch of fellow geologist-astronaut Jessica Watkins
By Tereza Pultarova published
The last man to have set foot on the moon watched today as Crew-4 blasted off to the International Space Station atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
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