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Is anyone here collecting the Space 220 trading cards? Are you trying to or have you assembled a full set? Looking online, I see a good number of the earlier cards, but none of the new three-card "culinary" series. Has anyone been to the restaurant this year and received one or more of the new...

Some more photos here: NASA, Disney celebrate Buzz Lightyear's return from space, including: Buzz Lightyear, having returned to Earth after more than a year aboard the International Space Station, drives down Disney's Magic Kingdom Main Street USA during a ticker-tape parade in his honor...

Buzz Lightyear is back at Walt Disney World after flying on the space station for more than a year. (Credit: collectSPACE.com) From: NASA, Disney celebrate Buzz Lightyear's return from space

The schedule we received was subject to change, but the ticker-tape parade celebrating Buzz Lightyear's return will feature his namesake, Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and three current NASA astronauts. It will start at approximately 2:45 pm and go until about 3:30 (per the schedule). The...

Buzz Lightyear made his on-orbit debut tonight, courtesy some video captured by space shuttle Discovery's crew. It looked like he fit right in!

Woody came out to the Cape on Saturday to watch his friend Buzz blast off into space...

We've posted new photos and videos to: http://www.collectspace.com/buzzlightyear

Quoting the Orlando Sentinel:

As we had already mentioned Walt Disney World earlier in paragraph, I chose to name the specific park to avoid being repetitive. I could have named DCA as well, but by then it was getting a bit wordy...

From our article, Buzz Lightyear becomes real space ranger: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052908a.html

Nice shots! And I'm not just saying that because you've got a few that show me interviewing the astronauts. :animwink: Here's the product of those interviews and our own photo gallery: Astronauts honored at Walt Disney World

Astronauts Dan Barry and Story Musgrave served as consultants to Disney on the design and execution of M:S. Barry told Reuters in 2003 "It felt very familiar." If you really want to experienced sustained Gs similar to what astronauts feel riding the shuttle, you have several options today. For...

Well, at least the press event for the opening of M:S is still set for October 9, right? As for why some people experience motion sickness, it may be that some become disoriented by the video, but I would attribute it more to the centrifuge system itself. You could turn off the video, and you...

On eBay right now, there is what appears to be a sign that was "borrowed" from MS that identifies the RPM as 0-17: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2190646796 Of course, it could be a fake...

As I mentioned last week under News and Rumors, I was headed to Epcot this past weekend to review Mission: SPACE. The results of that trip are now online at: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082503a.html I stayed with my younger sister as she is on vacation staying at the Wilderness...