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: A large, spinning NASA logo outside of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex inspired the cake for this year's "Taste of Space" culinary evening on Saturday (Nov. 2). Duff Goldman and his team at Charm City Cakes made the half-NASA "cake-ball" so the opposite side of the sphere resembled the moon for the 55th anniversary of the lunar landing. The rotating cake also had a chocolate astronaut and pulled-sugar nebulae.
On Monday (Nov. 4), the U.S. Space Force released the details of its new exhibit of a Centaur III propellant tank and RL-10 engine outside of the headquarters of Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California. The upper stage components were dedicated at an Oct. 18 ceremony, which hailed the donation by United Launch Alliance and the Centaur's role in launching both U.S. military and civilian space missions.
: A parking lot stood in for the moon on Thursday (Nov. 7), as a lunar rover took its first public drive. Intuitive Machines revealed its lunar terrain vehicle for NASA's Artemis program at Space Center Houston. Moon RACER (Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover) features a Roush chassis, satellite relay and direct communications, Michelin tires and the sign off (literally) by two of the six Apollo astronauts to drive a car on the moon.
: Though the steel installation was in part a tribute to them, only two of the seven original astronauts attended the Nov. 10, 1964, dedication of the Project Mercury Monument at Launch Complex-14 in Cape Canaveral. Gus Grissom and Wally Schirra joined NASA, Air Force and government officials to celebrate the success of the first U.S. human space program. Encased in the landmark is a time capsule not to be opened until 2464.
: Space Center has opened its new Artemis Gateway exhibit featuring a walkthrough mockup of a lunar orbit habitat. Designed by Northrop Grumman and used by NASA to assess the best configuration for the Gateway's Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the full-size module is outfitted with science racks, docking ports and astronaut crew quarters. The mockup is one of the first artifacts of the Gateway platform to go on display.
: The moon, as sewn together by students and crafters in all 50 United States, will go on display at the Earth to Space festival at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington in 2025, and your lunar-themed square could be part of it! Organized by the National Quilt Museum together with Karen Nyberg, the first quilter in space, the Lunar Quilt Challenge is open for submissions themed around humanity's return to the moon.
