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Letter to Jacques from Gordon (Gordo?) Fullerton In going through Jacques' belongings, it's clear that he treasured his correspondence with his astronaut friends & heroes..  he saved everything that they sent him like this sweet letter to our... (Read More)

Hey there space fans & friends – and welcome to the 20 new folks who've just joined the campaign – thank you!  (and thanks to Robert @ CollectSpace / Space.com for spreading the word) One of the many treasures in Jacques' collection are... (Read More)

So many space files! Greetings from DC, where I'll be going through the collection with a member of the Planetary Society & a visiting astrophysicist from Harvard (both project backers – thanks guys!) who'll help me assess what's remaining of... (Read More)

In life, journalist Jacques Tiziou amassed an extensive space exploration archive. Now, his son is seeking help in finding a home for the myriad of documents, memorabilia and "space junk" that his late father left behind. Jacques-Jean "JJ" Tiziou inherited his father's collection after Tiziou died at the age of 77 in 2017. A celebrated reporter whose work began with the beginning of the space age and who covered the Apollo moon landings for the only two French TV channels at the time, Tiziou was recognized by NASA on its media center's wall of honor after his retirement in 2011. (Read More)

To give you guys a sense of process, and how much work has already been happening on this project, here's a flashback to last April, when we discovered medium format b&w negatives from 1966 slipped into the middle of a box of trash that was... (Read More)

What does a box of space junk look like? Emily C of the Space Hipsters facebook group got one of the other sample boxes and walks you through it ...  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound... (Read More)

Hi guys and here's a quick note from me in Philly...  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 We're halfway to the first target goal – thank you! As I just explained to a member... (Read More)

Check out WHYY's piece on the project... Hi team & here's a link to WHYY's great piece on the project, although I can't seem to find a link to listen to the radio version... One thing worth clarifying from the story is that I'm not looking for... (Read More)

Hi there space-fans! It was a fun day in the studio today, as we packaged up five preview boxes of Space Junk to send out to a few special folks, and had a visit from a team from WHYY who'll be sharing this project's story on their show The Pulse.... (Read More)

Hi guys, I had a bit of a sick day yesterday, where some 24-hr plague hit me Tuesday night and I only got out of bed at 2pm yesterday... but what a treat to find the project 33% of the way to the first goal – thank you all! During my brief waking... (Read More)

It's still wild to me that entire graduating classes of astronauts came through my dad's class for parties & specifically to tour his basement & see his "museum"... "With thanks from the Astronaut Class of 1998" As I try to balance saving... (Read More)

Hi again,  We're just past the soft-launch days of the project and already off to an incredible start with over $5,700 pledged and 36 members in our crew. Thank you! The 30 day countdown to launch is now on... As I prepare to send the campaign out... (Read More)

Jacques had a huge stash of these commemorative envelopes... we're still finding more of them tucked away in more boxes...  They're quite beautiful, and there's enough of them that there'll be at least one (if not several) tucked away in each reward... (Read More)

Hi there guys, and thank you so much for joining in this adventure of sharing Jacques' stories of space exploration & sorting out and preserving / disseminating his collection.  This is going to be a strange journey, and the trajectory won't be... (Read More)