Cady Coleman

Jamey Simpson was 10 when he watched the space shuttle lift off from Kennedy Space Center with his mother, astronaut Cady Coleman, on board. A voice from a hand-held radio counted down as fire spewed from the rocket and propelled it skyward in a chest-crushing roar. Now 23, Jamey recalls the existential weight that followed. “It was in that moment, I realized, `My mom is really gone and she’s not on the planet anymore.’”Space: The Longest Goodbye, which premieres March 8 in theaters and on Amazon and AppleTV, is not your…

The Space Act Agreement between NASA and Colgate-Palmolive allows the company to access the International Space Station.Image: NASA/RoscosmosGetting into space is only half the battle—the other half is keeping yourself clean. Colgate-Palmolive Company announced this week that the company has signed the Space Act Agreement with NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean in space.The Space Act Agreement opens a relationship between the pharmaceutical company and NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean…