Lance Bass’ astronaut training continued and confirmation for the Soyuz mission seemed imminent. Bass participated in a fan chat hosted by NASA, where he shared personal reflections on his training and reaffirmed *NSYNC’s intention to regroup after his mission. The chat marked a rare moment of direct fan engagement and offered reassurance that the hiatus was temporary—even as the group’s future remained suspended between individual pursuits and cosmic ambition.
1 – CollectSpace.Com published an article featuring a copy of the space patch designed to be worn by Lance Bass on the Soyuz mission. This graphic contains a copy of the patch.
Title: First Look: Lance Bass’ Space Flight Patch
Author(s): Unknown
Original Souce: CollectSpace.com
Current Link: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081502a.html (full article)
2 – Space Adventures published a press release about Lance Bass’ participation in a zero-gravity training flight.
Title: Lance Bass Flies with Space Adventures
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source” SpaceAdventures.Com
Current Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20020908142329/http://www.spaceadventures.com/press/082202.html (full press release)
Yahoo! Launch published an article claiming Lance Bass’ confirmation for the Soyuz space mission was imminent.
Title: *NSYNC’s Bass Takes Zero-Gravity Flight, Expected To Be Confirmed For Space Trip
Author(s): Jason Gelman
Original Source: Launch.Yahoo.Com
Current Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20021229192125/http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=210164 (full article)
3 – MTV.com featured an article detailing some of Lance’s time at NASA facilities in Houston, TX.
Title: Lance Bass Deemed Ready for Space Station Mission
Author(s): Jennifer Vineyard
Original Source: MTV.com
Current Link: http://www.mtv.com/news/1457220/lance-bass-deemed-ready-for-space-station-mission/ (full article)
4 – The Forever NSYNC Fans website features a partial transcript of an online chat with Lance Bass. The transcript contains no identifying information about the chat but a web search reveals that the chat was hosted by NASA’s Distance Learning Outpost via the Quest web portal. This graphic contains text taken from the transcript on Forever *NSYNC Fans.
Title: Kids Space Update (NASA) Chat: August 29, 2002
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source: Quest web chat (unavailable)
Secondary Source: Forever *NSYNC Fans website
Current Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20041119165515/http://www.forevernsyncfans.com/articlesinterviews/kidsspaceupdate.html
Title: Students to Share Thrill of Space Exploration with Lance Bass
Author(s): Dwayne Brown, Kelly Humphries, and John Bluck
Original Source: NASA.gov
Current Link: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2002/h02-164.html (full article)
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