August 2002

1) On August 18th the New York Post’s Victoria Gotti feature contained quotes from Joey Fatone responded to a question about when *NSYNC would reunite.
Title: Victoria Gotti
Author(s): Victoria Gotti
Original Source: New York Post

2) CBS News published an article about Joey Fatone on the page dedicated to The Early Show program.
Title: ‘NSYNC Member on Broadway
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source: CBS News

3) Variety.Com claimed that Lance Bass was fully approved for the Soyuz mission. In contrast to Variety, The Houston Chronicle reported that Bass’ trip was not definite and could be canceled for non-payment.
Title: Bass to Takeoff for Int’l Space Station Oct. 28
Author(s): Variety Staff
Original Source: Variety.Com [Variety Magazine]
Title: Russia Space Agency Says ‘N Sync Star Must Pay Up
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source: The Houston Chronicle

4) Billboard.Com reported that Bass’ backers and the Russians were close to reaching an agreement while SPACE.Com published an article addressing rumors about the status of Lance’s space tourism trip.
Title: NASA: ‘N Sync Idol Wants Space Shot
Author(s): Unknown
Editor: Johnathan Cohen
Original Source: Billboard.com
Title: EXCLUSIVE: Lance Bass Backers Insist Flight to Station Will Happen as Planned
Author(s): Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
Original Source: Space.com

5) 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

6) Space Adventures published a press release about Lance Bass’ participation in a zero-gravity training flight while Yahoo! Launch published an article claiming Lance Bass’ confirmation for the Soyuz space mission was imminent.
Title: Lance Bass Flies with Space Adventures
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source: SpaceAdventures.Com
Title: *NSYNC’s Bass Takes Zero-Gravity Flight, Expected To Be Confirmed For Space Trip
Author(s): Jason Gelman
Original Source: Yahoo! LAUNCH

7) 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 News

8) 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
Title: Students to Share Thrill of Space Exploration with Lance Bass
Author(s): Dwayne Brown, Kelly Humphries, and John Bluck
Original Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)