The Seattle Space Needle is ditching its "Galaxy Gold" orange coloring in favor or a new paint job this May.

Fresh off turning 61 years old on April 21, the Space Needle is ditching the orange-ish paint job and going back to an "Astronaut White" roof.

Crews from the Orange County Public Works department have collected nearly 14,000 hypodermic needles and cleared more than 5,000 pounds of hazardous waste — including human waste — from the ...