News tagged with apollo
Apollo 11 crew: Aldrin likes spotlight, 2 shun it
(AP) -- In the 40 years since Apollo 11, some of the key players, most notably Neil Armstrong, have steered clear of the increasingly bright glare of the moonlight cast by the historic lunar landing. Others ...
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Jul 19, 2009 |
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Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be?
(AP) -- On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon's surface, a community in Pittsburgh's western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities ...
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Jul 18, 2009 |
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Apollo astronauts relive experiences at ceremony
(AP) -- It was a reunion of reunions. Twelve Apollo astronauts reminisced, traded stories and poked fun at each other Friday night as the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and moonwalk approached.
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Jul 18, 2009 |
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Apollo 11 moon rocks still crucial 40 years later, say researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis says that there are still many answers to be gleaned from the moon rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk ...
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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LROC's first look at the Apollo landing sites
The imaging system on board NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently had its first of many opportunities to photograph the Apollo landing sites. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged ...
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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NASA dusts off forgotten artifacts in new exhibit
(AP) -- The spacesuit was one of three made for the last man to set foot on the moon, but Doug Fisher found it balled up and forgotten at the bottom of a cardboard box.
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Moon potential goldmine of natural resources
As the Earth's natural resources gradually dwindle, some scientists believe the moon could prove a goldmine for future generations.
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it (Update)
(AP) -- NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Museum battles to preserve moon suits for posterity
They have travelled further than any fashion item on Earth, surviving a hostile environment and extremes of heat and cold on a world far from ours. But now age is catching up with NASA spacesuits.
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Senate confirms ex-astronaut Bolden to head NASA
(AP) -- The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's first steps on the ...
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Space shuttle blasts off after month's delay
(AP) -- After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous ...
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time
(AP) -- Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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Forty years ago man first walked on the moon
Forty years ago on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong realized the oldest dream of human civilizations when he became the first man to walk on the moon.
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Jul 05, 2009 |
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's first moon images available
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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Apollo astronaut Aldrin urges US to land on Mars
NASA should focus on sending a man to Mars and helping other nations travel in space, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin said Friday.
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Jun 19, 2009 |
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