Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong
Ohio's U.S. senators want Congress to rename a NASA research facility in Ohio after astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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Sep 15, 2019
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China's plans to solve the mysteries of the moon
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon. Since then, space agencies around the globe have sent rovers to Mars, probes to the furthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, yet ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2019
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The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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Here's a fact: We went to the moon in 1969
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, some people insist it never happened and was all a big hoax by the U.S. government.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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The Moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?
Three rovers, six US flags, dozens of probes that either landed successfully or crashed, tools, cameras and trash: the Moon is dotted with hundreds of objects as a result of space exploration.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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Hard soil, big jumps and epiphanies: what it's like on the Moon
Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in great detail their experiences on the dusty, low-gravity world lit by the blinding light of the Sun.
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona (Update)
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth.
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2019
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How visions of the Moon inspired centuries of storytellers
By landing on the Moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin arrived at a place which, up until that point, had been the stuff of fantasy.
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2019
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Small step, giant memories: Neil Armstrong's moonwalk remembered
Half a century has passed—but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in.
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2019
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Landing the Mars 2020 rover: Autopilot will avoid terrain hazards autonomously
The view of the Sea of Tranquility rising up to meet Neil Armstrong during the first astronaut landing on the Moon was not what Apollo 11 mission planners had intended. They had hoped to send the lunar module Eagle toward ...
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Jul 2, 2019
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