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Bangladesh papers confirm truth: Apollo did land on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-07 09:16:20
After years of conspiracy theories trying to convince people that the U.S. government faked the Moon landings, two Bangladeshi newspapers confirm indirectly that, indeed, the United States did land on the Moon in July 1969.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-07 09:16:20
After years of conspiracy theories trying to convince people that the U.S. government faked the Moon landings, two Bangladeshi newspapers confirm indirectly that, indeed, the United States did land on the Moon in July 1969.
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Partially restored videos of Apollo 11 mission available
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-17 08:14:51
NASA is making available some partially restored videos of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon that occurred in July 1969. Included in the 40-year-old videos is the broadcast of Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk on the lunar surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-17 08:14:51
NASA is making available some partially restored videos of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon that occurred in July 1969. Included in the 40-year-old videos is the broadcast of Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk on the lunar surface.
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Orbiting lunar probe has new images of Apollo Moon landings
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-17 07:41:08
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, on a current mission to map the Moon for upcoming lunar missions, has taken images of Apollo lunar landing sites. UPDATE: NASA has released these pictures on Friday, July 17, 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-17 07:41:08
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, on a current mission to map the Moon for upcoming lunar missions, has taken images of Apollo lunar landing sites. UPDATE: NASA has released these pictures on Friday, July 17, 2009.
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NASA busy with STS-127 and Apollo 11
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-16 08:41:19
It's a busy week for NASA as they launch the space shuttle Endeavour (STS-127) to the International Space Station and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its first mission (Apollo 11) to land astronauts on the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-16 08:41:19
It's a busy week for NASA as they launch the space shuttle Endeavour (STS-127) to the International Space Station and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its first mission (Apollo 11) to land astronauts on the Moon.
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NASA plays back 40-year old Apollo 11 Moon landing
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-15 07:51:40
The U.S. space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will observe the fortieth anniversary of the historic first human landing on the Moon when it plays the entire audio from the Apollo 11 mission at the exact time and date it was broadcast in 1969. This time, however, it will be streamed on the Internet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-15 07:51:40
The U.S. space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will observe the fortieth anniversary of the historic first human landing on the Moon when it plays the entire audio from the Apollo 11 mission at the exact time and date it was broadcast in 1969. This time, however, it will be streamed on the Internet.
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Watch re-creation of Apollo 11 Moon landing
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-13 07:18:56
The Kennedy Presidential Library will begin coverage of the first Moon landing by the NASA Apollo 11 mission on Thursday, July 16, 2009, forty years after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were launched into space with their Saturn V rocket. It’s all on WeChooseTheMoon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-13 07:18:56
The Kennedy Presidential Library will begin coverage of the first Moon landing by the NASA Apollo 11 mission on Thursday, July 16, 2009, forty years after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were launched into space with their Saturn V rocket. It’s all on WeChooseTheMoon.
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Help track lunar LCROSS spacecraft for NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-11 09:01:26
NASA is asking all backyard astronomers to help track its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft, which is orbiting Earth in a big loop. Your reward in the end is to see it crash into a deep crater in the south pole of the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-11 09:01:26
NASA is asking all backyard astronomers to help track its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft, which is orbiting Earth in a big loop. Your reward in the end is to see it crash into a deep crater in the south pole of the Moon.
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Moon1 vs. Moon2: Differences in U.S. manned lunar programs
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-09 09:37:42
Although general aspects of the second program to send U.S. astronauts to the Moon in the 2010s may seem similar to the first program in the 1960s, it’s really a whole new ball game out there in space when you compare Apollo to Constellation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-09 09:37:42
Although general aspects of the second program to send U.S. astronauts to the Moon in the 2010s may seem similar to the first program in the 1960s, it’s really a whole new ball game out there in space when you compare Apollo to Constellation.
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NASA celebrates Apollo's 40th Anniversary to Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-27 10:44:13
With July 20, 2009 fast approaching, NASA announces it will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the entire Apollo Program by the United States of America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-27 10:44:13
With July 20, 2009 fast approaching, NASA announces it will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the entire Apollo Program by the United States of America.
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Moon magnetic discovery shows how much we don’t know
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-18 11:22:48
MIT astronomers have discovered that a lunar liquid core, which existed about 4.2 billion years ago, generated the Moon’s current magnetic field. Concerning why we should go back to the Moon, one of the MIT scientists said we have literally "only scratched the surface."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-18 11:22:48
MIT astronomers have discovered that a lunar liquid core, which existed about 4.2 billion years ago, generated the Moon’s current magnetic field. Concerning why we should go back to the Moon, one of the MIT scientists said we have literally "only scratched the surface."
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NASA fires successfully Orion abort motor
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-22 09:23:27
The Orion team at NASA successfully tested for the first time its abort motor, which will be used in case the crew encounters an emergengy during launch of its Orion crew exploration vehicle. The major milestone brings the U.S. manned space program one more step closer to landing astronauts on the Moon by 2020.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-22 09:23:27
The Orion team at NASA successfully tested for the first time its abort motor, which will be used in case the crew encounters an emergengy during launch of its Orion crew exploration vehicle. The major milestone brings the U.S. manned space program one more step closer to landing astronauts on the Moon by 2020.
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Japanese SELENE confirms Apollo 15 landing spot on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 12:23:07
According to a press release of the Japanese space agency, a “halo” has been photographed by the Terrain Camera onboard its SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, which shows the exact location of the NASA Apollo 15 Moon landing. Skeptics of the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon four decades ago may have to eat moondust!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 12:23:07
According to a press release of the Japanese space agency, a “halo” has been photographed by the Terrain Camera onboard its SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, which shows the exact location of the NASA Apollo 15 Moon landing. Skeptics of the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon four decades ago may have to eat moondust!
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Apollo 11 was flying to the Moon thirty-nine years ago
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 11:03:32
On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their remarkable journey is recorded in an old NASA document with interesting names for their space vehicles.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 11:03:32
On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their remarkable journey is recorded in an old NASA document with interesting names for their space vehicles.
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NASA's launch pad repairs will be finished in time for Hubble trip
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:46:11
A $2.7 million repair job is being performed on Launch Pad 39A after the NASA space shuttle Discovery damaged it when it lifted off May 31, 2008, for its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:46:11
A $2.7 million repair job is being performed on Launch Pad 39A after the NASA space shuttle Discovery damaged it when it lifted off May 31, 2008, for its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.
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Discovery Channel puts “Glory Days” of NASA on HD
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 09:35:32
Over one hundred epic hours of classic NASA footage from the 1960s and 70s have been upgraded to high definition (HD) for the fiftieth anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). See them soon on Earth!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 09:35:32
Over one hundred epic hours of classic NASA footage from the 1960s and 70s have been upgraded to high definition (HD) for the fiftieth anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). See them soon on Earth!
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46 years ago: First U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 4, impacts Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-21 16:59:29
On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-21 16:59:29
On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.
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Duct tape saves the day on the Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-04-21 15:24:52
The date was December 11, 1972. NASA Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had landed on the Moon. Lucky for them a roll of good old-fashion duct tape was onboard after damaging their lunar rover.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-04-21 15:24:52
The date was December 11, 1972. NASA Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had landed on the Moon. Lucky for them a roll of good old-fashion duct tape was onboard after damaging their lunar rover.
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How much do I hear for a genuine Moon scoop?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-25 08:01:55
Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning off historic air and space artifacts on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Get your $300,000 lunar scoop at out-of-this-world prices! You can bid online!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-25 08:01:55
Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning off historic air and space artifacts on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Get your $300,000 lunar scoop at out-of-this-world prices! You can bid online!
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Prototype heat shield for NASA Orion capsule arrives at Kennedy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 10:52:06
The heat shield that will protect the new Orion space capsules as it sends astronauts back and forth between Earth and the Space Station, and later between Earth and the Moon, Mars, and other places, has arrived at the NASA Kennedy Space Center for testing.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 10:52:06
The heat shield that will protect the new Orion space capsules as it sends astronauts back and forth between Earth and the Space Station, and later between Earth and the Moon, Mars, and other places, has arrived at the NASA Kennedy Space Center for testing.
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Forty years ago: Apollo 5 lifts off to test lunar module
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-14 08:42:14
On January 22, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 5 was launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Pad 37B on an unmanned mission around Earth to test the lunar module. Its success led directly to America’s eventual landing on the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-14 08:42:14
On January 22, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 5 was launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Pad 37B on an unmanned mission around Earth to test the lunar module. Its success led directly to America’s eventual landing on the Moon.
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