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Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies at 82
Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) - Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost...Tags: The Associated Press, Buzz Aldrin, Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Chappaquiddick Island
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One giant dinner for Lincoln boy: 12-year-old chats and dines with Neil Armstrong
ben@theinteriorjournal.comNEW YORK — Not many people get to even shake an astronaut's hand, but one Lincoln County boy recently got to meet three of the most famous ones during a visit to New York City. Trey Baldwin, 12, met and had dinner with Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell...Tags: Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, New York City, Jim Lovell
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Mars or bust, Buzz Aldrin says
Dancer, rapper, and, oh yeah, Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin is talking, but are the right people listening? One of the original moonwalkers (“Michael Jackson always did it backwards!” Aldrin complained) challenged the United States to pick...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Science and Technology, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard Nixon
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Boy Scouts' gay policy change is one small step
When Neil Armstrong said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," he actually screwed up. He meant to say, "One small step for A man," which makes more sense. Armstrong later tried to correct his mistake, but his original...
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Private space industry can't get to Mars without NASA
While the Mars rover Curiosity is discovering the building blocks of life on the Red Planet, many are equally excited about another development: Commercial companies have finally discovered profit in space. This is no small feat, considering the...Tags: Technology, Science, NASA, Business Enterprises, Satellite Technology
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Future space explorers tour JPL
Thirty-two students in aerospace, engineering and science programs in 11 different countries descended on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week as part of a Caltech competition to design a mission to one of Mars' two moons, Phobos or Deimos. "Watching...
Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Technology, Students, Science, Stanford University
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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Technology, Science, Fiction, NASA, Vice (movie)
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...
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Shouldn't heroes last forever?
In late February, the House cast a 394-0 vote to rename NASA's cutting-edge flight research center in Southern California after the late astronaut Neil Armstrong. What could possibly be wrong with that? In their advocacy, the bill's sponsors pointed out...
Tags: Human Interest, Science and Technology, World War II (1939-1945), NASA, Space Programs
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Mark McNairy New Amsterdam
NEW YORK -- Although we first got to know the surly seeming Mark McNairy when he succeeded Daiki Suzuki as creative director of Woolrich Woolen Mills in 2010, his fashion-related curriculum vitae stretches back a bit further and includes a four-year stint...
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Buzz Aldrin Spreads Inspirational Message at UAA
Channel 2 NewsIn 1969, the world watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin make history by taking the first human steps on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. These days, Aldrin embarks on speaking engagements and continues to inspire student across the country...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Science and Technology, Students, Teaching and Learning, Education
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