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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...
NASA's Apollo 14 Moon Landing Mission Marks 54 Years; Here's All About It
It has been 54 years since NASA landed astronauts on the Moon for the third time. On February 5, 1971, astronauts Alan ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...
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What Happens If You Die In Space?
There are no two ways about it—space will kill you if you give it half a chance. More than land, sea, or air, the space environment is entirely hostile to human existence. Precision-engineered ...
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A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...
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Why LBJ Canceled The Apollo Moon Base
For comparison, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 21 hours on the Moon during Apollo 11. The final Moon landing ... a purpose-built shelter allowing a crew of six to live on the Moon for ...
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Forgotten astronaut of 1969 moon landing shares bizarre way they were treated upon returning to Earth
The 'forgotten astronaut' of the 1969 moon landing shared the bizarre way they were treated upon returning to Earth following ...