New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
From Alex Haley's "Roots" to Alan Shepard's space capsule, a tour of Maryland's capital runs deep into the nation's history.
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... whenever we set our vision to the stars,” Hickman said. “One of my first memories was of watching Alan Shepard fly his Mercury capsule atop a Redstone rocket. I have lived my entire life dreaming of space. ’Operation Immortality’ is essentially a celebration of that same adventuring spirit and an offering of hope for the future. I am deeply honored to participate.” Not only will a...
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... 14 astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who in 1971 piloted the Apollo 14 lunar module, with commander Alan Shepard to the moon’s surface. I’ve had the opportunity to meet Dr. Mitchell twice, the first time being several years ago at the Aztec, New Mexico symposium. More recently I met him here in Roswell. I had heard that he knew something about the Roswell Incident, so when I had the...
Global Intellect (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
One of the indelible memories for anyone living through the 1960s was watching CBS newsman Walter Cronkite anchor another televised liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Throughout the decade, from Alan Shepard through Neil Armstrong, Cronkite made it clear to his audience that they were taking part in something momentous, something that not only represented the flowering [...]
Wired (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
One of the indelible memories for anyone living through the 1960s was watching CBS newsman Walter Cronkite anchor another televised liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Throughout the decade, from Alan Shepard through Neil Armstrong, Cronkite made it clear to his audience that they were taking part in something momentous, something that not only represented the flowering of a great...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon and the record-holder (with Alan Shepard) for the longest moon walk, claimed on the Kerrang! radio show that Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials and that the government has...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
... first human to go into space, in the Vostok I spacecraft. Flight lasts 108 minutes. * 5 May 1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Freedom 7. * 20 February 1962: John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, in the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft. * 20 July 1969: First moon landing. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first and second...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
... he warned “we would be been gone by now”. Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. “I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we’ve been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real,” Dr Mitchell said. “It’s been well covered...
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
During the second moonwalk of the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell were hoping to walk to the 300 meter (1,000 feet) wide Cone Crater on the moon, not far from their landing site. However, the two astronauts were not able to find the crater's rim amid the rolling, repetitive terrain. Later analysis [...]
Defense Tech (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... he warned "we would be been gone by now". Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. Was Mitchell a technical advisor to the new X-Files movie? Heck of a promo... "I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this...
RDI-SAT Forums (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... he warned 'we would be been gone by now'. Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. 'I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real,' Dr Mitchell said. 'It's been well covered...
Phawker (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... he warned “we would be been gone by now”. Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. “I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we’ve been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real,” Dr Mitchell said. “It’s been well covered...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
He said the aliens were similar to the traditional Hollywood image of having a small frame, large eyes and head. Dr Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon and holds the record, with Alan Shepard, for the longest moon walk - nine hours and 17 minutes. In an interview conveniently timed to coincide with yesterday's launch of the second X-Files movie, based on the science fiction...
Never Yet Melted (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... he warned “we would be been gone by now”. Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. “I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we’ve been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real,” Dr Mitchell said. “It’s been well covered...
Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... he warned "we would be been gone by now". Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission. He should have taken nine hours and 17 minutes worth of oxygen with him. And who could have guessed the same astronaut who believes in ESP believes in little green men? (Via...
