Wired Science (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On this very day 39 years ago, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon. Watching on grainy television sets 240,000 miles away, millions of spellbound people heard Armstrong proclaim, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap...
Thoughts from Kansas (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
39 years ago, Neil Armstrong stepped onto an elaborately constructed simulacrum of the lunar surface, the first time such a thing had ever been done in history. Pardon me, my fact-checkers have determined that in fact, it was the actual lunar surface, and also reveal that tomorrow was supposed to be Moon Day , but the astronauts couldn't sleep, so they stepped out early. Space is awesome,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
... 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 humans on the moon, arriving aboard Apollo 11. * 28 January 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger blows up just after take-off. All crew members die. * 20 February 1986: Russia launches the core module for the Mir Space Station....
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
“ET is real.” Says who? Says ET, that’s who. And “LEGENDARY astronaut Edgar Mitchell” agrees. Who among of us has not heard of Mitchell, “the sixth man to walk on the Moon”? This is Edgar ‘The Mitch’ Mitchell, the ol’ Sixer, “Not Neil Armstrong”, he “who holds the record for the longest moonwalk”. The Star tunes in [...]
Seth Godin's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
39 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the most famous person in the world. He was an astronaut, of course, but there were dozens of people who could have done the technical work that Armstrong did. What Armstrong became was a...
Science Pal (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
THIRTY-NINE years to the day Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA is turning its eyes to the moon again in a first step towards settling the solar system. Go to our science and space special section. | THIRTY-NINE years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA has turned...
US News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The Kitchen Debate, Lance Armstrong's Final Tour, and the Mormons Arrive in Salt Lake
Seeds of Growth (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
39 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the most famous person in the world. He was an astronaut, of course, but there were dozens of people who could have done the technical work that Armstrong did. What Armstrong became was a spokesperson for an organization, a nation and a movement. NASA did what many organizations do when picking someone to act as company spokesperson....
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Are we driven to explore? , Space Review "That squirmy disruptive kid who we're putting on Ritalin today might be tomorrow's Neil Armstrong. At least, that is, if we don't overmedicate or "feminize" him to the point that he can't get the education and experience he needs to be a space explorer. ... It certainly seems empirically obvious that most people have little interest in exploring."...
AWN's Headline News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... to discover the wiring problem and fix it.After a difficult lunar landing, Nat tags along with Neil Armstrong on his legendary moon walk. Although the flies face a few more close calls, the mission appears to be a success. At least until Grandpa's old flame Nadia (Nicolette Sheridan) arrives from Russia to warn him that her government, angry over losing the space race, has dispatched...
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
On 20 July, 2008 a Seminar on the 39th Anniversary of first Landing on Moon, organized by Bangladesh Astronomical Society was held in Foundation for Research on Educational Planning and Development (FREPD) Auditorium, Nilkhet, Dhaka at 5 pm. On July 20, 1969 US astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of NASA’s Apollo-11 Lunar Mission, had stepped on the surface of Moon as the first man of...
Fratellowatches.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
39 years ago, on July 21st 1969, 2:56 AM (GMT), Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. For us watch freaks, it is nice to know that not Neil Armstrong was the first to set a foot on the moon wearing an Omega Speedmaster Professional but Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and company’s historic moon landing. In digging around, I found these great photos on TheCellar. Apparently, they’re the new vehicles from NASA’s Constellation program (the mission to get man back on the moon by 2010). While I can’t say I’m that excited about the program itself (didn’t [...]
The leap inside (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
I've spent some time on the dissertation over the last week (after a work-induced break of the best part of a month) and it struck me that yet another anniversary of a momentous event passed virtually without comment yesterday. On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step onto the surface of another world. Their moon walk was witnessed by some 450...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA on Sunday turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing both forward and backward in time.
