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The United States Monday proudly marks the 40th anniversary of its conquest of the moon, a triumph of scientific endeavor now remembered at a time when US dominance in space is increasingly uncertain. President Barack Obama kicks off a week of events when he meets Monday at the White House with the crew of the Apollo 11 mission, who became the first to accomplish the dream of ages and walk o ... read more
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 16, 2009As the Earth's natural resources gradually dwindle, some scientists believe the moon could prove a goldmine for future generations. Forty years after American Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, and as the United States prepares to return astronauts to Earth's nearest neighbor by 2020, it remains an object of fascination and curiosity. Part of the goal of once again returning to ... more
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Washington (AFP) July 18, 2009Forty years after Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the moon, the now 77-year-old former astronaut still likes to share his memories of space flight with a broad audience - by painting them. Bean decided to make the switch from astronaut to artist a dozen years after the Apollo 12 mission that took him to the moon in November 1969 and after spending two months in space in 1973 on b ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2009NASA on Thursday unveiled restored video footage of man's first steps on the moon, 40 years to the day after Apollo 11 blasted off on its historic voyage into space. The first installment of a more extensive project, the video includes 15 restored key moments from the mission led by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the US space agency said. The video was only ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 19, 2009One of the many legacies of the Apollo space programme was the way it caused an extraordinary, enduring -- and, for some, troubling -- change in how we perceive the Universe and our place in it. Before, the Moon was distant and aloof, a symbol of everything that is unattainable, a place of dreams, an object of superstition and veneration. After being explored by Apollo 11 on July 20 196 ... more  
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Jul 16, 2009With today's successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA and Friends are set to host the largest party ever in space as seven astronauts join the six permanent members of the International Space Station to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. This week-long party for 13 men and women from all over the world will be the largest gathering of human ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 12, 2009With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of hundreds of millions of awed television viewers worldwide. With that step, he placed mankind's first footprint on an extraterrestrial world and gained instant hero status. His first words upon stepping on the lunar surface have since been etched in ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2009A member of the first team to set foot on the moon, astronaut Buzz Aldrin is a staunch advocate of space exploration who once publicly punched a man who claimed the lunar landings were a hoax. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," he said as he became the second person - just minutes after Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong - to set foot on another world on July 20, 1969. ... more 
Parkes, Australia (AFP) July 12, 2009In a dry, dusty paddock thousands of miles from Mission Control, a group of Australian astronomers were the first people in the world to witness a giant leap for mankind. It was 12 minutes past 11 am when Apollo 11 appeared over Dead Man's Hill, just outside the Australian capital, Canberra, and engineer Hamish Lindsay was waiting with bated breath. "I'd had six years' preparation for ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years after Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, there are still those who insist that his giant leap for mankind happened on a film set in Arizona, not on the lunar surface. The deniers insist that NASA went to extraordinary lengths and great expense to stage a moon landing in a film studio because it wanted to distract a public weary of the Vietnam war, or felt it ... more |
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