40th Anniversary Moon Landing

Obama Honors First Men To Land On Moon (VIDEO)

Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The same question that could have been asked 40 years ago moments after Neil Armstrong st...

The Next Generation's Great Adventure

Jonathan Powers | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green


Jonathan Powers

Our generation's great adventure is to find our way out of this energy and climate mess we find ourselves in.

Why Go to the Moon? It's the Space Between Our Ears

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Kimberly Krautter

To fail to continue to send people into space to actually learn about those environments and how they relate to our own sustainability would be to become even more self-absorbed than we already are.

Moon Shadows

Michael Jones | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago


Michael Jones

I watched the first moon landing forty years ago in a motel room with three other soldiers, teary eyed and proud at what America had done. It seems that America no longer does things like that.

Landing a Clean Energy Victory

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Rep. Ed Markey

The clean energy race is the space race of our time. Yet so much more is at stake.

What is an American?

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 08.20.2009 | Style


Akbar Ahmed

While grappling for ideas for a book on American identity I've been trying to figure out what actually defines an American.

New Moon Footage: NASA Releases Remastered Moon Landing Footage (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green


UPDATED 7/16: The enhanced footage of the 1969 moonwalk has been released by NASA. Watch the video: As part of NASA's 40th anniversary celebratio...