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Travels With Cubby: A Father's Legacy

Lindsay Pyfer | Posted 06.14.2013 | Travel
Read More: History, Parenting, Summer of Love, Space Exploration, Father's Day, Apollo 11, Travel News
Lindsay Pyfer

Each Father's Day, my dad gave his children gifts. He always enclosed a note of appreciation, telling how proud he was of each of us and our accomplishments -- how happy he was to be our dad. But my father's most lasting gift, which I didn't understand until after he died, was the joy of travel.

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WATCH: Neil Armstrong's Moon Heartbeat For Sale

AP | Posted 05.08.2013 | Science
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AMHERST, N.H. -- A New Hampshire auction house will soon accept bids on space and aviation artifacts, including an electrocardiogram of Apollo 11 Comm...

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Moonwalker Denies Selling Space Stuff

Posted 03.24.2013 | Science
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By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 03/24/2013 11:27 AM EDT on SPACE.com A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Mo...

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Teeny-Tiny Moon Walker Goes On Display

Posted 02.26.2013 | Science
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By: Leonard David Published: 02/26/2013 06:47 AM EST on SPACE.com The first steps by Apollo 11 astronauts on moon in 1969 may have marked a giant ...

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Astronauts, Scientist And YouTube Users Spot UFOs On The Moon (VIDEO)

Lee Speigel | Posted 01.16.2013 | Weird News
Read More: Buzz Aldrin, Video, Unidentified Flying Object, Aliens on the Moon, Apollo 11, Ufos, Unexplained Phenomena, Nasa Astronauts, Flying Saucers, Lunar Mysteries, Apollo Moon Flights and Ufos, UFO News, Weird News News

People claim to videotape UFOs in the sky above Earth. They also spot unusual-looking objects in NASA camera feeds at the International Space Station....

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Leadership and Vision to End Breast Cancer, Turning Impossible Into Possible

Fran Visco | Posted 11.10.2012 | Women
Read More: John F. Kennedy, Breast Cancer Deadline 2020, 2012 Presidential Election, President of the United States, Apollo 11, Mitt Romney, Innovation, Breast Cancer, Petition, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Barack Obama, 2012 Presidential Conventions, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News
Fran Visco

It is time we disrupt the business and system of breast cancer. It's time we disrupt the status quo. We must create an innovative environment for breast cancer research that will lead us toward the eradication of the disease.

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An Appreciation of Neil Armstrong: The Coolest. Dude. Ever.

Mark W. Schleisner | Posted 11.06.2012 | Science
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Mark W. Schleisner

In the history of humankind, only one person has a bio that includes "first on the moon": Neil Armstrong. And was he ever the right person for the job!

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Neil Armstrong's Space Suit Gloves On Display

AP | Posted 09.05.2012 | DC
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CHANTILLY, Va. -- Neil Armstrong's space suit gloves and visor worn during his historic first walk on the moon are going on temporary display at the S...

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Neil Armstrong and the Space Generation

Anna Leahy | Posted 10.31.2012 | Science
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Anna Leahy

The first era of U.S. manned spaceflight ends, and we are the adults of this nation now. Armstrong and eleven other men visited the Moon, but those of us who were watching, as young as we might have been then, are the space generation.

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Neil Armstrong Had A Creative Life Insurance Plan

Posted 08.31.2012 | Business
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Paying for life’s necessities can be tough, but if you’re a famous astronaut you might have a few more options than most. Before Neil Armstron...

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We Believed We Could Touch the Sky

Patricia McGuire | Posted 10.28.2012 | DC
Read More: Star Wars, President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Address to Congress, Nasa, NASA Moon, Neil Armstrong, Manson Murders, Stonewall Riots, 1969, Mars Rover Curiosity, Martin Luther King, Kennedy Space Program, Apollo 11, Jr., Woodstock, Astronauts, Outer Space, Moon Walk, Space Race, Robert Kennedy, DC News
Patricia McGuire

Armstrong's death last week has evoked numerous gauzy tributes to his amazing courage. But romantic memories of that historic moment belie the real triumph for Armstrong, NASA, and our deeply conflicted nation of the late 1960's.

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In Rare Interview, Neil Armstrong Recalled Moon Mission's 'Emotional Moment'

| Posted 08.25.2012 | Science
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By Andrew Chaikin Editor's note (8/25/12): Neil Armstrong's family confirmed his death today at age 82. Earlier this month, shortly after his birthd...

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Second Man On Moon Calls Neil Armstrong 'American Hero' And 'Best Pilot I Ever Knew'

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 08.26.2012 | Science
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Neil Armstrong, who died today at the age of 82, is being remembered as an American hero by Buzz Aldrin, the Apollo 11 astronaut who followed him onto...

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Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Krantz Explains How To Park On The Moon

James M. Clash | Posted 09.20.2012 | Travel
Read More: Charles Duke, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Gene Krantz, Michael Collins, Apollo 11, Space Flight, Jim James Clash, Moon Landing, The Right Stuff: Interviews With Icons of the 1960's, Houston Mission Control, Steve Bales, Flight Director, Travel News
James M. Clash

Stout and brawny and still looking like a marine drill instructor at 78, Krantz set the record straight for me.

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43 Years Ago...

Posted 07.21.2012 | Science
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It was 43 years ago on Friday that Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, two members of the Apollo 11 crew, became the first humans to set foot on t...

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Amazon CEO Claims Remarkable Discovery At Bottom Of Atlantic Ocean

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 03.28.2012 | Technology
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced today that an underwater sea expedition he financed has discovered artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon at...

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Apollo 11 Site Glimpsed Again In Image From NASA Satellite

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 03.13.2012 | Science
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“It has a stark beauty all its own.” Those are the words Neil Armstrong used to describe the lunar landscape shortly after becoming the first man ...

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PHOTOS: Apollo 1 Tragedy Recalled 45 Years Later

Posted 01.27.2012 | Science
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Long before the triumphant moon landing of Apollo 11 and the heroism of Apollo 13, three astronauts died in a flash fire inside the capsule of Apollo ...

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American Space Exploration Leadership -- Why and How

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 03.05.2012 | Science
Read More: Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Spaceship, Space Exploration, 2012 Election, Space, The New Apollo Program, Apollo 11, Falcoln 9, Mars, Von Braun, Science News
Buzz Aldrin

2012 is an inflection year -- the year we will and must decide whether the U.S. has the will and ability to lead the world in human space exploration. For me, I am betting we do -- and here is how I suggest we begin.

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Space History in DC: The Space Window

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.03.2011 | College
Read More: Stained Glass, Art, Cathedral, Nasa, Internship, Apollo 11, Architecture, Washington National Cathedral, Darth Vader, Moon Rock, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

In the course of spending five weeks living in a city like Washington DC that's so popular with tourists, I couldn't help but think about the way different people have different reasons for visiting a site or attraction.

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Final Shuttle Landing Brings Memories of Apollo Astronauts

James M. Clash | Posted 09.16.2011 | Technology
Read More: Alan Bean, Space Travel, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Adventure, Gene Cernan, Moon, Apollo 11, Apollo 8, Apollo 17, Jim Clash, Apollo 14, Bill Anders, Last Shuttle Atlantis Landing, Technology News
James M. Clash

"As I stepped up onto the ladder, I looked back at Earth in all its splendor -- I call it sitting on God's front porch looking home -- then down at my last footprint and realized, 'Hey, I'm not coming this way again.'"

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Missing Moon Dust Found At Auction Returned To NASA

AP | By JIM SALTER | Posted 08.24.2011 | Technology
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ST. LOUIS -- The few specks of dust stuck to a small swatch weren't much to look at, but federal prosecutors said Thursday that those flecks, which we...

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NASA Busts Woman Selling $1.7M 'Moon Rock'

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News
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LOS ANGELES — She promised the moon, for a sky-high price. He wasn't buying. A woman who tried to sell what she said was a rare piece of moon r...

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Brooklyn, We Have a Problem

Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Neil Armstrong, Moon Landing, Great Depression, Family, Apollo 11, New York News
Charlie Carillo

A signed copy of Neil Armstrong's flight plan for the Apollo 11 moon mission just sold at auction for $51,000. But if my late grandmother had been there, she would not have lifted her bidding paddle.

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In Memoriam -- A Rededication to Space

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Space, Challenger, Buzz Aldrin, Nasa, Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Challenger Explosion, Technology News
Buzz Aldrin

In the present uncertainties of the space program, a great transitional opportunity exists. As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger, we must rise to the challenge in the spirit of those who have so bravely shown the way forward.

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