Buzz Aldrin

In Search of a Real Spaceship

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology


Buzz Aldrin

Two Shuttle accidents -- each caused by NASA hubris -- combined with a tight budget have caused NASA to retire the fleet. Understandable, but in a move that truly makes no sense, they will be replaced by...the space capsules we long ago outgrew.

Why We Need Better Rockets

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology


Buzz Aldrin

NASA's recent launch of the Ares 1-X was billed as the prototype of a crew launch vehicle, a fancy term for a manned space booster. In fact, the much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

Last Call to be World Leader

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Daniel Bruno Sanz

Let America marshal its vast resources in the self-interested pursuit of innovation and science in space for the greatness of a nation and the benefit of the world.

Mr. President, Will You Lead Us to Greatness in Space?

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology


Buzz Aldrin

It is time we sailed the sea of space once more in a bold, expansive space vision. To achieve such a goal we need strong leaders, for to sustain a growing and momentous effort in space requires that we reject a defeatist mentality.

A Different Kind of Moon Race

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology


Buzz Aldrin

A quarter of a million miles from where you are reading these words, on the dusty surface of our companion Moon, lies the best chance in decades for America to reestablish itself as a global space leader.

What Did the Moon Ever Do To Us?

Ellen Whitehurst | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Ellen Whitehurst

So, it looks like NASA's mission to blast a hole in the surface of the south pole of the moon is continuing as previously planned and could occur any day now.

Buzz Aldrin To Accept Emmy For NASA Moon Broadcast

AP | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is taking a trip to the Emmys. The TV academy said Tuesday that Aldrin, part of the 1969 moon mis...

Liz Cheney: Birther of Crazier Conspiracies

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

Dick's progeny didn't fall far from the gnarled, twisted tree. Liz Cheney has unfurled her writhing power-hungry roots, burrowing deep beneath the dirt filled with assorted creepy crawlies to feed her political prospects.

Buzz Aldrin Punches Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorist In The Face (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.20.2009 | Home


CNN interviewed the hosts of the show "Mythbusters" about the conspiracy theorists who believe the Apollo Moon landing was faked, and the their extens...

Apollo 11 Astronauts At Home (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.20.2009 | Style


The following is from Life.com's collection of photographs from Ralph Morse, a photographer who had access to the Apollo crew members at home with the...

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...

Is NASA Spacing Out?

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first lunar walk, and, not counting the late Michael Jackson, it's been almost that long since the last moonwalk. Is it time to do it again?

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.

Moon Landing 40th Anniversary (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green


Monday is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing. Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men to ever walk on the moon -- a...

Aldrin: NASA Needs To Put People On Mars

AP | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin says NASA should set its sights on a bigger target in the future: Mars. Aldrin made the commen...

Space Auction

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style


Roseanne Colletti

Four decades after the moonlanding, I found myself sitting among the bidders at Bonhams New York. On the 40th anniversary of the launch, the auction house was holding its first space sale ever.

The Fashion Frontier: New Louis Vuitton Campaign Celebrates Lunar Landing

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.14.2009 | Style


It was all systems go at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on Monday night as Louis Vuitton p...

It's June 1969, Less Than 3 Weeks from the First Landing on the Moon. Where Were You During the Flight of Apollo 11?

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


Jeff Goldstein

I have assembled an extensive list of resources and links to help you celebrate with friends and family, and follow the flight -- in real time -- as it happened 40 years ago.

Buzz Aldrin's "Rocket Experience": Astronaut Records New Single With Help From Snoop Dogg And Talib Kweli (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy


Astronaut Buzz Aldrin recently recorded a song, "Rocket Experience," to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his moon walk and to help benefit various ...

Yesterday's Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings Back Memories of Apollo 11

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living


Jeff Goldstein

July 20th is coming. It will be the 40th anniversary of the first human footprints on another world, and I lived it.