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A Different Kind of Moon Race

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Nasa, Moon Landing, Moon, Space Exploration, Lunar Landing, Technology News
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.

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What Did the Moon Ever Do To Us?

Ellen Whitehurst | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Moon-Bombing, Nasa, The Jetsons, Lcross, Elk Calling Moon, Singing Moon, NASA Moon, Living News
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.

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Apollo 11 Astronauts At Home (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Astronauts, Apollo 11, Apollo 11 Anniversary, Apollo 11 Crew, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Photos, Moon Landing 40 Year Anniversay, Michael Collins, Life Apollo 11 Photos, Apollo 11 40 Year Anniversary, Apollo 11 Astronauts, Apollo 11 Astronauts Photo 2009, Private Lives of Apollo 11 Astronauts, Apollo 11 Astraunauts Pics, Members of Apollo 11, Pictures of Apollo11 Astronauts, Apollo 11 Astronauts Biography, Style News

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...

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Obama Honors First Men To Land On Moon (VIDEO)

Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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

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Is NASA Spacing Out?

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Research, Michael Collins, Climate Change, Space, Apollo Missions, Apollo 11, Science, Astronauts, Moon, Alan Bean, Green News
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?

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Moon Shadows

Michael Jones | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago

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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.

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"Moon 2.0" Inspiring the Next Generation of Lunar Explorers

Larry Page | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

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Larry Page

We believe the time is ripe for private industry to assist in creating a new era of sustainable, international lunar exploration -- a "Moon 2.0."

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Moon Landing 40th Anniversary (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

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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...

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Apollo 11 Politiku

Susanna Speier | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charles J. Pellerin, Fraser Thomson, Richard Speier, Bob Fish, Rod Pyle, Tara-Gray-Burkholder, Lunar Landing, Collins, Von Braun, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Moon, Apollo 11, Robots, 40th Anniversary, Eagle, Aldrin, Astronaut, Hornet, Sam Saltoun, Ellen Briggs Stansell, Jerome Coopersmith, Ralph Dannheisser, Karen Goldner, Irene Cullen Gravina, Randi Cecchine, Jacqueline Church Simonds, V. Alison Taylor, Michael O'Brien, Politics News
Susanna Speier

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11's moon landing, individuals with NASA affiliations that range from astronaut to intern condensed the seminal event into 17 syllable historiographies.

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Space Auction

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorabilia, Apollo, Neil Armstrong, Space, Lunar Landing, Collecting, Auction, Michael Collins, Astronauts, Buzz Aldrin, 40th Anniversary, Style News
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.

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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

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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.

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

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

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Jeff Goldstein

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

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We're Going To The Moon...Again

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy

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Ben Fractenberg

From the people who brought you the 1969 moon landing comes a sequel. Let's call it, The Moon 2: This Time We Mean Business.

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10 Life-Changing Tips From Top Connectors

Sally Horchow | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Neil Armstrong, Connecting, Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Roger Horchow, Lifestyle, Dick Bass, Living With Meaning, Art of Friendship, Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point, Connector, Connectors, Relationships, Living News
Sally Horchow

Connectors' lives -- both innately and deliberately -- are built around their meaningful connections with other people.

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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Neil Armstrong, Where Are You?

Dana Kennedy | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Henry Paulson, Neil Armstrong, From the Earth to the Moon, Wall Street Crisis, Dana Kennedy, Entertainment News
Dana Kennedy

I'm homesick for July 1969 America - the same way Mike Collins felt homesick when he saw the tiny planet Earth from his command module... I don't want Henry Paulson, or George Bush, or Sarah Palin.

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The McCain-Palin Lies and the Neil Armstrong Principle

Paul Begala | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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Paul Begala

The media have an obligation to point out when a politician is lying about a matter of fact, but the right-wing attack machine has so cowed some of them you can almost hear them moo.

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