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July 18, 2019

Apollo 11: What Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin saw during dramatic Moon landing

The iconic images of the Eagle Lunar Module’s descent to the Moon rank among the most incredible footage ever recorded.

July 18, 2019

Apollo astronaut reveals what it's like to walk on the Moon: 'Most beautiful terrain I'd ever seen'

For the select few that have ever walked on the surface of the Moon, one adjective gets repeated over and over — magnificent.

July 18, 2019

Apollo 11: Never-before-seen video reveals lunar samples were searched for signs of life

As the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing nears, NASA has released never-before-seen footage of scientists checking the lunar samples that were brought back for signs of life

July 18, 2019

Apollo 11: Playtex's feminine touch helped NASA land on the Moon

Apollo 11 astronauts relied on the company that became Playtex to manufacture their spacesuits.

July 18, 2019

Hawaii telescope operators abandon millions of dollars worth of instrumentation, evacuate employees amid Mauna Kea protests

The directors of an existing telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea evacuated employees Tuesday amid growing protests that have blocked an access road to the construction site of a second $1.4 billion "Thirty Meter Telescope" (TMT) to be built on the mountain, reports said.

July 18, 2019

Douglas MacKinnon: US needs a permanent moon base – So forget about going to Mars for now

Fifty years after America first landed men on the moon, it’s long past time we established a permanent U.S. base there – and shelve far more costly plans to land astronauts on Mars for at least the next two or three decades.

July 18, 2019

Creator of 'Storm Area 51' comes forward after satirical Facebook page takes off

The creator of a Facebook page calling for a public invasion of Area 51, the top-secret Air Force facility in Nevada, has finally spoken publicly about his joke getting out of hand.   

July 17, 2019

Police in Hawaii reportedly arresting protesters in standoff over construction of Mauna Kea telescope

Native Hawaiian protesters are promising Wednesday to continue their blockade of an access road to the construction site of a mountaintop telescope on The Big Island -- despite an increased police presence -- in a bid to halt the project.

July 17, 2019

New York Times celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with 'woke' piece on NASA’s 1960s gender bias

The New York Times celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a woke feature that retroactively criticizes NASA for gender bias that occurred five decades ago.

July 17, 2019

Apollo 11: 50 years on, the Eagle lunar module serves as a reminder of mankind’s ability to innovate

If it wasn’t for the lunar module, we wouldn’t have heard the famous words from Neil Armstrong, on July 20th of 1969.