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How the moon landings have inspired culture through the ages
The moon has always been a playground for our imagination, with artists' depictions of moon landings through the ages fuelling our appetite to go. Melanie Vandenbrouck, curator of The Moon Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, says this interest "increased exponentially during
NewsSky NewsAn assault on the senses: What attending a rocket launch is like
In the heat of a Kazakhstan night, we stood 900m (2,952ft) from the launchpad where a Soyuz rocket readied for take-off.
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The Latest: Pence marks Apollo 11 anniversary at launch site
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Latest on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (all times local):2 p.m.Vice-President Mike Pence is marking the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site.Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin accompanied Pence to Florida's Kennedy
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Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11's 'giant leap' on moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting with Tang and gobbling MoonPies.At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Aldrin showed Vice-President
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Crew capsule designed to take US astronauts back to moon completed
A space capsule designed to carry US astronauts back to the moon in five years’ time is ready, vice-president Mike Pence has revealed on the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 landing.NASA’s new Artemis lunar operation is aimed at returning humans to Earth's satellite, following in the footsteps
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Q&A: Vancouver astronomer who helped broadcast images of 1969 moon landing reflects on 'miracle'
Today marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed Apollo 11's Lunar Module Eagle to take the first steps on the moon and a Vancouver professor who helped broadcast the event's stunning images still marvels at the day. As millions of people around the world were glued to their
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Canadian high school science courses behind on climate change, says UBC study
VANCOUVER — High school students in Canada may not be getting the full story about climate change, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and Lund University in Sweden.The study analysed high school science textbooks and curricula in all 13 provinces and territories
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Fredericton celebrates 50th anniversary of Moon landing
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to step on a surface other than Earth.Fredericton is joining people from all over the world to celebrate the achievement, with Science East offering programming focused
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'Dad, you brought me part of the moon': Children of Apollo 11 scientist recall moon landing
Fifty years ago, when the world watched in awe as astronaut Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind, one family in Toronto was just excited to see Dad on television. "I remember Apollo 11, [Dad] was at mission control and talking to the astronauts about what to pick up and what to leave behind
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Moon Landing 50th Anniversary: The Best Films & TV Series About Apollo 11, NASA and Beyond
ET's viewing guide to some of the best documentaries, scripted dramas and fictional accounts of mankind’s journey through space.
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Trump Says ‘NASA’s Back’ Thanks to ‘Rich Guys’ Paying U.S. Rent
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump pledged to re-establish U.S. dominance in space, a day after he welcomed the surviving Apollo 11 astronauts to the White House to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.“Sustained exploration that extends from our Earth to the Moon and on to the
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Space Force: The long and bumpy road to getting Trump’s pet project off the ground
After decades of research and hundreds of missions there are currently around 2,000 active satellites in space. But with Elon Musk’s SpaceX having recently launched 60 of what it hopes to be up to 12,000 satellites and Amazon planning to launch more than 3,000 of its own, the cosmos is due to get a lot
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Nasa too old and bureaucratic to get back to Moon, warns Apollo team
Nasamay be too old and too bureaucratic to reach the Moon within five years, astronauts who flew on the Apollo mission and members of mission control have warned.
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A look back at astronaut Buzz Aldrin's patriotic fashion
Buzz is a fixture in the scientific community, and at most meetings, galas and public events, he has shown up in his finest patriotic apparel.
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Apollo 11 anniversary: Watch the historic moon landing 50 years on
This weekend marks 50 years since astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the lunar surface.The landing craft carrying the Apollo 11 Commander and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin touched down on the moon on July 20 1969, before Armstrong stepped out and onto the surface, declaring: “
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Sarnia-Lambton engineer slept during first moonwalk — so the astronauts could come home safely
It took a lot of people to land Neil Armstrong on the moon — including one man who grew up in Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.While Owen Maynard died in 2000, during the space race he worked as an engineer on the Apollo Lunar Module. Space historian Chris Gainor said as a child, Maynard was more interested in woodworking
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Saskatoon-born astronaut in Regina for Apollo 11 landing anniversary event
An estimated 650 million people watched humankind take its first steps on the moon five decades ago today.Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, catapulting them to superstardom and capturing the attention of the world.On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo
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Celebrating the Apollo 11 Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty50 years ago, two astronauts took the very first steps on the moon, as the world watched. Through this gallery, view the incredible moments of the Apollo 11 moon landing.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) named three astronauts as the prime
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Half a century ago, the moon landing showed us the fragility of our planet, and that nothing was impossible
Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 space mission took its place in global history.I remember watching the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was an amazing achievement, enabled by a brilliant team of engineers, scientists and technicians at Nasa. I was still at school and we were utterly awed by the engineering
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Moon landing 50th anniversary: Ten moon-inspired hits from David Bowie to Elton John
It's been 50 years since US astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon on 20 July 1969. Armstrong, who was NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space, was part of the US Apollo 11 spaceflight that landed the first crewed mission on the moon. To mark the 50th anniversary
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'Eureka': Canadian helps restore audio from Apollo 11 mission control
This story is part of Moon Landing: 50th Anniversary, a series from CBC News examining how far we've come since the first humans landed on the moon.Neil Armstrong.Buzz Aldrin. The names of the first men to walk on the moon are legend now. They're central characters in a feat that once seemed
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Governor General reflects on 1st moon landing
Governor General Julie Payette can't recall the precise moment Apollo 11's lunar module touched down on the surface of the moon — she was only five years old, and her mother later told her she was likely tucked in bed when the historic moment unfolded on television.It, and subsequent lunar missions
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How a team of Canadian grad students is setting the stage for the next lunar mission
In a classroom at Western University, a team of people is busy sending instructions to a lunar rover.They're trying to guide the rover to an interesting rock and then use scientific instruments to analyze its features, in the hopes of learning more about the moon's geology.Except the rover isn
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SAG-AFTRA Warns Members About FaceApp Terms of Use
SAG-AFTRA is warning its 160,000 members about the "overreaching and invasive" terms of use for the FaceApp mobile application. FaceApp, developed by Russian company Wireless Lab, uses neural network technology to automatically generate transformations of faces in photographs. The app can be
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Debunking moon landing myths on 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing
It’s been 50 years since the first moon landing. And while the groundbreaking event is considered to be one of the most monumental moments in history, it’s also nearly synonymous as the conspiracy theories that surround it.
