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Chicago throws a huge party for returning Moon Men
Chicago went loony for the Moon Men.
It was Aug. 13, 1969, and the city threw one monster party for Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronauts whose journey to the moon and back had captivated the world.
With...Tags: Science and Technology, Buzz Aldrin, Elections, Politics, Chicago Hotels
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SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...
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Awarding gold medals to astronauts is no small step for lawmakers
The Write Stuff - Orlando Sentinel[From Richard Simon of the Tribune Washington Bureau] WASHINGTON — It’s probably a good thing that Congress didn't plan the moonshot. The House on Monday is expected to authorize the use of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for a Nov. 16 ceremony to... -
Tracking John Glenn's orbit 50 years ago
GLOUCESTER — Ray W. Hooker can’t recall the day John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.
But the 106-year-old former NASA engineer remembers his job leading up to the historic flight. Hooker circled the globe building...Tags: Science and Technology, Atlantic Ocean, Bodies of Water, John F. Kennedy, Pacific Ocean
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At 106, Ray. W. Hooker of Gloucester may the oldest NASA retiree
GLOUCESTER — John Glenn may be the oldest living astronaut, but he’s still a young pup compared to Ray W. Hooker.
Hooker, 106, was in the twilight of his NASA career when Glenn rocketed to superstardom in 1962 as the first American to orbit...Tags: Science and Technology, Jim Thorpe, World War II (1939-1945), Purdue University, Space Programs
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Purdue to honor astronaut born in South Bend
Purdue plans to honor astronaut Janice Voss, who died earlier this month of complications from cancer. Voss was born in South Bend. The school will host a public celebration for the Purdue Graduate this Friday in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.... -
10 things you might now know about space
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, a Mars probe that malfunctioned, is expected to fall back into Earth's atmosphere as early as this weekend. It will crash to our planet's surface, but is unlikely to hurt anyone on the ground. These 10 facts won't hurt...Tags: BBC, Wheaton, Pluto (fictional animal), Bodies of Water, Nobel Prize Awards
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John D. Lowry dies at 79; innovative film-restoration executive
John D. Lowry, an entertainment technology innovator who founded Lowry Digital Images, the renowned movie restoration company in Burbank that worked its magic by returning film classics such as "Casablanca" and "Star Wars" to their pristine state for...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Ceremonies, Television Industry, Culture, NASA
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Amazon CEO vows to recover Apollo 11 engines from seafloor
CNNJust days after "Titanic"director James Cameron traveled to the bottom of the sea, another wealthy adventurer has announced a spectacular deep ocean discovery. Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled plans to recover the F-1 engines that...Tags: Science and Technology, Amazon Kindle Fire, Titanic (movie, 1997), Jeff Bezos, Space Programs
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‘60 Minutes’ explores face blindness, commercial space flight
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelMusk, who co-founded Pay-Pal, answers criticism from Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan about the shift to commercial space flight. "I was very sad to see that," Musk says. "Those guys are heroes of mine, so it's really tough. ... I wish... -
Why space exploration still matters
As a child, I remember a coloring book that pictured a "Buck Rogers" rocket that looked like a football with three fins at its base. It was my job to give it life by coloring the rocket blast with yellows, oranges and reds that lifted the craft to stellar...Tags: Vietnam, White House, World War II (1939-1945), National Government, Politics
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NASA space shuttle has roots at Langley
Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, NASA was already planning what would become the space shuttle program.
President Richard Nixon in early 1969 formed the Space Task Group, whose job was to chart the nation’s future in space.
One of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Richard Nixon, Human Interest, Vehicles, Space Programs
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