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NASA's Apollo program landed a man on the moon just eight years after President Kennedy set that goal in a speech before Congress. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong made the "giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969. It was the first of six Apollo missions to land on the moon. The others were Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 .
NASA's Apollo program landed a man on the moon just eight years after President Kennedy set that goal in a speech before Congress. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong made the "giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969. It was the first of six Apollo missions to land on the moon. The others were Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 .
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The shuttle's final flight
The scheduled touchdown of the space shuttle Atlantis Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the end of a 30-year era in the U.S. manned spaceflight program. The space shuttle Columbia first flew in 1981, and since then the National...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Technology, Rocketry, Kennedy Space Center
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Workers celebrate 'return to flight'
Sun StaffGREENBELT -- It happened again. A NASA space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday morning, and tears pooled in Bruce Schneck's eyes. "Every time we fly, I well up," confessed Schneck, 52, a Baltimore native and Honeywell Technology...Tags: Space Programs, Honeywell International Incorporated, Cape Canaveral, Television, Health and Safety at Work
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Soaring to retrace Wright brothers
Sun StaffFirst in an occasional series WARRENTON, Va. -- On a grass runway last fall, amid the low rolling hills of the countryside, Terry Queijo prepared for takeoff. Her 32-foot aircraft, a reproduction of a 1902 Wright brothers glider, resembled an...Tags: Bodies of Water, Space Programs, Invention and Innovation, History, Scuba Diving
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Doesn't anyone understand what is wrong with our economy? Three little words: Made in China. Just because legislation includes birth-control options in health-insurance coverage, that doesn't mean churchgoers who are faithful will violate church...
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
It is senseless to place labels on Jesus Christ To the editor: I’m not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. With more and more frequency, twice in the past week or so, I read doubts about the existence of God and confusion over who exactly Jesus is....Tags: Space Programs, Religious Texts, Discrimination, Christianity, Jesus Christ
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Anatomy of a Front Page
Thrown together by time and a newspaper's front page, two disparate events can become related. Forty-five years ago, a horrific flash fire killed three Apollo 1 astronauts on the launch pad, the worst disaster to that date for the nascent U.S. space...Tags: Space Programs, Chicago Weather, NASA, Chicago Transit Authority, George Halas
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In The Pipeline: One small step for a columnist
Houston, we have a problem. Or at least, we had a problem. That was until a little mystery involving outer space, the Apollo program and telephone poles was solved earlier this week. A couple of months ago, my friend, Huntington Beach Marine Safety Chief...Tags: Space Programs, Christianity, Aerospace Manufacturing, Television Industry, Boeing Co.
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Gingrich: Fly me to the moon
Opinion L.A.On Wednesday, Newt Gingrich appeared before an audience on Florida's Space Coast to extol his proposal for a permanent American colony on the moon by 2020, and his even more science-fiction plans to pass a "Northwest Ordinance for Space" that...... -
Former shuttle workers face uncertain future
WASHINGTON — By next summer, employment at Kennedy Space Center is expected to fall to its lowest level since before the Apollo program blasted astronauts to the moon more than 42 years ago — a fact that doesn't surprise folks on the Space...Tags: Space Programs, Civil and Public Service, Sandy Adams, Business, Brevard County
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Florida leaders powwow on the Space Coast’s future
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — With employment at Kennedy Space Center expected to reach historic lows next year, Florida lawmakers from both parties met Wednesday to powwow on ideas to help thousands of workers displaced by the end of the space shuttle era. Their... -
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Real New Orleans: Testing The Next Generation Of Human Space Flight
WGNO NewsNASA is testing the next generation of space exploration about 60 miles Northeast of New Orleans. Vanessa Bolano made the drive to give us an inside look at what's going on at Stennis Space Center. Astronauts have walked on the moon, yet today NASA...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Satellite Technology, Technology, Orion Space Mission
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