Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-apollo-astronauts-pad-years.html…
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Fifty years after the Apollo 11 moon walk, a vexillologist looks at the challenge of planting the flag on the moon
When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the United States flag on the moon 50 years ago this month—July 20, 1969, to be exact—it was a team effort. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-fifty-years-apollo-moon-vexillologist.html…
Here’s a fact: We went to the moon in 1969
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, some people insist it never happened and was all a big hoax by the U.S. government. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-fact-moon.html…
Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-moon-astronauts-geology-arizona.html…
Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona (Update)
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-moon-astronauts-geology-arizona.html…
How visions of the Moon inspired centuries of storytellers
By landing on the Moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin arrived at a place which, up until that point, had been the stuff of fantasy. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-visions-moon-centuries-storytellers.html…
Word of the Week: Conjunction
When you hear the word “conjunction” in astronomy, you know it means 2 objects close together on our sky’s dome. Here’s more about the various kinds of conjunctions, including some we can’t see, and many we can, beautifully. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-conjunction-astronomy…
Buzz Aldrin calls for mass migration to Mars
The veteran Apollo astronaut has called on the US government to hasten its efforts to colonize Mars. Writing in the Washington Post, Aldrin, who famou… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327438/buzz-aldrin-calls-for-mass-migration-to-mars…
Apollo 11 brought a message of peace to the Moon—but Neil and Buzz almost forgot to leave it behind
“How about that package out of your sleeve? Get that?” is certainly not the most famous phrase uttered by a human while on the Moon. And the items nestled in a small packet that astronaut Buzz Aldrin had stowed in the pocket just below the shoulder of his extravehicular mobility unit were certainly not mission critical. They were sentimental objects, intended to be left on the Moon purely for symbolic and commemorative purposes.
