When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon, it was a first for the Soviet Union — the first time the U.S. had beaten the U.S.S.R in the space race. Forty years later, the memory of that loss of primacy still seems to sting the Russian soul. When state TV channel Rossiya reported last week on the restoration of video footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the account gave a lot of attention to dubious conspiracy theories that the landing was faked.
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the tech wunderkinds at Google yesterday unveiled their latest Web 2.0 offering, Google Moon, at Washington, DC's Newseum. The platform allows users to peruse the surface of the moon, much in the same way its sister …
MEDIOCRE MATHEMATICS WILL MAR ANY MARS MISSION - Landing on the moon: Why it would have been more difficult today- Mediocre performance of our current 11-year-old students in the Mathematics will hinder, or even mar any dream of having a successful mission to Mars.
An amazing new photograph showing Neil Armstrong's face through his space suit visor has come to light on the 40th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing.
NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.
The triumphant success of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago is a familiar story to most Americans, but it may be a surprise to some that then-President Richard Nixon was ready for disaster.
Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the most famous man on the planet by taking a short walk off of it. Since then he's tried to live with that fact, and also live it down.
It is now forty years since man fulfilled the dream of Robert Kennedy and landed a man on the moon in the Apollo series of missions. It was Apollo 11 that made the dream come true.
A cult of conspiracy theorists believe NASA faked the Apollo moon landings The U.S.
Michael Crichton once wrote that if you told a physicist in 1899 that within a hundred years humankind would, among other wonders (nukes, commercial airlines), "travel to the moon, and then lose interest . . .
The moon has hovered in our night skies for more than 4.5 billion years, dragging our oceans from the shore, captivating poets and artists across centuries, marking the passage of time, and for many of us, an unceasing presence that has brought us comfort in dark times.
Metaphor had its way with Buzz Aldrin long before the moon did. There were always signs that the second man to set foot on the lunar surface would be stalked by demons. His grandfather fought depression for much of his life and ended his suffering only through suicide.
Conspiracy theorists who believe Michael Jackson was an alien and that the moon landing was a staged hoax set in a secret Hollywood studio may soon have to invent entire new wacko theories.
Buzz Aldrin has been on many journeys in his remarkable life, and in some respects the one to the moon was the least challenging.
A previously unheard recording of a Russian spacecraft attempting to beat NASA's Apollo 11 in 1969's race to the moon has been released.
The fluttering flag Claim: The planted US flag waves in the wind, which is impossible without an atmosphere. Why it's nonsense:
NASA has discovered tapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing that have been missing for 40 years. (NOTE: Some sources indicate that this article is a hoax.)
There is a hyperlink to the video in the article at the words "to record a rap single" -- or you can just click here to go directly to the video. Click here to see the video Making of Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience w/ Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli.
If 1967 was the "summer of love," then 1969 was the summer of great events. The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Agatha Christie once famously said, "The simplest explanation is always the most likely." However, when something shocking or catastrophic happens in our lives, simple explanations just aren't satisfying.
As Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon on July 21, 1969, his immortal words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" became synonymous with the scale of the achievement.
The 2nd race to put a man on the moon has begun. India, China, Japan, and the European Space Agency all have programs to this end. The US doesn't want to be left out, though. NASA is apparently working on a program to put astronauts back on the moon by 2015.
I recently seeded Moon hoax: why not use telescopes to look at the landers?, which encouraged a spirited, fun discussion of whether US astronauts' Moon landings were a hoax.
In July 1969, Man first walked on the Moon.
Remember that stars and stripe flag waving on the moon, and those people who stated NASA's astronauts never step foot on the moon. Well now it would seem that the conspiracy theorist will have to eat their words. Shortly we will have proof.
They told you it was made of rock. They faked a voyage to prove it. They "lost" the samples they took And buried the real data They covered up the truth they don't want YOU to hear. The whole thing stinks. Why? Because it is made of blue cheese.