Apollo 11 Mission

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  Top Scientist Behind Historic 1969 Moon Landing Finally Honoured

  Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo 11s historic moon landing in 1969.

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  People Think 1969 Moon Landing Was Faked. And One Man Is To Be Blamed

  Bill Kaysing loosely worked on the US space mission between 1960 and 1963, and began speculating that the entire thing was staged.

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  Buzz Aldrin, Second Man On Moon, Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary With Steak And Eggs

  Mr Aldrin commemorated the special occasion on a delicious note

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  "Excited As Eloping Teenagers": Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Gets Married On His 93rd Birthday

  Buzz Aldrin, one of the three American astronauts to set foot on the moon in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, got married to his longtime love on his 93rd birthday.

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  Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flight Jacket Sells at Auction for $2.8 Million

  Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket was sold for about $2.8 million (roughly Rs. 20 crore)  in New York, auction house Sotheby's said. The jacket was worn by Aldrin on the historic mission to the moon in 1969. Aldrin, 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.

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  Buzz Aldrin's 1969 Moon Mission Flight Suit Fetches $2.8 Million: Report

  Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, auction house Sotheby's said.

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  NASA Announces Potential August Launch Date for Artemis 1 Moon Mission Aboard SLS Rocket

  On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced on Wednesday that it’s shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon mission, Artemis I. NASA will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with three mannequins, but no astronauts, as early as August 29.

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  NASA Orders to Halt the Sale of Moon Dust Collected During the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...

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  Moon Dust Collected By Neil Armstrong During Apollo 11 Mission Sells For $500,000 At Auction

  A minuscule amount of lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong during Apollo 11, the mission that first put men on the Moon, has been sold for $504,375 at an auction on Wednesday.

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  Apollo 11 Mission Completes 52 Years: NASA Shares Image of Neil Armstrong’s Left Foot on Moon

  NASA has shared the historic image of man's first step on Moon on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The image shows Neil Armstrong's left footprint on the surface of the Moon.

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  NASA Pays Rich Homage To Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins

  Michael Collins, the third American astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon along with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, passed away on Wednesday, and was paid tribute to by NASA.

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  NASA Plans for Return to Moon to Cost $28 Billion

  NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion (roughly Rs. 2,05,787 crores), $16 billion (roughly Rs. 1,17,592 crores) of which of which would be spent on the lunar landing module.

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  Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Shares A "View Of Home", Taken From Space In 1969

  Buzz Aldrin - the second human ever to step on the moon - took to Twitter on Thursday to share a stunning shot of Earth rising above the moon's horizon.

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  "Not Easy": Apollo 13 Star Tom Hanks Pays Tribute To Aborted Space Mission

  "Send men to the moon. 2. Return them safely to the Earth. Not easy," wrote Tom Hanks

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  Houston Celebrates Exact Moment Neil Armstrong Set Foot On Moon

  Houston's Space Center counted down Saturday night to the exact moment 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon, marking one of humanity's greatest achievements.