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Apollo 11 turns 50: Moon exploration, interesting facts & Nasa's to-do list
NASA's Project Artemis aims to take more humans, including the first woman ever to the moon
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Would your phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon like Apollo did?
The Apollo computer was state-of-the-art in its time, but what would have been different if the moon landing had the state-of-the-art computers that are available today?
Would your phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon like Apollo did?
The Apollo computer was state-of-the-art in its time, but what would have been different if the moon landing had the state-of-the-art computers that are available today?
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50 yrs of moon landing: When the world paused to watch Armstrong's moonwalk
Officially more than 500 million people gathered around their sets to watch him leap from the ladder of Apollo 11's Eagle landing craft and onto the surface of the Sea of Tranquility
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Growing up in Space Age: We need a moonshot of the first footstep on Mars
Moonshot is necessary not because more flags need to be planted and more footsteps left behind on a distant world, but because of the need to inspire present and future generations
How big is moon and how far is it? Let's put facts into perspective
The equatorial diameter of the Moon is about 3,476km, while the polar diameter is 3,472km
50th anniversary of Apollo 11: How we came to know a lot about the Moon
Here's a brief timeline of the landmark moments of lunar exploration in modern times
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Google doodle celebrates 50th anniversary of Nasa's Apollo 11 Moon mission
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon
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50 years of Apollo mission: Was Moon landing fake? Here are the facts
Conspiracy theories that claimed that the moon landing was faked and that it was all a Hollywood-like cinematic production shot on Earth have been doing the rounds for decades
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Women yet to step on moon but well intertwined with it in literature
The moon is often envisaged as a female entity, which inspired poems on the theme of her gaze as she looks down on Earth benignly
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Exposing the moon's surface: Equipment that changed space photography
Photographs of the first moon landing were nothing short of artistic masterpieces that redefined imagery with the picture of a footprint
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Moonwalk to MTV: How photos by Apollo 11 astronauts influenced pop culture
People collected and shared prints of the Apollo 11 landing and moonwalk, which also became the basis for artist Andy Warhol's colored prints 'Moonwalk' and for MTV's logo in 1981
Understanding time dilation: A year in space makes you older or younger?
How space travel and long-duration missions might change the human body, and whether those changes are permanent or reversible once astronauts return to Earth, is largely unknown
'One small step for a man': Did we mishear Armstrong's first words on Moon?
Armstrong insisted that he actually said, 'That's one small step for a man.' In fact, in the official transcript, Nasa transcribes the quote as 'that's one small step for (a) man'
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For $15 you can take tour of the unique artifacts from Apollo 11 mission
A jacket Armstrong wore during the Apollo 11 mission and a moon rock are among the many artifacts
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How drawing map of the Moon for Apollo became a national priority
President John F. Kennedy announced that a national goal for the decade was to send a man to the Moon and back safely
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Less support from women in space exploration? Time to change perception
Women have been historically excluded from the space program
Space travel was a dream for artists long before Armstrong stepped on moon
For centuries, the dream of human travel into the cosmos has fired imaginations
Explore first moon landing in your living room with Google's 3D re-creation
Users would get to explore 20 new stories about lesser-known aspects of the mission and the people who contributed to it
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Footprints on the Moon: An interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman
There is a lot of documentation about what's been left on the Moon - but it's amazing how much we don't know
