Pen Buzz Aldrin used to save Apollo 11 moonwalkers goes on sale

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...

‘Flight originated from the imagination’: how artists have captured space travel

As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...
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First Moon Landing Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

Some CT families got a special surprise to ring in America’s 250th birthday. ‘Gallantry’ was noted.

Several Connecticut families are ringing in America’s 250th birthday with a special surprise and solemn reminder that freedom ...

Moon shot: The amazing story of how America ultimately beat the Soviet Union in the great space race

What was once the most important potato field in the world belonged to the Nurskanova family in the town of Engels, in the ...

America 250: How grit and ingenuity fueled the race to the moon

The American Revolution started with trailblazers facing steep odds and little margin for error, solving problems by adapting ...
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Office of Education takes summer programs to deep space

During the regular school calendar students take field trips to enhance knowledge best engaged outside the classroom, and ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center VAB remains the heart of American space flight

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its ...
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250 Things Still Right With America

On America’s 250th birthday—otherwise known as the semiquincentennial—my good friend Art Milnes and I embarked on a contest: Who could name the most good things about America? Conducted over email, ...