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USS Hornet celebrates Apollo 11 splashdown anniversary

The USS Hornet Sea, Air, and Space Museum celebrates the anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 splashdown on July 18 with a ...
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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 ...

‘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 ...
BBC Sky at Night Magazine on MSN

Phew! 8 times astronauts diced with death and got away with it – showing just how dangerous spaceflight really is

These space missions turned into catastrophes but their astronauts survived. This is how they lived to tell the tale ...

Ohio native Neil Armstrong was an icon for humanity and a man of great humility

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, but you probably knew that already.

Bay Area events calendar for July 17-23 weekly editions

DwLgL  Gilroy Garlic Festival selling out fast Photos: Thousands attend the San Jose Obon Festival in Japantown League of ...

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Smithsonian Has 6,724 Staff Members with a Mission to Increase and Diffuse Knowledge. Hear How They Work ‘For the Common Good’

With astrophysicists and wildlife ecologists, art conservators and security officers, this discussion series invites visitors ...

First look at the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its new L.A. home

First look at the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its new L.A. home ...