Apollo Missions NASA just released gorgeous new panoramas from the Apollo missionsbgr.com - Mike Wehner The 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon landing is just days away, and with it comes a whole bunch of retrospective content from the space …
Apollo Missions Here's our original coverage of Apollo 11Popular Science - Sarah FechtIn the July 1969 issue of Popular Science, a famous rocket scientist narrated the first moon landing. Forty-eight years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first footprints the
History 12 alternative giant leaps for mankind – from carnivorism to Magna Cartahistoryextra.com This week marks 50 years since man first set foot on the moon – a "giant leap for mankind", as famously stated by astronaut Neil Armstrong. But what …
Adolf Hitler A Group of German Leaders Tried to Kill Hitler in 1944. Here’s Why They FailedTIME - Albinko HasicOn July 20, 1944, Adolf Hitler and senior Nazi military officers met at the Wolf’s Lair in Rastenburg, Eastern Prussia. As the Nazi military leaders took their seats to discuss troop movements on the Front,
Neil Armstrong Man's First Day on the MoonPopular Mechanics - By James R. BerryAfter scanning the desolate moonscape, Neil Armstrong will descend the LM's ladder to become the first man ever to set foot to the moon. Serious exploration then begins. Mere weeks before Apollo 11 landed
U.S. Marines Remains of more than 20 American service members killed in bloody WWII battle return homeFox News - Greg NormanMore than 20 American service members who were killed in a bloody World War II battle are finally back on U.S. soil – and are one step closer to getting the burials they rightfully deserve. An Air Force
Apollo Missions 50 Years Later: Apollo 11 flight director recalls final moments before moon landingABC News - David Kerley and Mina Kaji As millions around the world watched the first lunar landing attempt, the employees at NASA's mission control center in Houston held their breaths as …
NASA Apollo 11: Eleven things you never knew about NASA's landmark moon missionNBC News - By Corey S. PowellSome of the most intriguing details from the Apollo 11 saga remain largely unknown or poorly understood. Fifty years ago next week, 600 million people around the world watched on live television as Apollo
Science The Story of 8 Unforgettable Words About Apollo 11The New York Times - By JOHN SCHWARTZ[Read all Times reporting on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. | Sign up for the weekly Science Times email.] John Noble Wilford knew that he was writing one of the most important stories
Ancient Rome Travel back in time with the 'Google Maps' of Ancient RomeEuronews - By Oscar ValeroSummer is now well-underway across Europe and many of us are planning our holiday escape with travel comparison websites and web mapping services. Low-cost air carriers, fast trains, and cross-national
Military History Russia's MiG-29 Fulcrum: A Super Fighter or Super Failure?defensemaven.io - Warrior Maven Warrior Video Above: B-2 30th Anniversary - Inside a Stealth Bomber Attack The MiG-29 Fulcrum was the first Russian fourth-generation jet fighter, …
Archaeology Archaeologists Claim to Have Found the Church of the Apostles by Sea of Galileehaaretz.com - Ruth Schuster Archaeologists believe they have likely found the Church of the Apostles, which Christian tradition says had been built over the home of Jesus …
Cats 10 top cats in historyhistoryextra.com From Wilberforce the cat, who was Chief Mouser to four British prime ministers, to the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, history is full of remarkable …
History of Science Saturn V: Inside the rocket that launched Apollo 11 to the Moonsciencefocus.com - Peter Bond Mankind’s greatest adventure, the first mission to land on the Moon, began at Cape Kennedy, Florida, at 9.32am on 16 July 1969. The ground shook as …
Military History B.Z. Gas Rendered the Enemy Too Irritable to Fightdefensemaven.io - Warrior Maven Warrior Video Above: B-2 30th Anniversary - Inside a Stealth Bomber Attack During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies could …
Culture Where Was Babylon and Does It Still Exist?howstuffworks.com - Dave Roos At the height of its glory in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C.E., the city of Babylon was the largest and wealthiest in the ancient world. Under the …
This 400-year-old hotel is just eight feet wide with one room onlylostateminor.com - Inigo del Castillo It could well be the smallest hotel in Belgium – if not, the world.In the city of Antwerp, local architecture firm DMVA has remodeled a 400-year-old, …
Humanity A "Game-Changing" 10,000-Year-Old Neolithic City Has Been Unearthed Near JerusalemScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill A giant human settlement dating back to the Stone Age has been discovered near Jerusalem, and researchers say it's not just the largest of its kind …
Neil Armstrong Michael Collins Is the Forgotten Astronaut of Apollo 11. He's Perfectly Fine With That.Esquire - By Kate StoreyApollo 11's third astronaut orbited the moon, all alone, while his colleagues walked on it. On July 20, 1969, at 1:46 p.m., Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin separated the Eagle landing craft from the Apollo
Apollo Missions Small steps: How NASA prepared for the first moonwalksciencefocus.com - Amy Shira Teitel Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, we look at the innovative training and exercises that put the astronauts through their …
Archaeology The First Vikings - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - ANDREW CURRY According to historians, the Viking Age began on June 8, A.D. 793, at an island monastery off the coast of northern England. A contemporary chronicle …
Apollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: OdditiesBBC Future - Richard HollinghamNot all of the equipment carried into space was cutting edge and expensive. Some of the more humble odds and ends even prevented disaster. The second American in space, Gus Grissom, named his Mercury Liberty
Culture The Romanovs’ Last Spectacular Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903)openculture.com - by Josh Jones In 1903, the Romanovs, Russia’s last and longest-reigning royal family, held a lavish costume ball. It was to be their final blowout, and perhaps …
World News Archaeologists unearth prehistoric 9,000-year-old ‘city’ near Jerusalem - watchjpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF Thousands of Neolithic arrow-heads, as well as art and jewelry, were found in a site once housing about 3,000 people. Dear Reader, As you can imagine, …
Apollo Missions 50 years after the moon landing, Apollo 11 remains a miracleThe Washington Post - By David Von DrehleIt was a day of miracles and wonders. That much I remember very clearly. One did not need the brainpower of a scientist or the erudition of a philosopher to know it. I was just an 8-year-old boy gazing
Ancient History The Grand Strategy of Classical Spartaancient.eu - Paul Rahe In ancient Lacedaemon, as in all enduring political communities, there was a symbiotic relationship between the form of government chosen, the way of …
History Historian Sam Willis on Trafalgar: “British naval dominance wasn’t the reason the battle became famous”historyextra.com The battle of Trafalgar is today remembered as "one of the greatest naval clashes in history" - but how much does this claim stand up to scrutiny? …
Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Lincolnbiography.com Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Mary Todd Lincoln was born on December 13, 1818, in …
History The making of the Bayeux Tapestry: who made it, how long did it take, and how has it survived?historyextra.com The Bayeux Tapestry tells one of the most famous stories in British history – that of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, particularly the battle …
