Mega Dik Dikadded this to THE MEGA DIK DIK TIMESApollo Missions Man walks on the moon: 21 July 1969The Guardian - Jan TrottIt is 50 years since the first man walked on the moon. To celebrate this historic event we have front pages from The Observer and The Guardian from July 1969. Apollo 11 launched on Wednesday 16 July 1969
The Motley Fooladded this to IndustrialsInvesting Alphabet-Backed Space Launch Company Wins Pentagon ContractThe Motley Fool - Rich Smith How big is the contract? When will it launch? And who the heck is "SpinLaunch" anyway? From internet advertising to search to finding you a good deal …
Fox Newsadded this to ScienceApollo Missions Buzz Aldrin 'disappointed' in America's progress since Apollo 11: 'We have the No. 1 rocket and spacecraft ...Fox News - Chris CiacciaSpeaking at a White House event honoring Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, said he's "disappointed" with the progress America's space program has made over the past 50 years.
A.W.C.added this to PC, Cellphone & ElectronicsGeek Early Tests of OneWeb’s New Satellite Internet Service Hit 400MbpsGeek - By Lee Mathews There’s a race going on right now to blanket the globe with high-speed Internet access. One of the horses in that race is OneWeb. Their first …
LS Brickeradded this to To Read Later While DrivingPlay buttonSpace Another Chinese Space Station Just Fell to Earth - Watch It Hit Our AtmosphereScienceAlert - DAN ROBITZSKI On Friday, the Chinese space station Tiangong-2 was spectacularly decommissioned — it was set on a crash course with a remote patch of the Pacific …
Alex Mayhewadded this to SpaceRaceNASA TV Astronauts Will Launch to Space Station 50 Years After Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Watch Live!space.com - Hanneke Weitering Three new crewmembers will launch to the International Space Station today (July 20) on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and you …
Kevin Beachusadded this to Tesla And SpaceXElon Musk Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX’s Starhopper Survived Recent Fireballdiscovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin In a series of Twitter responses, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed Starhopper, the prototype for the company’s next generation of spacecraft, survived …
Light Sail LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth - Universe Todayuniversetoday.com - by Evan Gough LightSail 2, the brainchild of The Planetary Society, has gifted us two new gorgeous images of Earth. The small spacecraft is currently in orbit at …
Business Insideradded this to ScienceNASA How SpaceX's new Starship launch system compares to NASA's towering moon rocketsBusiness Insider - Dave MosherThe energy required to launch three people out to the moon, land two of them on its surface, and bring everyone back to Earth is monstrous. To get that job done during its Apollo program, NASA created
Rolf Feyadded this to Meine AuswahlSpaceX 1 Huge Reason SpaceX Will Dominate the Launch BusinessThe Motley Fool - Rich Smith In April, the company won a contract to launch NASA's DART spacecraft for $69 million. Its next launch will be even cheaper. From Moscow to Paris to …
Digital Trendsadded this to ComputingNvidia Nvidia’s RTX shows how Neil Armstrong would appear if Apollo 11 landed todayDigital Trends - Chuong Nguyen What was a small lunar step for man in 1969 has turned into a giant leap forward for computer graphics a half-century later. To commemorate the 50th …
EEvan Hawthornadded this to Space, Physics, Tech, MathEarth We've surrounded the Earth with surveillance satellites, but who is that good for?TNW - W. Wayt GibbsIt was only on the fourth orbit, when the spacecraft’s orientation had changed, that they had the vision for which their mission will always be remembered. Shortly after they had swept from night to day,
caioadded this to Space Curiosity Space SpaceX Tests the Safety Parachute on Its Crewed Dragon CapsulePopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanNot the sexiest part of space travel, but one of the most crucial. Not many companies know how to make parachutes alluring, but most companies aren't SpaceX. The California-based company has released compilation
Geekadded this to GeekSpaceX SpaceX’s Starhopper Prototype Survives Static-Fire Test in TexasGeek - By Genevieve Scarano SpaceX’s Starhopper is apparently an unbreakable “bullet”: The prototype survived a wild night of static-fire testing that involved extreme heat and …
BGRadded this to ScienceSpacecraft Look up! China’s Tiangong-2 space lab is about to fall back to Earthbgr.com - Mike Wehner Today is an important day for China’s space agency. No, the country isn’t launching anything new into space, and in fact, it’s sort of the opposite. …
National GeographicApollo Missions Dear Columbia: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins says thanksNational Geographic - Michael CollinsThe mission's command module pilot pays tribute to the spacecraft that kept him company on the moon's far side. This essay is an entry in our "Dear Spacecraft" series, where we ask writers, scientists,
FOX Businessadded this to TechnologyMoon The Apollo 11 Moon landing cost billions of dollars — here’s the breakdown: reportFOX Business - Ann SchmidtThough Neil Armstrong called it a “small step for man,” the Apollo 11 Moon landing was certainly no small expense. It took 400,000 people to put two men -- Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -- on the Moon 50 ago
ABC Newsadded this to TechnologyTechnology 50 years after the moon landing: How close is space travel, really?ABC News - Soo Youn When Americans first walked on the moon 50 years ago, the idea of space travel crystallized into a graspable future. Bolstered by a geeky shift in …
Fast Companyadded this to Fast CompanyTechnology 50 years after Apollo, a U.S. return to the Moon looks depressingly far offFast Company - Sean CaptainPersistent technical setbacks and political infighting have introduced unending delays in our trip back to the lunar surface. The 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing is an occasion for great historical
Apollo Missions EDITORIAL: The daring spirit of the lunar landingthechronicleherald.ca - www.thechronicleherald.ca “We have seen the unbelievable — man on the moon, and off again.” Those were the astonished words that began The Chronicle Herald’s lead editorial on …
Houston Astros Apollo 11 moon landing: 5 ways Texas has celebrated all things NASAcaller.com - Mary Ann Cavazos Beckett When it comes to marking special moments like the historic moon landing, Texas goes big. In tribute to NASA and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 …
NBC Newsadded this to Top VideosApollo Missions Apollo 11’s small step and the next giant leap for human spaceflightNBC NewsThe 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and returning safely to the Earth coincides with our next giant leap into the stars. As NASA looks to return to the Moon and venture to Mars, Apollo
Engadgetadded this to Latest NewsPlay buttonNvidia NVIDIA revamps Moon landing recreation in time for Apollo 11's 50thEngadget - Jon FingasThe RTX-based demo is considerably closer to the real thing. You knew NVIDIA couldn't resist reviving its GPU-based Apollo 11 recreation for the Moon landing's 50th anniversary. Sure enough, the tech has
The Telegraphadded this to WomenPlay buttonNASA Who will be the first woman on the moon?The Telegraph - By Nick AllenToo-big spacesuits, hundreds of unnecessary tampons and unwanted bunches of flowers… Efforts to even out the gender imbalance in space have often collapsed into farce. Can Nasa’s new project, Artemis,
LuxurylaunchesPlay buttonHasselblad Hasselblad celebrates 50 years on the moon with a special edition camera kit -luxurylaunches.com - Sayan Chakravarty The lunar lander of the Apollo 11 mission carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon exactly 50 years back. To commemorate this …
The Weekadded this to The WeekPhotojournalism The week's best photojournalismtheweek.com A man wears a white tiger mask in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | (FAZRY ISMAIL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A swan in a boat near Windsor, Britain. | (NEIL …
FOX Businessadded this to TechnologyVirgin Galactic Apollo 11 moon landing: The cost of space tourism flightsFOX Business - Thomas BarrabiFive decades after NASA’s Apollo 11 space shuttle competed the first lunar landing in history, several firm led by some of the world’s most recognizable business leaders are competing to offer space tourism
European Space Agency Angelic halo orbit chosen for humankind's first lunar outpostphys.org - European Space Agency Mission planners at NASA and ESA's Operations Centre (ESOC) have spent months debating the pros and cons of different orbits, and have now decided on …
11rwadded this to Saved storiesHalliburton All of the Apollo anniversary swag you can buy from dumb to funThe Verge - Andrew LiptakThe 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is upon us, and along with the history, remembrances, and tributes comes the inevitable cash-grab. A whole bunch of companies from around the world have been
Terry Porteradded this to One Small StepBuzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin peed his pants on the moon and 18 other wild facts you never learned about NASA's Apollo 11 missionbusinessinsider.in Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped off a tiny, rickety spacecraft and onto the surface of the …
