Tag: Apollo 11
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Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included
Lego’s minifigure recreation of the Apollo 11 lunar landing comes with a moonscape. (Lego Photo) That’s one giant heap of Lego bricks: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Lego Group is unveiling a 1,087-piece building set that recreates the mission’s Eagle lunar module. The Lego Creator Expert NASA Apollo…
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50 years after first lunar landing, Apollo moonshots inspire a new blast of books
Books about the moon can help get you in the proper mood to see the “Destination Moon” exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) In the 50 years since Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left humanity’s first bootprint on the moon, that “one small step” has launched one giant load of…
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50 years ago: Apollo 11 rolls out, NASA sets mid-July target for launch
Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth” before the end of the decade began rolling out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. That same day,…
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This is the Apollo 11 HoloLens demo that Microsoft hoped to show at Build
Science journalist Andrew Chaikin and Industrial Light and Magic chief creative offer John Knoll try unsuccessfully to get the demo off the ground at Build. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The opening demo at Microsoft’s Build conference was supposed to be a real showstopper, and ultimately it did stop the show — but not in…
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‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well
Mark Armstrong, one of the sons of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, checks out the spaceship that his father rode to the moon at the Museum of Flight’s “Destination Moon” exhibit. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) “Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the…
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As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate
Lisa Young, conservator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, adjusts the gloves that Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon, on display as part of the “Destination Moon” exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Aldrin’s helmet and visor can be seen on display, and in the famous moon picture seen in…
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Hey, kids! Here’s your chance to re-enact the Apollo 11 moon landing with robots
A Lego Mindstorms robot, with a plastic astronaut strapped to the front, approaches a toy lunar lander during an Apollo moon mission re-enactment. (University of Washington Photo / Dennis Wise) Fifty years after the first Apollo moon landing, students from across the country will get a chance to re-enact the feat with drones and robots,…
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Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families
Ryan Gosling plays the role of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong in “First Man.” (Universal Pictures Photo) Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past and potentially glorious future of space exploration on big and small screens. But if you’re expecting the Ryan Gosling…
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T-minus-1 year: The moon is on the rise as Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary approaches
NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag during 1969’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (NASA Photo / Neil Armstrong) Forty-nine years ago today, humans first set foot on a world beyond Earth — and by the time the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing rolls around, a year from now, there’s likely…
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48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million
A view from the Apollo 11 lunar module shows mission commander Neil Armstrong collecting a sample of lunar dust and rocks. At his feet is the handle for the sample collection tool. (NASA Photo / Andy Chaikin / CollectSpace.com) The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who…