Tag: Moon landing
Apollo 12: Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist’s keen eye led...
Timothy Swindle, University of Arizona
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, it was a giant leap for mankind and a huge success for American...
Long before Armstrong and Aldrin, artists were stoking dreams of space...
Anne Collins Goodyear, Bowdoin College
In the midst of the space race, Hereward Lester Cooke, the former co-director of the NASA Art Program, observed, “Space...
5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Much of the technology common in daily life today originates from the drive to put a human being on the...
What’s on the far side of the Moon?
Wayne Schlingman, The Ohio State University
Looking up at the silvery orb of the Moon, you might recognize familiar shadows and shapes on its face...
Neil Armstrong and the America that could have been
Joe Essid, University of Richmond
According to a Gallup Poll from 1999, only 50 percent of those surveyed could even name Neil Armstrong as the...
Who owns the moon? A space lawyer answers
Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the...