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08.29
2012

The Nation’s Space Hero, Neil Armstrong, Passes Away

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The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, passes away Saturday from health complications. On August 25, 2012, the world lost an iconic legend. Retired astronaut, Neil Armstrong, passed away at the age of 82 from health complications following heart surgery. Armstrong is most notable for commanding missions to space, including the first mission to land on the moon in July 1969. However, prior to his work with NASA, he was a naval aviator and upon retiring from NASA, became a professor at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com   Armstrong was involved in several space expeditions prior to being selected as the commander of the mission to the moon. Along with Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, Armstrong took off in Apollo 11 for the first lunar landing mission. Armstrong was not only the first person to set foot on the moon’s surface to utter the infamous words, “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” but also planted the first flag on the moon. Armstrong shied away from the spotlight post-lunar missions, he had become a public supporter of the Constellation Moon Program … Keep Reading...

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07.31
2012

More Than 40 Years Later, the American Flag Still Stands

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, uttering the infamous line, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Six manned Apollo missions touched down on the moon’s surface between 1969 and 1972. The last of those missions departed from the moon on December 14, 1972. Since then, scientists have been looking for some sort of proof to determine the flags’ survival. Just over 40 years later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) has provided convincing images that the American flags are still standing on the moon’s surface.  The LRO first launched in June 2009, providing close-up images and details of the Apollo missions. The images provide visibly detailed views of the lunar landers, rovers, scientific instruments and even the astronauts’ boot prints. While the LRO was scheduled to orbit for one year, it can safely travel in space for up to five years. Currently, the LRO is orbiting the moon approximately 30 miles from the surface using seven different instruments to study and collect information about the surface for future lunar expeditions. Scientists were concerned the flags would not be able to survive in the harsh lunar environment where … Keep Reading...

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04.25
2012

The Space Race: U.S. Puts the First Flag on the Moon

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The Space Race was a competition for space exploration between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States beginning in the late 1950’s. Fueled by the Cold War and the feel of urgency to be the first developing additional nuclear weapon technology, the Space Race involved the launch of artificial satellites, sub-orbital and human orbited spaceflights around both Earth and the moon. The ultimate goal for the USSR and the United States was to have the first person to land on the moon. With several setbacks in both space programs, the United States continued to pursue landing on the moon under the notion the USSR was just as close as they were to launching the initial flight for a manned lunar mission. However, the USSR had suffered too many setbacks in technology, financial and personnel in the 1960’s, leaving them further behind in the Space Race than desired. In July 1969, the United States launched Apollo 11, the spaceflight that carried the first people to land and walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969, uttering the infamous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” and Edwin “Buzz” … Keep Reading...

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04.03
2012

Flags in Space: Why does the Flag on the Moon have ‘flying’ ripples?

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Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing mission, departing from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were among the spaceflight’s staff to make the inaugural trip to the moon, and were the first two men to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Along with leaving a plaque on the moon that states, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D.,” the two astronauts also planted the first U.S. flag on the Moon’s surface. Several conspiracy theories have surfaced surrounding the lunar space missions, with many critics stating the moon landings were a hoax by NASA and the government in desperation of beating the Soviet Union in the space race. The chief argument by conspiracy critics is the U.S. flag pictured on the moon – many argue that wind is present because the flag appears as though it is wavering in the wind, which would be impossible with the lunar ‘atmosphere.’ Keeping all moon atmospheric and flag flying elements in mind, a team at NASA designed a flag that would have a pole extended through the top of the … Keep Reading...

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