Know It All: Moon landings
Japan recently became the fifth country to land a craft successfully on the Moon. DAVID ADAMS looks at some facts and figures about that and previous landings…
Astronauts hailed as heroes 50 years after historic Moon landing
Cape Canaveral, FloridaReuters Capping a week of celebrations over the historic Apollo 11 mission, Vice President Mike Pence joined astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday at the launch pad in Florida that sent the Moonwalker and his two crew mates to space for humankind’s first steps on the lunar surface 50 years ago. Pence joined NASA […]
KNOW IT ALL SPECIAL: FIVE FAITH FACTS ABOUT THE MOON LANDING – SPACE COMMUNION AND A PRAYER LEAGUE OF ITS OWN
In a special ahead of this weekend’s 50th anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, look at five “faith facts” related to the lunar event…
ESSAY: FIVE MOON LANDING INNOVATIONS THAT CHANGED LIFE ON EARTH
In an article first published on The Conversation, JEAN CREIGHTON, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, looks at some of the benefits from the 1969 moon landing…