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…
Origins: 65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy
Astrophysicist STEPHEN G ALEXANDER pays tribute, in an article first published on The Conversation, to NASA’s 65 year legacy…
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…
‘The Dish’ still beaming signals from Australia 50 years after Moon walk
Parkes, AustraliaReuters It’s known as “The Dish” and it soars above a nondescript paddock in rural Australia. Without it, hundreds of millions of people would never have seen all of the generation-defining footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon 50 years ago. An estimated 600 million people around the world held their collective breath […]
ESSAY: THE JUBILEE OF THE MOON LANDING IS A CHANCE TO ASSESS TECHNOLOGY’S PROMISE
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JULIE SCHONFELD, managing director of US-based Leading Ethics, looks at the promise of technology…
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…
ON THE SCREEN: GOSLING TAKES ONE SMALL STEP FROM ‘LA LA LAND’ TO THE MOON
MARCUS CHEONG watches First Man…
ESSAY: WHO OWNS THE MOON? A SPACE LAWYER ANSWERS
In an article first published on The Conversation, FRANS VON DER DUNK, professor of space law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, looks at the question of who owns the Moon…
NEIL ARMSTRONG
I am simply amazed with the wisdom NASA showed in picking Neil Armstrong for the moon landing. PICTURE: Pedro Lastra/Unsplash He was one of the top astronauts – perfect physical qualities and a huge brain – but they had a roomful of men like him. Neil also had an amazing emotional aptitude to deal with […]