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Moon landing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made object to ...

Moon landing: Information from Answers.com
On 16 July 1969, half a million people gathered near Cape Canaveral (then Cape Kennedy), Florida. Their attention was focused on three astronauts—Neil A. Armstrong ...

Apollo 11 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many nations would honor the first manned Moon landing by issuing Apollo 11 commemorative postage stamps or coins. On September 16, 1969, the three astronauts spoke before ...

BBC News - Probe pictures Moon landing sites
Remarkable new images of the Apollo landing sites on the Moon have been released by Nasa. The pictures clearly show the hardware left on the lunar surface by American ...

Moon landing: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
Can anyone tell me what day of the week, and time of the day (UK time), the first moon landing occured? I have a memory of watching it at school wi...

The Moon Landing - Kidport Home Page
The moon landing was one of man's greatest accomplishments. Learn more about this historic event.

Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake? - APFN
Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake? (And why haven't we been back to the moon in 41 years?) Translate this Page! Moonfakers at work for Collier's magazine

NASA Apollo 11 30th Anniversary - History Home
The official Apollo 11 30th Anniversary Website, created by NASA's History Office. Featuring real NASA pictures, movies, stories and facts.

moon landing | Popular Science
To commemorate last week's historic Shuttle launch, we've compiled a sentimental collection of manned spaceflight stories from the PopSci archive

Moon landing - 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools
A moon landing is the arrival of an intact manned or unmanned spacecraft on the surface of a planet's natural satellite. The concept has been a goal of humankind ...

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Russia & India Report

Rebirth of Moon exploration
Russia & India Report
Popovkin's plans are nothing if not ambitious with the first landing scheduled for 2020. Regular flights planned within five years of that, culminating in a fully-functioning scientific base complete with giant telescopes by 2030.
Russian Space Agency Launches 'X-Factor' Contest for Moon Program CosmonautsInternational Business Times
Russia Sets Its Sights on the Moon for 2020Universe Today
Russians to take a giant leap for the space programRT

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Vertex's Big Day Felt Like Moon Landing, Seattle Researcher Says
Xconomy
Bonnie Ramsey said three years ago that a cystic fibrosis drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals was a huge medical advance in the making, and would end up being an achievement on par with putting a man on the moon, at least for her patients.

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Chicago Tribune

Three American Presidents Have Aimed for the Moon
Yahoo! Contributors Network
The man to the moon was toward the end of a list of what Kennedy considered important proposals for his agenda. The moon landing, which became the Apollo program, is the one best remembered. It was accomplished on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 landed ...
What's so funny about permanent base on moon?Yuma Sun

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VGChartz

Lunar landings spawned a moonstruck generation
STLtoday.com
The lunar material sits in a sealed tube at Washington U., locked away for safekeeping. "It just turned my career in this direction," he said of the historic moon landing. "I've been studying lunar samples ever since." The moments the astronauts spent ...
The Conspiracy Theory Thread - This week: Lunar Conspiracy TheoriesVGChartz
The High Cost of Government WasteThe American
Moon missions find success, supportAlamogordo Daily News
Investor's Business Daily -Sen - Space exploration network
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Hollywood Reporter

'The Artist's' Jean Dujardin Is a Star, But Will He Be Welcomed to Hollywood?
Hollywood Reporter
In an Oscar season of breakouts, none has been bigger than "The Artist" and its French star who keeps landing honors -- though American stardom may be more elusive. As a child, Jean Dujardin struggled with words. "I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very ...

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PanARMENIAN.Net

China releases new moon images
UPI.com
China is set to launch the Chang'e-3 in 2013, the first Chinese spacecraft intended to land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, officials said. Photos of possible landing sites, along with China's complete moon map, will provide information for ...
China Proves Conspiracy Theorists Wrong With High-Resolution Moon PhotosHuffington Post UK
China unveils highest-resolution moon mapBusinessGhana
China publishes a full coverage map of the moonPanARMENIAN.Net
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The Atlantic

Doomsday Speeches: If D-Day and the Moon Landing Had Failed
The Atlantic
Twenty-five years later, in 1969, Richard Nixon's White House drafted a speech to use if the moon landing was unsuccessful and the astronauts were trapped on the lunar surface. This is not alternate history. This is very real history, about leaders ...

How The Moon Landings Were Faked
The Spoof (satire)
Many a curious Earthling has gazed up at the Moon at night and pondered, "just how did the American government manage to fake those landings on the Moon?". As a recent book by "astronaut" Buzz Aldrin reveals, there were considerable obstacles to ...

President Mitt Romney: What if a Republican does win?
Toronto Star
Newt's lunar landing. Rick's abortion advice. Ron's rip-it-all-up rhetoric. Followers of America's Republican primary contest could easily conclude that the adults have left the political playground. And with unrefereed mud wrestling matches set to ...

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Fredericksburg.com (blog)

Stafford teen part of moon-landing team
Fredericksburg.com (blog)
(Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star) BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE They say that you should aim for the moon, because even if you miss you'll still be among the stars. But for a local teen, the moon is a steppingstone. Kelly Thomas wants to have a hand in ...