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Neil Armstrong: Wrong step for Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama is bound for Florida on Thursday for a forum on his budgetary plans for redirecting the American space program -- away from the Moon and toward other missions. There are a lot of new......Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Florida, NASA, Satellite Technology, NBC (tv network)
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Long good-byes and longer movies
It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...
Tags: Entertainment, Andy Griffith, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, Frank Cady
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Mourners recall Neil Armstrong's 'life well-lived and service nobly rendered'
Highlights - NASA gives Armstrong's family an American flag from Johnson Space Center - Hundreds attend a memorial ceremony at Washington National Cathedral - Armstrong is remembered as an extraordinary man who shared credit with many - Armstrong,...Tags: News Agency, NASA, Human Interest, Barack Obama, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Purdue to honor Neil Armstrong
Purdue University plans to honor alumnus Neil Armstrong who died, Saturday, at the age of 82. Armstrong graduated from Purdue in 1955 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. In 1970, Armstrong received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Technology, Arts, Education
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Neil Armstrong Indiana heritage recalled
Before he walked on the moon in 1969, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong strolled the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University as an engineering student. “It is really special that we had somebody famous who did something,” said LaTonya...
Tags: NASA, Technology, Museums, Politics, Lobbying
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Purdue students gather to honor Neil Armstrong
He was an American hero but also a proud Purdue University alumnus. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday at the age of 82. Monday, a memorial service at Purdue showed just how deep his legacy still runs on the...
Tags: Human Interest, Technology, Purdue University, Science and Technology
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Shuttle program opened doors for minorities, women
In 1972, President Nixon gave his blessing to ramp up Apollo's successor, the Space Transportation System (STS). Two years later, work began on the first space shuttle, a test vehicle that NASA planned to christen Constitution.
Those plans changed...Tags: Gene Roddenberry, Astronomy, NASA, Constitutional Issues, Minority Groups
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Edward Bryant Jr. took his own giant leap in 1969
Five months before Neil Armstrong took that famous giant step, Edward Bryant Jr. made an impressive leap of his own.
Feb. 10, 1969, marked his first day on the job with Trans World Airlines. And the moment he first set foot in Kennedy Space Center, he...Tags: NASA, Culture, Aerospace Manufacturing, Kennedy Space Center, Jackie Robinson
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Readers question play of Mitt Romney, Neil Armstrong stories
Readers' Representative JournalThe front page of Sunday's Times featured a large profile of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a preview to the GOP National Convention, which was to begin Monday. A similar profile of President Obama is scheduled for this coming...... -
History to honor Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 mission
Channel Guide MagazineIn honor of the passing of Neil Armstrong, whose first step on the lunar surface marked a “giant leap for mankind,” History plans to air a full day of programming about the astronaut and the Apollo 11 mission that first brought humankind to... -
Discovery and Science also to honor Neil Armstrong
Channel Guide MagazineNot to be outdone by History’s Aug. 28 celebration of Neil Armstrong’s life and accomplishments, Discovery Channel and Science have likewise announced a two-network tribute to the first human to set foot on the moon. At the center of this... -
Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon, is dead at 82
L.A. NOWNeil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon, has died. He was 82....
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