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Startup entrepreneurs should not get discouraged by detractors and should focus on their mission, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State
A NASA research facility in Ohio has been renamed after astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was born in the state and returned shortly after he became the first man to walk on the moon
The Apollo computer was state-of-the-art in its time, but what would have been different if the moon landing had the state-of-the-art computers that are available today?
The Apollo computer was state-of-the-art in its time, but what would have been different if the moon landing had the state-of-the-art computers that are available today?
Officially more than 500 million people gathered around their sets to watch him leap from the ladder of Apollo 11's Eagle landing craft and onto the surface of the Sea of Tranquility
Here's a brief timeline of the landmark moments of lunar exploration in modern times
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon
People collected and shared prints of the Apollo 11 landing and moonwalk, which also became the basis for artist Andy Warhol's colored prints 'Moonwalk' and for MTV's logo in 1981
Users would get to explore 20 new stories about lesser-known aspects of the mission and the people who contributed to it
NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the historic moon landing
The souvenir plaque did better than the lot that was expected as the highlight of the sale, an American flag taken during the trip to the moon, but never deployed on site
Though he did some advertising campaigns for Chrysler and a few other firms, Armstrong mostly kept a low profile
The items to be auctioned include flags, medallions, stamped envelopes and other memorabilia that made the trip to the moon and back
Its previous owner was an Illinois lawyer, who bought it in 2015 for $995