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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: Barack Obama, Space Programs, Orion Space Mission, Ares V Launch, NBC (tv network)
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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: Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Satellite Technology, Human Interest
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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...
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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...
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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: Technology, Science and Technology, Human Interest, Purdue University
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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: Gore Vidal, Holidays, Django Unchained (movie), Ron Palillo, Paul McCartney
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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: Space Programs, Richard Nixon, African Americans, Politics, Science
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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: Kennedy Space Center, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Aerospace Manufacturing, Culture
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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... -
Neil Armstrong among 'greatest of American heroes,' Obama says
L.A. NOWPresident Obama issued the following statement on the death of Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday of complications from heart surgery. He was 82.... -
Neil Armstrong 'opened a frontier' for all humanity, JPL head says
L.A. NOWNeil Armstrong: JPL Director Charles Elachi said he doesn’t know whether the world’s most famous astronaut watched NASA’s Curiosity rover land on Mars this month. But he’s sure Neil Armstrong would have liked what he saw....
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