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Burb's Eye View: On Burbank's sidewalk to the stars
Ernie Seiler made one promise to the bikers, joggers and dog-walkers craning their necks to see his crew on the Chandler Bikeway Monday night. “Give me 30 seconds and I’ll give you the universe,” he tells them. He points them left,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Tim Elliott, Astronomy, Bob Dylan
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos vows to recover Apollo 11 engines from ocean
Ever wonder what kind of random hobbies you’d take up if you were a billionaire? Well, for Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos -- worth $18.4 billion according to Forbes -- it’s about tracking down old rocket engines. Did we mention they&...
Tags: Space Programs, E-Commerce Industry, Atlantic Ocean, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc.
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Taken For Granted: One man's space junk is another's history
Lift off. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and I were pulling G’s and climbing toward the stars. And that’s the closest I ever got to space travel — sharing an elevator ride with this famous voyager to the moon. I was 15 when the Russians launched...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Buzz Aldrin, Science, World War II (1939-1945), The New York Times
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Chicago throws a huge party for returning Moon Men
Chicago went loony for the Moon Men.
It was Aug. 13, 1969, and the city threw one monster party for Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronauts whose journey to the moon and back had captivated the world.
With...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Richard Nixon, Field Museum of Natural History, Space Programs, Michigan
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SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science, Air Transportation Industry, Space Programs, Fiction
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Awarding gold medals to astronauts is no small step for lawmakers
The Write Stuff - Orlando Sentinel[From Richard Simon of the Tribune Washington Bureau] WASHINGTON — It’s probably a good thing that Congress didn't plan the moonshot. The House on Monday is expected to authorize the use of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for a Nov. 16 ceremony to... -
Tracking John Glenn's orbit 50 years ago
GLOUCESTER — Ray W. Hooker can’t recall the day John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.
But the 106-year-old former NASA engineer remembers his job leading up to the historic flight. Hooker circled the globe building...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Oceans, Space Programs, Bodies of Water, Australia
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At 106, Ray. W. Hooker of Gloucester may the oldest NASA retiree
GLOUCESTER — John Glenn may be the oldest living astronaut, but he’s still a young pup compared to Ray W. Hooker.
Hooker, 106, was in the twilight of his NASA career when Glenn rocketed to superstardom in 1962 as the first American to orbit...Tags: Jim Thorpe, Purdue University, World War II (1939-1945), Space Programs, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)
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10 things you might now know about space
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, a Mars probe that malfunctioned, is expected to fall back into Earth's atmosphere as early as this weekend. It will crash to our planet's surface, but is unlikely to hurt anyone on the ground. These 10 facts won't hurt...Tags: Oceans, Bodies of Water, Space Programs, Transportation Accidents, Wheaton
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John D. Lowry dies at 79; innovative film-restoration executive
John D. Lowry, an entertainment technology innovator who founded Lowry Digital Images, the renowned movie restoration company in Burbank that worked its magic by returning film classics such as "Casablanca" and "Star Wars" to their pristine state for...Tags: Star Wars (movie), Space Programs, Movies, Snow White (fictional character), Television Industry
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Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, Titanic (movie, 1997), Space Programs, James Cameron, Jeff Bezos
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‘60 Minutes’ explores face blindness, commercial space flight
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelMusk, who co-founded Pay-Pal, answers criticism from Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan about the shift to commercial space flight. "I was very sad to see that," Musk says. "Those guys are heroes of mine, so it's really tough. ... I wish...
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