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Oscar Sunday is also FILM SLAM Sunday
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelBy coincidence, this month's Film Slam of indie short films, locally made and judged against one another by the audience, is happening on Oscar Sunday. Tim Anderson will emcee the event at The Enzian, beginning at 1. Here's the “Red Band”... -
Geraldine Ferraro and the 'dark backward and abysm' of political time
Opinion L.A.About Geraldine Ferraro, who died over the weekend. There had been a rather unpleasant patch there in early 2008 after Ferraro, a supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, told the Daily Breeze that "If Obama was a white man, he would...... -
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sues Topps for using his likeness in trading cards
Money & CompanyAstronaut Buzz Aldrin sues Topps for including his likeness in "American Heroes" trading cards... -
Hoping for orbit
Of The Morning CallThe Johnsville Centrifuge, at the heart of a new space-themed museum in Bucks County, gave America's earliest astronauts their wildest rides on earth. It tossed, turned and whirled Alan Shepard (first American in space), John Glenn (first American to...Tags: Physical Conditions, Heart Problems, Charity, History, Theme Park Vacations
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Joseph Gavin dies at 90; former head of aerospace company Grumman
Joseph Gavin, a retired president of the New York aerospace company Grumman who headed its Apollo lunar module program in the 1960s, died Oct. 31 at his home in Amherst, Mass. He was 90.
Gavin's death was announced in a statement issued by Los Angeles-...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Long Island, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, New York
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Record-setting aviator Joe Kittinger details his high-flying life
Orlando's hall-of-fame aviator Joe Kittinger begins his new book with a moment just before he leaped from a balloon nearly 20 miles up at the edge of space.
"The disc of the sun is sharp and brilliant against the ebony backdrop of deep space," the...Tags: Sports, Atlantic Ocean, University of New Mexico, U.S. Senate, Parachuting
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Shuttle Discovery Launch Postponed
Associated PressThunderstorms forced NASA to call off shuttle Discovery's launch to the international space station early Tuesday. Launch managers said they would try again Wednesday. The storms popped up unexpectedly late Monday all around the launch site, and...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Stephen Colbert, NASA, Ice Cream, Buzz Aldrin
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San Diegans remember 40th anniversary of moon landing
FOX 5 San Diego Staff40 years ago today, man first stepped on the moon. Those footprints, those images continue to amaze many people. Visitors taking a Monday afternoon to visit the San Diego Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park got a chance to take a look at history. On...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Fox Broadcasting Company, Arizona, NASA, Washington (U.S. state)
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40-year anniversaries: Why going to Wal-Mart means more than going to the moon
Tribune reporterHumans' first steps on the moon came 40 years ago Monday, a fact you likely know unless you've been living under a moon rock. Of course, you haven't, because for all the wonder of six visits over three and a half years, nobody's been there since....Tags: Delaware, Sam Walton, NASA, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Remembering a legend: Walter Cronkite 1916-2009
FOX 5 San Diego StaffCBS executive says retired CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," has died at his home in New York. He was 92. CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. after a long illness with his family by his side....Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Death, Fox Broadcasting Company, NASA, CBS Corp.
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Obama, Clinton Among Mourners At Memorial For Walter Cronkite
wpix.comPresident Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton were just two of the speakers who took part in a memorial service Wednesday at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall to pay homage to late, legendary newsman Walter Cronkite. The President concluded...Tags: Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, New York City, Barbara Walters, CBS Corp.
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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, Culture, Aerospace Manufacturing, Cultural Development, Jackie Robinson
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