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Young attendees stand by a space suit during the Apollo 11, 50th anniversary celebration at Space Center Houston on July 20, 2019, in Houston, Texas. (Loren ELLIOTT / AFP)
July 21, 2019, 6:41 am
Mankind’s giant leap celebrated as millions mark moon landing anniversary
Countdown at Johnson Space Center in Houston marks exact moment Neil Armstrong first stepped onto lunar surface, as celebrations across US held to commemorate historic achievement
By AP
Jules Bergman covered all of NASA’s manned space missions during his lifetime. (Denver Post via Getty Images via JTA News)
July 20, 2019, 4:37 pm
The Jewish reporter who brought the 1969 moon landing into US living rooms
Jules Bergman, a charismatic television reporter, covered all NASA’s 54 manned space flights during his lifetime
By Josefin Dolsten
In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
July 14, 2019, 8:12 am
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
On July 20, 1969, the world came to a standstill as millions tuned in to watch Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon
By Marcia Dunn
Photo taken by the Beresheet spacecraft in which an Israeli flag can be seen on a plaque with the inscription, "Am Israel Hai," or "The Jewish People Lives," and in English, "Small country, big dreams," taken 37,600 kilometers from Earth. (Courtesy SpaceIL/IAI)
April 13, 2019, 9:12 pm
SpaceIL chief: ‘Beresheet 2 starts Sunday; we’ll put our flag on the moon’
After crash on lunar surface, billionaire Morris Kahn announces new project on-air, says mission team will meet Sunday to begin work on successor to Israel’s first moon lander
By TOI staff
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
April 12, 2019, 5:56 pm
Engineers detail glitches that caused Beresheet to slam into moon
Technical problems began miles above landing spot when spacecraft lost main engine; engineers restarted it, but too late to prevent the craft smashing into lunar surface at 310 mph
By Melanie Lidman
One of the last photos taken by Beresheet before crash landing into the moon on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy SpaceIL)
April 12, 2019, 8:03 am
Buzz Aldrin to ‘inspiring’ Beresheet team after moon crash: ‘Never lose hope’
Second man to walk on moon sends condolences to Israelis; LunarX to award SpaceIL a $1m prize for achievements despite vehicle crashing into lunar surface during landing attempt
By Melanie Lidman and TOI staff
Tal Ramon, son of space shuttle Columbia astronaut Ilan Ramon, plays for the crowd Thursday, Jan 25, 2018, at Kennedy Space Center during NASA's annual day of remembrance in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)
January 26, 2018, 7:57 am
With tribute by Israeli astronaut’s son, NASA honors 7 killed aboard Columbia
15 years after space shuttle disaster, son of Ilan Ramon plays his music at Florida memorial for fallen crew
By Marcia Dunn
US President Donald Trump points to the sun as he arrives to view the solar eclipse, on August 21, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 12, 2017, 8:52 am
Trump tells NASA to send Americans to Moon
US president wants to establish foundation for eventual trip to Mars and ‘perhaps someday to many worlds beyond’
By Jerome Cartillier
In this Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, Buzz Aldrin, former NASA Astronaut and Apollo 11 Pilot, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness hearing on human exploration goals and commercial space competitiveness. (AP/Susan Walsh)
December 1, 2016, 4:50 pm
Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole
Second man on moon said to be ‘ailing’ during private visit as part of tourist group taken by plane to New Zealand
By AP
Former US astronaut and the second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin speaks at the International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015. (screen capture: Newzulu)
October 16, 2015, 6:43 am
Buzz Aldrin touches down in Jerusalem
Former astronaut makes an appearance at International Astronautical Congress, held this year in the capital
By Ben Sales
Reflecting on his experience as he emerged from the craft into the daylight on the Expedition 24 mission's second spacewalk, astronaut Doug Wheelock said "the colors of the Earth just explode at you as you exit toward the planet. Notice what looks like scorch marks on the hatch thermal cover, the effect of vacuum and atomic oxygen on the threads and thread sealant used on the thermal cover. The 'smell' of space follows suit, I’ve heard it described like burnt cake or cookies, or like the smell of an extinguished match." (photo credit: NASA/Flash90)
August 25, 2012, 11:44 pm
Key dates in history of space exploration
On October 4th, 1957, the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by Soviet Union; 12 years later, Armstrong’s Apollo landed on the moon
By AP
This July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA shows Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. (photo credit: AP Photo/NASA)
August 25, 2012, 11:38 pm
Neil Armstrong, first man on moon, 82
Astronaut visited Israel in 2007, told young space hopefuls in Haifa that space travel proved ‘the human species, all of us, is not forever chained to the planet Earth’
By AP and TOI staff
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