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New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag
3:00PM Rosa Golijan | It’s blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it’s there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More »
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3:20AM Wilson Rothman | Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn’t even a gleam in some nerd’s eye, but a new book shows that the painter was, nevertheless, a Photoshop god. More »
Norman Rockwell: The Original King Of The Photoshop
3:20AM Wilson Rothman | Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn’t even a gleam in some nerd’s eye, but a new book shows that the painter was, nevertheless, a Photoshop god. More »
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7:20AM Wilson Rothman | Our friend and astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao was an invited guest at the Apollo 11 40th Anniversary gala last night. Here he shares a few shots, his memories of the Eagle touchdown, and his thoughts on the next moon mission. More »
A Real Astronaut Reflects On America’s Moon Landings, Past And Future
7:20AM Wilson Rothman | Our friend and astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao was an invited guest at the Apollo 11 40th Anniversary gala last night. Here he shares a few shots, his memories of the Eagle touchdown, and his thoughts on the next moon mission. More » 
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Should We Skip The Moon And Head For Mars?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | Speaking at a Washington lecture over the weekend, Apollo 11 crewmembers Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins expressed concern about NASA focusing too much on past accomplishments. That is to say, they believe we should focus our efforts on Mars. More »
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The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Liveblog
4:25AM Jesus Diaz | Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin are now on course to the surface of the Moon, after undocking from Columbia. I’m certainly not the great Walter Cronkite, but I’m liveblogging the historic event here. More »
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“The Eagle Has Wings”
3:59AM Jesus Diaz | The Eagle—Apollo 11’s Lunar Module—has now undocked from Columbia—the Command Module—and is now orbiting the Moon, 2 hours, 16 minutes minutes from landing Armstrong and Aldrin on its surface. This is how it looks from Columbia. More »
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Better Than TV
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | From Apollo 11’s Command Module, now on final approach to the Moon landing site: “We’re getting first view of the landing approach. Looks like pictures but difference of watching a real football game and watching it on TV.” More »
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‘You Want Me To Walk On The Freakin’ Moon Wearing What?!’
5:00AM Jack Loftus | These shots of gear from the first Apollo moon mission show just how far we have—and haven’t—come in the 40 years since man first walked on the moon. More »
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