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Rocket rivals?
NASA plans to replace the shuttle with its Constellation spacecraft—an Orion crew capsule boosted by Ares rockets. But retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin and others have proposed looking at an alternative—the Direct 2.0. It's a relatively simple...Tags: NASA, Space Programs
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Space legend Aldrin says moon mission plan off course
Tribune NewspapersCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four years after President George W. Bush announced his vision to send astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is leading an effort to re-examine the whole idea — in particular,...Tags: National Government, George Bush, NASA, Space Programs, Cape Canaveral
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NASA legend Buzz Aldrin voices concerns about moon rocket
Sentinel Staff WritersJust four years after President Bush announced his vision to send astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is leading an effort to re-examine the whole idea -- in particular, NASA's choice of rockets for the...Tags: Technology, National Government, Barack Obama, NASA, Utah
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R. Seamans, worked on mission to the moon
The New York TimesDr. Robert C. Seamans Jr., NASA's nuts-and-bolts manager of the Apollo moon-landing program, who later served as secretary of the Air Force and then as the first administrator of the federal energy research agency, died Saturday at his home in Beverly...Tags: Heart Disease, Michael Collins, NASA, Space Programs, Heads of State
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Deaths elsewhere
Robert C. Seamans Jr. Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr., NASA's nuts-and-bolts manager of the Apollo moon-landing program, died June 28 at his home in Beverly Farms, Mass. He was 89. The cause was a heart attack, his son Joseph said. Seamans was deputy...Tags: Public Employees, Heart Disease, Michael Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Television Industry
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Buzz Aldrin to be at screening for 'The Space Movie'
Buzz Aldrin, one of the astronauts who manned the first successful Apollo mission to the moon, will be on hand Monday for a screening of "The Space Movie," a 1979 documentary made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of that historic undertaking.
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Discovery's 'When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions'
Zap2itNothing since the original launches into space and the moon landing have held our collective television interest the same way. Sure, the planes slicing across the Twin Towers kept us glued to the set. That tragedy, however, we watched out of fear and...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Maytag Corporation, Satellite Technology, Satellite and Cable Service
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Museums
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: Fly Me to the Moon: An animated 3-D movie in the Adler's new Universe Theater about three flies who tag along on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the...Tags: David Rogers, Shedd Aquarium, Art Institute of Chicago, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol
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NASA launches 50 years of space history in high-definition documentary
Washington BureauJohn Glenn, even today, still looks like the ex-Marine who was the first American to orbit the Earth. At 86, he's trim and erect, and jokes about his age. But he's dead serious about the contrast between what was then -- a space program on the cutting...Tags: National Government, Technology, NASA, Space Programs, The White House
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Author interviews donated
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 7, 2008 Recently, TV host Connie Martinson queried Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the urgent question of globalization and explored the Islamic faith with pundit-author Reza Aslan. But her favorite all-time guest -- that might...Tags: John Updike, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Jerry Herman, Charity
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