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Apollo 40th Anniversary

Humans first traveled to the moon 40 years ago.

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This Month in Exploration

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We Choose the Moon

President John F. Kennedy speaks before an audience at Rice University on Sept. 12, 1962.

Celebrate the 40 Year Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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This Month in Exploration - June

06.09.09

Ten years ago space shuttle Discovery astronauts released a spherical satellite studded with 878 tiny mirrors. Find out what else happened this month in exploration history.

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Raymond Bruneau Leaves Legacy in Art

05.28.09

At the dawn of the space age, artist Raymond Bruneau's spirit helped him overcome his physical limitations; his passion and hard-won talent led him to a career documenting NASA legends.

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What's in a Name?

NASA's early spaceflight director knew the answer to this question. He named two of the agency's most celebrated programs -- Mercury and Apollo.
Artists Give NASA a Different Light

NASA welcomed artists as part of a program to give a different perspective to its technical and scientific operations and facilities.
Venetia Phair, Girl who Named Pluto, Dies at 90

At just 11 years old, Venetia Phair said Planet X should be named Pluto after the Roman god of the underworld.
This Month in Exploration - May

Forty years ago Apollo 10 launched from Kennedy Space Center on a test mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
Galloway, Who Helped Create NASA, Dies at Age 102

Eilene Galloway helped write the law that brought NASA into being.

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NASA Announces Apollo Anniversary Events, News Conference

06.26.09 - NASA has announced a schedule of events to commemorate the achievements of the Apollo program and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing
NASA Announces Request For Information On Von Braun Collection

06.26.09 - On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking ideas from the public, academia, and industry about how to analyze and catalog notes from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system.