Neil Armstrong

On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright (commonly known as Write brothers) flew the world’s first aircraft, laying the foundation of aviation we see today. This was 120 years ago from today but in the most recent history, about 54 years ago, humans landed on the moon. Now, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that so many years have passed and by this time humanity should have a moon base and cities on Mars.“Only 66 years from first flight to landing on the moon, but now half a century has passed since the last moon…

Photo: NASAOn September 17, 1962, the Manned Spacecraft Center of NASA in Houston showcased nine new crew members. In the front row, from left to right, are Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, and John Young. The back row includes Elliott See, James McDivitt, James Lovell, Edward White, and Thomas Stafford.“Frank began his career as an officer with the U.S. Air Force,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. “His love of flying proved essential through his positions as a fighter pilot, operational…

The film "Oppenheimer," directed by Christopher Nolan, tells the story of J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the "father of the atomic bomb." Over the weekend, thousands of moviegoers, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, flocked to theatres to glimpse the film, featuring Cillian Murphy as the renowned physicist.Despite garnering positive reviews all over, the movie did not impress Altman. He believed that the movie was intended to motivate kids to become physicists, but it failed to achieve this goal.“I was hoping that the…

Melania Trump released her latest collection of nonfungible tokens (NFTs), this time commemorating humanity’s giant leap on the Moon with a famous photo of NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the lunar surface. There’s just one thing though: NASA does not approve the use of its imagery for the digital tokens.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe former first lady released the Apollo 11 NFT collection on Wednesday, just one day before the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The limited edition collectible…

Cancer cells to travel in Space as part of research on illness that killed Neil Armstrong's daughterIn order to better understand how to diffuse midline glioma spreads in microgravity, researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research are sending samples of the disease to the International Space Station. The majority of patients with diffuse midline glioma, a deadly and aggressive brain tumour that most frequently affects children, pass away within 18 months of their diagnosis. Because the cancer is in…

The Apollo 15 Saturn V blasting off from Kennedy Space Center on July 26, 1971.Photo: Associated Press (AP)“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” President John Kennedy said famously in a 1962 speech. A bold goal, and a goal that required NASA to develop a rocket capable of the task.That rocket would be known as the Saturn V, a three-stage rocket that, until the space shuttle era, was the most powerful launch vehicle to successfully…

Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster and Starman manikin shortly after launch on February 6, 2018. Photo: SpaceXBeing the space nerd that I am, I often imagine a museum filled with the most important objects ever sent to space. We couldn’t possibly build a place like this, but we can speculate as to which human artifacts deserve a place in our imaginary spaceflight museum. Most things sent to space are utilitarian in nature and are now of little practical value, unless they’re still functioning. Our artifacts can be found orbiting…

Image: Neil ArmstrongThis portrait of Buzz Aldrin was taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong when the two walked on the surface of the Moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Hasselblad camera that this image was taken with was actually attached to Armstrong’s suit, and was fitted with a Réseau plate, leading to the cross-hatches seen.Photographed with: Hasselblad 500 EL Data Camera Image: Neil ArmstrongThis portrait of Buzz Aldrin was taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong when the two walked on the…

The US-led Artemis programme, however, aims to return humans to the Moon this decade – with Artemis 1 on its way back to Earth as part of its first test flight, going around the Moon. The most relevant differences between the Apollo era and the mid-2020s are an amazing improvement in computer power and robotics. Moreover, superpower rivalry can no longer justify massive expenditure, as in the Cold War competition with the Soviet Union. In our recent book “The End of…

It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago. NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts.It's the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA's Apollo program 50 years ago, and represents a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday. The close approach of 81 miles (130 kilometers) occurred as…