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Melinda French Gates' father worked on NASA's Apollo missions; the women engineers she met at his company picnics shaped her thinking

Melinda French Gates grew up in a household where science, engineering and education were closely woven into family life. Her father, Raymond Joseph French Jr., was an aerospace engineer whose career included work connected to NASA's Apollo programme, giving his daughter an early glimpse into the world of space exploration…

The Times of India

The Apollo missions brought us rechargeable hearing-aid batteries and quakeproof buildings. The European defense industry is now looking for its own "NASA moment"

Defense spending is resurrecting an engineering and manufacturing base many believed had gone forever, with the U.K., France and Germany home to world-leading defense companies.

Fortune

Apollo 11 landing site, a cosmic Eagle and a blue-white star: 4 night sky targets to celebrate America 250

From the Apollo landing site to the North America Nebula, these celestial sights offer a uniquely American way to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday.

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Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds

Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers say

The Guardian - UK

From Apollo to alien worlds: 4 'firsts' you can spot in the night sky tonight

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest firsts.

Space

Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe

Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space earlier this month for a historic lunar flyby

The Independent UK

A new Earthrise: An Apollo historian experiences Artemis 2

As Artemis 2 approached, my anticipation was mixed with uncertainty. Would this new Moon mission spark the wonder and excitement I'd felt during Apollo? Those doubts didn't last long.

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The unseen challenges of life on the Moon

For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the Moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months – and eventually years.

The Conversation

NASA set to launch Artemis 2 moon mission today, the 1st crewed lunar flight since 1972

NASA plans to make history today (April 1) with the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Space

Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back

The Independent UK

Inside Cadillac’s F1 journey: ‘Our Silverstone shakedown was a miracle’

Formula One’s newest team liken their effort to the Apollo moon landings and join the grid with the aim of becoming a championship-winning force

The Guardian - UK

Fresh look at Apollo moon rocks solves decades-old mystery about the moon's magnetic field

The lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggested the moon had a strong magnetic field. A new analysis shows the opposite.

LiveScience

What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?

Space

NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo

The Independent UK

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Apollo 11 moonwalk footprint featured on Sprayground's latest backpack

Follow in the footsteps of Apollo astronauts with a new space-themed backpack that aims to inspire a sense of exploration and transport wearers to the lunar surface.

Space

SpaceX to launch private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission overnight on farthest human spaceflight since Apollo

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission is poised to launch a crew of private astronauts farther from Earth than any human has flown since Apollo 17.

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: 55 years ago, the 'world's loneliest man' snapped this iconic Apollo 11 image

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".

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What became of the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?

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NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93

Tom Stafford commanded the first Apollo mission to dock with a Soviet craft in space. He also served as commander of Apollo 10 - the dress rehearsal before NASA's first landing on the moon in 1969.

Space

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander didn't deploy camera during historic descent

Sorry, space fans: We won't be getting ground-level views of the first American moon landing since the Apollo era.

International Business Times

Private Industry Leads America's First Moon Landing Since Apollo

The first American spacecraft to attempt to land on the Moon in more than half a century is poised to blast off early Monday -- but this time, private industry is leading the charge.

Space

Scientists find hydrogen in Apollo moon rocks, suggesting astronauts can harvest lunar water

A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions suggests the presence of hydrogen, implying future astronauts could access water available right in lunar regolith.

Space

NASA supercomputers show how Apollo 12 landing kicked up moon dust (video)

NASA has simulated the environmental effects of landing on the lunar surface as the space agency prepares to send astronauts back to the moon on its upcoming Artemis missions.

The Independent UK

Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks has written and narrated this Apollo Missions experience opening in London in December

The 50-minute spectacle will tell the incredible stories of the NASA moon missions

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