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2 days ago · The iconic photo of Bruce soaring effortlessly in space has inspired generations of Americans to believe that there is no limit to the human potential. Lockheed Martin later developed the McCandless Lunar Lander and named it after him.
5 days ago · After joining the space program in 1962, he became the command pilot of Gemini 8, which completed the first manual space docking maneuver. He is best known for accompanying Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., to the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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- Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first person to set foot on the Moon. He was a part of the Apollo 11 spaceflight alongside Buzz Aldrin and M...
- Neil Armstrong grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, as the eldest of three children. At age six he flew on an airplane for the first time, an experience th...
- After earning a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1955, Neil Armstrong became a civilian research pilot for what would l...
- On July 20, 1969, some 600 million television viewers watched the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar soil and said, “Tha...
- After their successful Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Neil Armstrong and his crewmates toured over 20 countries to celebrate a new era of space explora...
3 days ago · Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas in his first directorial effort since 1977. The film stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz.
2 days ago · The Phantom Menace Revisited The Hidden Fortress. Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley had to convince her mom to let her join the cast of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as Padme's decoy. The films of Akira Kurosawa have had a significant influence on much of the Star Wars canon. Star Wars has referenced Kurosawa's Seven Samurai on ...
4 days ago · Black holes form when extremely dense matter collapses under gravity. Because energy and mass are equivalent, physicists have theorized that black holes could also form with high-enough ...
1 day ago · Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was created by George Lucas and first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as The Emperor. He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace.
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4 days ago · The National Air and Space Museum has a dazzling collection of X-planes: the Bell X-1, the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, and the North American X-15 (among others).
