Melbourne: US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, has laid out an ambitious plan of setting up a human colony on Mars within the next two decades. The 83-year-old astronaut, who joined the late Neil Armstrong for a globally watched and remembered leap on the Moon in 1969 has revealed his plans to have a human colony on the Red Planet by the mid 2030s in his new book.
Having his sight set on the next big step for man: Mars, Aldrin said he wanted to inspire children to be interested in space, 'news.com.au' reported. "We need more kids to be adventurous and curious about what's out there," he said.
"We need the next generation to be our Mars generation. I'm very passionate about getting man to Mars and starting a colony there. I've outlined my plan of how to get us there in my new book, Mission to Mars coming out by National Geographic in May of this year," Aldrin said....
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Gore Vidal: An American author, playwright, essayist and an occasional actor, who also aspired to be the President. Few litterateurs have made their presence felt in public life as Vidal. He was witty and acerbic and his penchant for sharp, incisive statements put him at loggerheads with his contemporaries like Norman Mailer and Truman Capote. ...
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Washington: US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, will be buried at sea, family spokesperson Rick Miller said. Miller said on Thursday that no other details on the timing or the location of the burial were available, reported Xinhua. Neil Armstrong died on August 25 at the age of 82 following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon...
12:37 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Washington: There's a rare 'blue moon' on Friday, a fitting wink to Neil Armstrong by the cosmic calendar. That's the day of a private service for Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died last Saturday in Ohio at age 82. A blue moon occurs when there's a second full moon in one calendar month. It won't happen again until July 2015. The full moon cycle is...
04:19 PM, Aug 30, 2012
London: "I apologise for the inconvenience", US astronaut Neil Armstrong told Indira Gandhi when informed that the Indian Prime Minister had kept awake till 4:30 am to watch him land on the moon on July 20, 1969. This anecdote about the celebrated astronaut, who died two days ago, was recalled here by former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh who was present when Armstrong and his fellow astronaut Edwin 'Buzz'...
05:36 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Bangalore: July 20, 1969. Ulsoor Corporation Hospital. Antony Dass was waiting anxiously outside the delivery ward. Payyan kolande (you are blessed with a boy), the nurse said. He rushed to meet his wife Kamala and the little fellow. Just then, there was another news that was catching the wavelength over the radio. Neil Armstrong lands on moon. Man lands on moon. Antony Dass, an HAL employee then, did not hesitate...
03:41 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Washington: A "deeply saddened" US President Barack Obama hailed Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, as one of the greatest American heroes of all times, and said that it was he who taught the enormous power of one small step. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, died yesterday at the age of 82. Here are some notable...
10:12 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong was born on his grandparents' farm in Ohio in 1930, when air travel was still in its infancy and space travel was the stuff of science fiction. ...
07:59 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong's family said that he died of complications after undergoing a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month. ...
07:44 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Cincinnati: Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, but credited others for the feat, died on Saturday. He was 82. Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family...
01:29 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Columbus: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was recovering on Wednesday from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday. It wasn't clear where the surgery occurred or where Armstrong was recuperating. A NASA spokesman who talked to Armstrong's wife, Carol, said only that the former astronaut was recovering Wednesday. His birthday was on Sunday. A Facebook statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden wished Armstrong a quick...
10:59 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Cape Canaveral: Space enthusiast and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has found the rocket motors used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and plans to mount a recovery expedition soon, the Amazon.com CEO and founder reported on a blog post. The five F-1 engines were fired up on July 16, 1969, sending the massive Saturn 5 rocket on its way to the moon. The motors burned out a few...
09:50 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Sydney: Astronaut Neil Armstrong has urged a return to the Moon to train for missions to Mars as the United States contemplates the future of its space programme following the end of the shuttle era. The first man to walk on the Moon is due to address the US Congress on new directions for NASA in coming weeks. He has previously criticised US President Barack Obama for being "poorly advised"...
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Australian Geographic Society awards ceremony made history on Wednesday when it publicly screened digitally restored extracts of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon for the first time. ...
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NASA emphasized that the video wasn't "new", just of better quality. ...
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