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Buzz Aldrin Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction and Sells for Over $8 Million

His inflight jacket went for over $2.7 million alone, and was apparently also sold prepackaged with a NFT, though…

Kyle Barr

7/27/22 4:55PM

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25 Rare and Overlooked Images From the Famed Apollo 11 Mission

The images include the first photo taken by a human from the lunar surface and rare views of the intrepid Apollo 11…

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Plants Can Grow in Lunar Soil—but They Hate It

NASA loaned biologists 12 grams of lunar soil, and it was enough to kindle the growth of multiple flowering plants.

George Dvorsky

5/12/22 12:40PM

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<i>Star Wars</i> Author J.W. Rinzler Goes to the Moon With His New Book

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Star Wars Author J.W. Rinzler Goes to the Moon With His New Book

Star Wars. Indiana Jones. Alien. Planet of the Apes. Author J.W. Rinzler has written books on them all. However, for…

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Richard Linklater's Animated/Live-Action Hybrid About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sounds Amazing

Undoubtedly, Richard Linklater is one of our most underrated filmmakers. For the past 30 years, he’s been quietly…

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NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better

Has there ever been a more important duty? (heh... duty)

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Developer Finds USB Chargers Have as Much Processing Power as the Apollo 11 Guidance Computers

It comes as no surprise that the guidance computers aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were impossibly primitive…

Andrew Liszewski

2/11/20 9:40AM

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Deepfake Art Project Reimagines Nixon’s Speech Had Apollo 11 Gone Horribly Wrong

A prepared speech that President Richard Nixon thankfully never had to make has been brought to life in an art…

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How the Smithsonian Prevents Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit From Slowly Destroying Itself With Harmful Gases

Short of entombing it in a giant resin block like a prehistoric mosquito trapped in amber, the Smithsonian’s…

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Hey, Check It Out: Butter Astronauts

This year’s Ohio State Fair has, par for the course, giant butter sculptures—but this year it has butter astronauts…

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Saving an Ice Shelf, Lunar Conspiracies, and the Butterfly Effect: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

The third week of July 2019 is past us—and if you live in much of the Midwest or the East Coast, it’s been one…

Tom McKay

7/21/19 8:59PM

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Former NASA Intern Scores $1.82 Million for Moon Landing Tapes He Bought at Auction

Former NASA intern Gary George sold off three of the agency’s videotapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing for $1.82…

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European Space Agency Chief Urges Humanity to Protect Apollo 11, Lunokhod 1 Landing Sites

July 20, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the date when Apollo 11 crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became…

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This Moon Machete Didn't Turn Me Into an Astronaut, But It Did Murder My Boss's Weeds

When NASA sent humans to the Moon for the very first time, it wanted its astronauts prepared for anything. So in…

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The Weird Ways NASA Thought Moon Dust Might Kill Apollo Astronauts

Prior to the first Moon landing, scientists had good reason to believe the lunar surface was covered in a fine layer…

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Breathtaking Simulation Recreates Neil Armstrong’s View of the Apollo 11 Landing

Choppy video taken by a camera next to Buzz Aldrin’s window is the only visual record we have of the first Moon…

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Here Are the Bad Things NASA Thought Might Happen to the First Astronauts on the Moon

Fifty years ago this week, humankind landed on the Moon for the first time. It was one of the most impressive…

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How Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories Spread Before the Internet

Conspiracy theories about the Moon landing have been around for years. Decades, in fact. And while it’s easier than…

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CBS News is Livestreaming the Original Apollo 11 Launch Broadcast in Real Time Right Now

CBS News is currently livestreaming its original broadcast from fifty years ago, when the original Apollo 11 crew…

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The Rocket That Took Humans to the Moon Will Be Projected on the Washington Monument Next Week

The 50th anniversary of the Moon landing is coming up on July 20 and there are events being held all around…

Matt Novak

7/10/19 5:00AM

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Buzz Aldrin Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction and Sells for Over $8 Million

25 Rare and Overlooked Images From the Famed Apollo 11 Mission

Plants Can Grow in Lunar Soil—but They Hate It

Star Wars Author J.W. Rinzler Goes to the Moon With His New Book

Richard Linklater's Animated/Live-Action Hybrid About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sounds Amazing

NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better

Developer Finds USB Chargers Have as Much Processing Power as the Apollo 11 Guidance Computers

Deepfake Art Project Reimagines Nixon’s Speech Had Apollo 11 Gone Horribly Wrong

How the Smithsonian Prevents Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit From Slowly Destroying Itself With Harmful Gases

Hey, Check It Out: Butter Astronauts

Saving an Ice Shelf, Lunar Conspiracies, and the Butterfly Effect: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Former NASA Intern Scores $1.82 Million for Moon Landing Tapes He Bought at Auction

European Space Agency Chief Urges Humanity to Protect Apollo 11, Lunokhod 1 Landing Sites

This Moon Machete Didn't Turn Me Into an Astronaut, But It Did Murder My Boss's Weeds

The Weird Ways NASA Thought Moon Dust Might Kill Apollo Astronauts

Breathtaking Simulation Recreates Neil Armstrong’s View of the Apollo 11 Landing

Here Are the Bad Things NASA Thought Might Happen to the First Astronauts on the Moon

How Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories Spread Before the Internet

CBS News is Livestreaming the Original Apollo 11 Launch Broadcast in Real Time Right Now

The Rocket That Took Humans to the Moon Will Be Projected on the Washington Monument Next Week