Apollo 11
History
Earthrise, the True Origins of the Photo of the Century
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The impact of Apollo 8’s “Earthrise” photo, the view of the Earth from the Moon, now seems even greater than that of the first landing of Apollo 11, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the lunar surface for...
Celebrities
Buzz Aldrin, Second Man to Walk on the Moon, Marries at Age 93
Buzz Aldrin, the legendary astronaut of Apollo 11 fame, married his longtime girlfriend Dr. Anca Faur at the age of ninety-three. Aldrin is renowned for being the second man to step foot on the moon in 1969.
Faur, aged sixty-three,...
Greece
"Man, the Ruler of Two Planets": How Greece Hailed the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The mesmerizing television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago was watched by thousands of Greeks who gathered in several central points in Athens where television screens were placed.
Television sets were rare in 1969, and the...