Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity

[60Shock]

NASA just released this story about the first moon landing and departure in honor of Neil Armstrong's passing.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/

For those of you who may not be aware of it, NASA has a fantastic web site. And there will now be frequent ongoing photos and stories concerning the findings of the the new Mars Rover, Curiosity.

[1979Shocker]

You can also find interesting stuff on the NASA channel.

[WstateU]

One of the great quotes of OUR time…

RIP

[pinstripers]

Actually, what he said was, "dammnit, Buzz, you jackass! Is this thing on?"

[1979Shocker]

One of the great quotes of OUR time…

RIP

'One small step for man': Was Neil Armstrong misquoted?

Upon taking a "small step" onto the surface of the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong uttered what would become one of history's most famous one-liners. But strangely, what he actually said is far from clear.

Listeners back on Earth heard, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." But Armstrong, who died Saturday (Aug. 25) at the age of 82, maintained afterwards that he actually said something slightly different: "That's one small step for a man..."

"It's just that people just didn't hear [the 'a']," Armstrong told the press after the Apollo 11 mission.