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Why the military is integral to America’s return to the moon
A lack of military involvement will slow U.S. progress in the race to the moon and place at risk national security, scientific and economic interests.
By Charles Galbreath
North Korea’s Kim expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over weapons tests
The launches were North Korea's sixth round of tests since late July, revealing a new rocket artillery system and two short-range mobile ballistic missile systems that could strike targets throughout South Korea, including U.S. bases there.
Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.
So who really owns the Moon?
On July 20, 1969, America's Apollo 11 landed on the moon, making history as the first humans set foot on another world.
By Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
These Moon-landing innovations changed life on Earth
We can only wonder what innovations from the effort to send people to other planets will affect earthlings 50 years after the first Marswalk.
By Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee