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# moon-landing - Thursday 16 July, 2020



# Evening Quiz

# Evening Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about the Apollo 11 moon landing?

Jul 16th 2020, 9:30 PM 28,671 Views 41 Comments

Today marks 51 years since the launch of Apollo 11.

# moon-landing - Monday 22 July, 2019



# Moon Landing

# Moon Landing

An Post acknowledges Irish spelling error on commemorative moon stamps

Jul 22nd 2019, 10:29 PM 45,846 Views 81 Comments

The series of stamps featured four Nasa astronauts with Irish ancestry.



# Brexit

# Brexit

Boris Johnson says that if we can go to the moon, we can solve the Irish border problem

Jul 22nd 2019, 8:44 AM 32,341 Views 73 Comments

During his time as Foreign Secretary, Johnson compared concerns about the Irish border as “the tail wagging the dog.”

# moon-landing - Sunday 21 July, 2019



# The Irish For

# The Irish For

The Irish For: An astronaut is a star-sailor, a comet is a paintbrush star

Jul 21st 2019, 8:30 AM 30,958 Views 13 Comments

The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.

# moon-landing - Tuesday 16 July, 2019



# Moon Landing

# Moon Landing

A 'deep' partial eclipse of the moon takes place this evening

Jul 16th 2019, 6:15 AM 25,637 Views 27 Comments

There won’t be another one for 2 years, so Astronomy Ireland is asking people to send photos of the eclipse into them.

# moon-landing - Saturday 13 July, 2019



# One Small Step

# One Small Step

'The excitement of it was magical': How Ireland tuned in to watch Apollo 11 make history

Jul 13th 2019, 10:30 AM 13,957 Views 40 Comments

It was in the early hours of 21 July 1969 that Irish audiences first heard Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he stepped onto the surface.

# moon-landing - Tuesday 26 June, 2018



# Apollo 11

# Apollo 11

Buzz Aldrin is suing two of his children over alleged misuse of his finances

Jun 26th 2018, 2:38 PM 23,021 Views 32 Comments

His children have filed a petition saying he is suffering from memory loss and delusions.

# moon-landing - Wednesday 24 May, 2017



# Dust In Your Eyes

# Dust In Your Eyes

Dust from the first moon landing bought for €900 could sell for €3.5 million

May 24th 2017, 7:54 PM 15,311 Views 48 Comments

A woman bought the bag at an auction.

# moon-landing - Monday 9 February, 2015



# One Small Step

From The Daily Edge

# One Small Step

Here are the bizarre items that Neil Armstrong nicked from the moon

Feb 9th 2015, 6:00 PM 5,707 Views 2 Comments

We would do the same.

# moon-landing - Saturday 10 January, 2015



# Africa2Moon

# Africa2Moon

An African moon mission is in the works, but they're having trouble getting funding off the ground

Jan 10th 2015, 8:31 PM 23,186 Views 92 Comments

They’ve raised just €11,000 of a €126,000 target.

# moon-landing - Sunday 22 June, 2014



# Future Astronauts

From The Daily Edge

# Future Astronauts

Chris Hadfield tweeted this animation by Dublin schoolboys, and it's winning high praise

Jun 22nd 2014, 2:30 PM 21,042 Views 17 Comments

Maybe because it’s really, really good.

# moon-landing - Saturday 14 December, 2013



# Final Frontier

# Final Frontier

One small step: China lands spacecraft on the moon

Dec 14th 2013, 7:59 PM 18,803 Views 71 Comments

It is the first time in almost four decades that a spacecraft has landed on the moon.

# moon-landing - Saturday 25 August, 2012



# One Small Step

From The Daily Edge

# One Small Step

In pictures: the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969

Aug 25th 2012, 8:45 PM 17,882 Views 101 Comments

From launch to landing: NASA archive images from the first successful manned moon landing mission.

# moon-landing - Thursday 29 March, 2012



# Apollo 11

# Apollo 11

Amazon founder 'locates lost Apollo 11 rockets'

Mar 29th 2012, 9:58 AM 4,587 Views 7 Comments

The rocket engines were last seen pushing the Apollo 11 mission into space ahead of its successful moon landing in 1969.



# 9 At 9

# 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Mar 29th 2012, 8:31 AM 5,138 Views 4 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

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