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Flags flew at half mast across the United States on Friday in memory of astronaut Neil Armstrong, as family and friends attended a private funeral in Ohio for the first man to walk on the moon.

2012-08-31T19:00:14ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/11/30/NASAs_Apollo_checklist_sells_390000_9088

A checklist used to guide the wounded Apollo 13 spacecraft home after the explosion that led to the famed "Houston, we've had a problem" call sold at auction in Texas for just under $390,000.

2011-12-01T01:21:11ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/11/23/Apollo_checklist_part_space_artifacts_04f9

A notebook containing Apollo 13 commander James Lovell's handwritten calculations to guide the damaged spacecraft back to Earth is being auctioned along with other artifacts from the 1970 mission.

2011-11-23T21:44:42ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/08/18/Neil_Armstrong_rallies_Afghan_troops_fdf2

KABUL (Reuters) - Neil Armstrong, the first man to land on the moon, jetted into Afghanistan this week with two other lunar greats to give a much-needed morale boost to the country's struggling air force.

2011-08-18T06:44:06ZReuters Life! Online ReportREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/07/05/Shuttles_stirs_doubts_about_US_9992

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to this week's final space shuttle launch, there is a mounting sense of uncertainty about future U.S. dominance in space.

2011-07-06T18:48:53ZReuters US Online Report Science NewsIrene Klotztag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/04/28/NASA_chief_says_Giffords_feisty_6709

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said on Thursday he was "really happy" that recuperating Representative Gabrielle Giffords was in Florida to watch shuttle Endeavour's launch on Friday.

2011-04-28T22:49:53ZReuters US Online Report Domestic NewsIrene Klotztag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/01/Special_Report_Inside_BPs_Room_2276

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Last Wednesday, five weeks into the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward locked himself in a room on the third floor of the British oil giant's U.S. headquarters in Houston.

2010-06-01T19:05:32ZReuters US Online Report Domestic NewsTom Bergintag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/23/spill_existential_crisis_official_4040

A top US official warned Sunday that even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico represented an "existential crisis" for BP, he was not confident in the British energy giant's ability to solve it.

2010-05-23T19:55:08ZAFP American EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/21/Month_after_spill_still_charge_1603

A month after Gulf Coast oil spill, some wonder why BP is still in charge of response, cleanup. Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its "boot on the throat" of BP to make sure the company did all it could to cap the gushing leak and clean up the spill.

2010-05-22T01:59:59ZAP NewsMATTHEW DALYtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/20/Cosmic_kids_book_transforming_into_9740

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Family-friendly producer Walden Media is bringing U.K. author Frank Cottrell Boyce's children's book "Cosmic" to the big screen.

2010-05-20T06:28:11ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment NewsZorianna Kittag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/14/Gulf_spill_relatively_tiny_boss_7046

BP chief executive Tony Hayward claims that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is relatively 'tiny' but admits that his job is at risk over the incident blamed on his company.

2010-05-14T12:32:03ZAFP American EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/12/Former_Astronauts_unhappy_with_Obama_2857

Armstrong, other former astronauts criticize Obama plan for human space flight. The first man to walk on the moon said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's plans to revamp the human space program would cede America's longtime leadership in space to other nations.

2010-05-13T04:08:02ZAP NewsJIM ABRAMStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/12/Former_Astronauts_unhappy_with_Obama_9420

Armstrong, other former astronauts criticize Obama plan for human space flight. The first man to walk on the moon said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's plans to revamp the human space program would cede America's longtime leadership in space to other nations.

2010-05-12T19:07:21ZAP NewsJIM ABRAMStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/05/03/Wendt_engineer_Cape_Canaveral_dies_1310

Guenter Wendt, pad leader who shepherded astronauts into space hatch, dies at 86 in Florida. Guenter Wendt, the last man many U.S. astronauts saw before lift off, has died at his Florida home of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 86.

2010-05-03T17:16:02ZAP NewsStafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/15/Obama_tries_sell_NASA_space_3719

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to blunt criticism of his new space policy on Thursday by telling NASA employees his plan would save some jobs and advance exploration of the solar system.

2010-04-15T22:25:34ZReuters US Online Report Science NewsSteve Holland and Irene Klotztag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/14/Editorial_Roundup_Excerpts_From_Recent_6553

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

2010-04-14T20:17:14ZAP FeaturesThe Associated Presstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/14/Editorial_Roundup_Excerpts_From_Recent_0488

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

2010-04-14T20:16:53ZAP NewsThe Associated Presstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/14/Generation_gap_Obama_space_plan_8641

NASA's generation gap: Obama space plan angers old Apollo hands, delights the younger set. Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-ago glory days don't like it.

2010-04-14T20:06:13ZAP NewsSETH BORENSTEINtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/14/Generation_gap_Obama_space_plan_2526

NASA's generation gap: Obama space plan angers old Apollo hands, delights the younger set. Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-ago glory days don't like it.

2010-04-14T19:46:31ZAP NewsSETH BORENSTEINtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/13/moon_landing_page_sells_152000_2398

Neil Armstrong 'giant leap' inscription from Apollo 11 moon landing sells for $152,000 in NYC. A sheet from the flight plan of the first moon landing signed by astronaut Neil Armstrong and inscribed with the words "One small step for a man ? one giant leap for mankind" sold for $152,000 at auction Tuesday.

2010-04-13T21:42:43ZAP NewsKAREN MATTHEWS