Kids re-enact moon landing in robot challenge at Univ. of Washington — and win trips to NASA sites Middle and high school students from across Washington state competed in a robotics challenge last week at the University of… Read More
Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary brings tributes, questions … and liftoff! Fifty years after Apollo 11’s moonwalkers took one giant leap for humanity, luminaries including President Donald Trump and Amazon CEO… Read More
They choose to avoid the moon: Anti-space event in Seattle urges Bezos and others to focus on Earth Daniel Smith is over the moon. As in, he’s kind of done hearing about it and the hype surrounding Saturday’s… Read More
Play Episode Podcast 50 years after Apollo 11, unsung heroes of Mission Control ponder past and future of the final frontier Play [Editor’s Note: This episode of the GeekWire Podcast is part of the Destination Moon podcrawl, organized by Seattle’s Museum of… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Lunar Block Party, Nintendo Switch Road Trip, and more — The 50th anniversary celebration of the moon landing continues at the Museum of Flight with the Lunar Block Party,… Read More
Little-known twists in moonshot tales come to light 50 years after Apollo 11 Even after 50 years, it’s still possible to find new angles on one of history’s most widely witnessed events —… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Moon Landing the Musical; Space Weekend; Intro to Raspberry Pi; and more — The Apollo Program and moon landing is a historic event captured in a variety of media. Movies, television, and… Read More
Check out Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight manual before its multimillion-dollar sale The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book that sat between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for the moon landing 50… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: The history of computers; tech’s role in clean energy policy; and more — Computers, at least the ones somewhat resembling what we know today, have been around since the mid-20th Century. Seattle… Read More
Museum of Flight rounds up ‘Summer of Space’ goodies for Apollo 11 anniversary Want a little space history in your beer? Or soda pop? Or chocolate? Seattle brands are banding together to mark… Read More
Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included That’s one giant heap of Lego bricks: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Lego… Read More
50 years after first lunar landing, Apollo moonshots inspire a new blast of books In the 50 years since Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left humanity’s first bootprint on the moon, that “one small… Read More
This is the Apollo 11 HoloLens demo that Microsoft hoped to show at Build The opening demo at Microsoft’s Build conference was supposed to be a real showstopper, and ultimately it did stop the… Read More
Play Episode Podcast ‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well Play “Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the greatest… Read More
As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate The countdown is on for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and that means the appointment books… Read More
Hey, kids! Here’s your chance to re-enact the Apollo 11 moon landing with robots Fifty years after the first Apollo moon landing, students from across the country will get a chance to re-enact the… Read More
Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past… Read More
T-minus-1 year: The moon is on the rise as Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary approaches Forty-nine years ago today, humans first set foot on a world beyond Earth — and by the time the 50th anniversary… Read More
48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More
It’s official: Apollo 11 moon ship will land in Seattle in 2019, 50 years after giant leap The Smithsonian Institution has officially put Seattle’s Museum of Flight on the schedule for an exhibit featuring Apollo 11’s moon… Read More
Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware,… Read More
Apollo 11 anniversary adds to the appetite for space artifacts – and moon visions Forty-seven years ago this week, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission put humans on the moon for the first time – and although we don’t currently… Read More
