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Nowadays, being an astronaut just doesn't have the cachet it once did. But back in the 1960s, astronauts were celebrities, and an obscure neighborhood near Clear Lake was their Beverly Hills.

Nowadays, being an astronaut just doesn't have the cachet it once did. But back in the 1960s, astronauts were celebrities, and an obscure neighborhood near Clear Lake was their Beverly Hills.

Forty years after man landed on the moon, NASA plans to retire the Space Shuttle in 2010.

If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, you're going to love the Fall Film Series being planned at Henderson Community College and set to start on Sept.

Master modician Benjamin Heckendorn is known for his video game console -to- laptop transformations , but most of his creations are either commissioned works or are sold for a cause.

A prolific and talented composer and arranger, James Horner was raised in England where he studied at the Royal College of Music.

Apollo 13, Mission Control A Hackman Production Created by Brad Knewstubb and Kip Chapman Lower NZI, Aotea Centre Until August 15th In the wash of history we forget that it wasn't Abel Tasman or James Cook who found their way down to the bottom of the world but rather a ship with a team of specialists working together.

Bill Carpentier was a big part of perhaps historya s greatest accomplishment, the Apollo 11 mission that sent Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon.

HEAVEN'S above! Everyone's talking about it as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind and witness the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century.

The conditions seemed perfect for liftoff: Fresh off the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, an intense, if infrequent, assessment of the space race coincided with a space-shuttle mission.

TO suggest that the Apollo 11 moon landing was faked is to deny a stunning achievement.