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Moon landingScience

8/7/19: July 10 1969...The 1969 Moon landing as covered by The Australian Newspaper. John Feder/The Australian.

Lunar mission in our homes

The Apollo mission was shown around the world but planning for Australia to tune in was finalised just 11 days before the historic event.

SASCHA O’SULLIVAN

World

This spectacular photo shows the view from asteroid Ryugu from the Minerva-II1A rover during a hop after it successfully landed on Sept. 21, 2018. The probe is one of two that landed on Ryugu from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft. It's the first time two mobile rovers landed on an asteroid.Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Japan’s asteroid probe set to land

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe began descending yesterday for its final touchdown on an asteroid.

CharlemagneThe Times

Europe's most powerful Monarch Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (742-813). General / With Others Historical Picture: Supplied

King’s death chilled economy

Arctic ice shows how bickering among Charlemagne’s offspring sent the global economy into a tailspin in 814.

Rhys Blakely

Moon landingScience

This July 24, 1969, photo obtained from NASA, shows US President Richard Nixon (R) welcoming the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (L to R) Neil Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. - When the Saturn V rocket built by Wernher von Braun launched with the Apollo 11 capsule at its summit on July 16 1969, one million people flocked to watch the spectacle on the beaches of Florida near Cape Canaveral. But many had doubts that they'd succeed in landing this time. (Photo by HO / NASA / AFP) / **RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS **TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Ivan Couronne, "To the Moon and back: mankind's giant leap 50 years on"

Nixon dinner called off

US president Richard Nixon cancelled dinner with the Apollo 11 team in case he contaminated the astronauts.

SASCHA O’SULLIVAN

Science

Maths teacher at blackboard. Blackboard. Generic image.

STEM not rooted in groundwork

A multimillion-dollar strategy to boost science and maths capabilities is being ‘undermined by a lack of robust data on effectiveness’.

REBECCA URBAN

Moon memoriesNation

Final training ahead of launch

Half a century ago, the astronauts commenced a final week of training ahead of their historic moon-landing mission.

Emily Ritchie

Nation

Following on from 16 measles cases across western Sydney, including near Quakers Hill, we're chatting with long-time Hills GP Dr Ronald Tomlins on the importance of vaccinations.

New measles alert for city

A measles alert has been issued in Sydney after an infectious man visited from Queensland.

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Neil Armstrong reflected in the visor of Buzz Aldrin during the moon landing.

Anxious lead-up to lunar triumph

It was a feat many thought would never be achieved in their lifetime — the successful landing of humans on the Moon.

EMILY RITCHIE

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04/07/2019. David Cooke, receiver engineer who worked at the telescope in 1969 and was then 37 years old and is now 87 years of age. CSIRO's Parkes Radio Telescope, situated outside the town of Parkes in Western NSW. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing. Pictures received by the telescope of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface of the moon were broadcast around the world on 21 July 1969. Britta Campion / The Australian

Aussie stars reached for the moon

They are the Australian heroes of the 1969 moon landing; staff at our tracking stations who were a vital part of the Apollo mission.

Chris Griffith

World

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 22, 2019 captured marine mammals are seen in enclosures at a holding facility in Srednyaya Bay in the Far Eastern town of Nakhodka. - Whales captured to perform in aquariums and held in cramped pens in far eastern Russia on June 27, 2019 were journeying in trucks back to their home waters after Russian President backed their release. (Photo by Sergei PETROV / AFP)

Russia frees penned whales

Russian scientists yesterday said an effort to put nearly 100 illegally captured whales back in open water had been successful.

PortsScience

Fremantle Port biosecurity array. New crop. Supplied

Sea’s bio-soup studied for clues

An innovative biosecurity warning system based on DNA “soup” has piqued the interest of ports. The system looks for DNA telltale markers that would signal the appearance of invasive species.

Sian Powell

Science

Blood and urine for Health check; Blood samples and urime sample are on a laboratory tests; select focus.

Parkinson’s beginnings revealed

Scientists may have discovered the earliest warning signs of Parkinson’s disease in the brain.

EXCLUSIVEHigher Education

Senior Medical Research Scientist Looking under the Microscope in the Laboratory. Neurologist Solving Puzzles of the Mind and Brain. In the Laboratory with Multiple Screens Showing MRI / CT Brain Scan Images.

Nation back in top 10 for research

Australia has reclaimed its place in the top 10 countries for high-quality science research.

Tim Dodd

CLEVER BOYThe Times

Studio portrait of a beautiful female 3 months old teckel dog posing in front of the camera. Square color image from a DSLR. Sharp focus on eyes.

Why puppy dog eyes work

It makes you melt, but behind that look your dog is flexing the muscle of an evolved master manipulator.

Tom Whipple

The Times

MAY, 2005 : Amphitheatre at the spectacular ancient Roman ruins that rise from Syrian desert at Palmyra, 05/05. Pic Rebecca Weisser.Syria / Archaeology / Ancient Ruin / Travel

Romans nailed quake-proofing

Advanced anti-seismic engineering may have to be added to the rest in the list of what the Romans did for us.

Mark Bridge

ExclusiveNation

Antibiotic abuse crackdown

Doctors face ban from prescribing repeats of antibiotics to stop spread of superbugs.

SEAN PARNELL

RobotsTechnology

Domino's Pizza Enterprises DRU (Domino's Robotic Unit). Image Supplied by Domino's

Robots face the money test

Delivery robots are yet to pass the test of being commercially viable.

Chris Griffith

Science

drought earth in sunset. dramatic sky over desert. change climate

Depths of our drought revealed

Analysis suggests current conditions are more extreme than those experienced during the millennium drought.

Graham Lloyd

The Times

Zap and tickle can aid memory

A device akin to a hearing aid could be used to boost the memory and help millions of people.

WILL PAVIA

World

Chile sandalwood, a tree that grew on the Juan Fernandez Islands between Chile and Easter Island, and was heavilyexploited for its scent.

A world of plants already lost

More than 500 species of plants have disappeared in the past 250 years, according to a new study.

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