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...history was made. Arguably this was the most important event for humankind and certainly one of the most important events of the 20th century. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who spent 21.5 hours on the Moon, including 2.5 hours for an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) at the lunar surface, and the command module pilot Michael Collins became national and...

...History Museum in London, which contains the UK’s national meteorite collection.” The composition of the Winchcombe meteorite has now been verified at The Open University using a technique that analyses the abundance of different isotopes of oxygen within rock fragments. It works a bit like ‘Solar System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where...

...history). One could argue that there are many other missions in recent years that are just as impressive, if not more so, than Rosetta. It is usually the ones with the big backing from the US space agency NASA, such as the Curiosity rover mission that spring to mind. However, most recently I was impressed with the Indian mission, Mangalyaan, that entered into Mars orbit...

...history, says Brendan Cassidy...[Nintendo Switch] Nintendo have always done things their own way. The company has always been an innovator and each new games console it releases, from the Gameboy to the Wii, is usually labelled novel or gimmicky. Things are no different with its latest offering, the Nintendo Switch, which is the first hybrid console that can be used as a...