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Neil Armstrong

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Is Minute Maid Park (Finally) Going To Lose Tal's Hill?

    There were basically two people who love Tal's Hill, the gimmicky hill in Minute Maid Park's centerfield, and one of them was named Tal. The other was former owner Drayton McLane, who installed the hill, which has no other reason for existence, because his buddy Tal Smith remembered some old ballpa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Goodbye, Personal Checks: Five Consequences of the Rise of Debit Cards (No. 5: You Can't Game the System, Dammit!)

    People still do this?​Businesses continue to report that more and more people are paying electronically, either through debit or credit cards or automatic payments, than they do by the classic method of writing a personal check. How many times do you actually pull out your checkbook these day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    The Holy Grail Of A Neil Armstrong Autograph: One Man's Quest

    No, he won't sign it​Which living person has the world's most sought-after autograph? Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. A Houstonian has written a book about it. Anthony Pizzatola is a vice-president of the Universal Autograph Collector's Club and he's written Neil Armstrong: The Quest F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The Five Astronaut Autobiographies Everyone Should Read

    Riding Rockets: Raunchy, raucous and funny.​Astronaut autobiographies can be a very mixed bag. On the one hand, that should be surprising given the harrowing, thrilling life-and-death stories which are inherent; on the other hand, the authors are generally not very good writers. And even if t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    NASA's Birthday: Eight Very Odd Planes From Its Past

    NASA celebrates its 53rd birthday this week, but it will be a subdued occasion as the space shuttle era ends, top talent leaves and the agency seems adrift. In its heyday the agency didn't worry about no damn budgets, and as a result it had a hand in developing some very strange planes. Among them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Comment of the Day: If Twitter, Google and Social Media Were Around During the First Moon Walk

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The Moon Landing 42 Years On: Five Odd Facts (Includes Urine, Wine and a Petty Refusal To Take Photos)

    The flag: Better than a solar-wind experiment that just looks like a flag​Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of man landing on the moon. One small step, and all that. It's an odd anniversary, the 42nd, so here are five odd facts about the mission. 5. Buzz Aldrin, First Man To Piss On The M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Cover Story: Austin Fires Back

    Feelings have been hurt​So I'd gotten up at 5 a.m. and spent the day at NASA's Mission Control, where along with about fifty other writers, talking heads and camera crews from Houston, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, I'd been granted unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the final full- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Happy Anniversary, Nirvana's Nevermind

    ​This past Friday, a significant musical anniversary came and went with barely a peep. It was only 19 years to the day the last album to cause a legitimate sea change in popular music - both the industry and the art - was released. Rocks Off knows that was a few days ago, but hey, we had a bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    SpaceCenter Houston's Rocket Park Fills In A Missing Piece

    Photo via CollectSpaceThe Gemini-Titan, ready for refurbishing​Last week, with little fanfare, a truck rolled up to the Johnson Space Center with a unique cargo.It was a replica of a Gemini-Titan rocket with capsule, and it means SpaceCenter's Rocket Park will fill in a missing piece of JSC histor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    There's Absolutely Nothing That Could Possibly Go Wrong With NASA's New Human-Looking Robot

    Photo by General Motors​NASA and General Motors have announced a new space robot, called Robonaut 2, or R2 for short (The name "Desperately Hoping to be Relevant via Outdated Pop Culture References," or RHROPCR, was apparently rejected for being too long.)"Our challenge today is to build machines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Playing Neil Armstrong On The Screen: The "Jesus Curse," Redux

    Photo by NASAIn the old days of Hollywood, they used to talk of "the Jesus Curse" -- any actor who played JC on screen was thereafter soomed to obscurity.Does the same thing happen to actors who play Neil Armstrong? There aren't as many Apollo 11 movies as you might expect, but the evidence still is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Spacefest: 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

    Houston, we have a celebration

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Apollo 11's Michael Collins Interviews Himself

    Photo courtesy NASAMichael Collins, the man who orbited the moon while Neil and Buzz had all the fun, isn't doing any interviews, apparently, for the 40th anniversary. But through NASA he's put out a Q&A with himself answering what he says are the biggest FAQs he gets.Most of it is predictable, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Five Best Apollo 11 Myths

    Photo courtesy NASAA salute to Mr. JablonskiHey, guess what!! Monday brings the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing!!Oh, you heard? Well, get ready to hear more -- this weekend and Monday will no doubt be a "One small step for man" marathon.Which is fine -- the moon mission was a crazy, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    NASA Lets You Eavesdrop On Apollo 11's Private Conversations

    NASA is continuing its information dump for the 40th anniversary of the moon landing; now they have put on the `net digital recordings of some of the private in-capsule conversations of the Apollo 11 astronauts."You're in a spacecraft, on a mission to land on the moon for the first time in history, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    "Moon FTW IRL!" -- Apollo 11, As If They Had Twitter Then

    You know what sucked about the moon landing? They didn't Twitter it.If it's not on Twitter, we're not sure we can trust that it happened. Even if the headlines say otherwise.Now, however, the problem is solved, thanks to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.They've put together an impressive "reliv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Michael Jackson: Magic Moments With The King Of "Alleged"

    It's a sure bet that when Neil Armstrong dies, coverage will be limited to a two minute retrospective culminating with "One small step for man..." playing over his official NASA photo. Meanwhile, CNBC today is still reporting on the "financial impact of Michael Jackson's death." One walked on the m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    “Creating Space City, USA”

    “Houston…the Eagle has landed.”

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    NASA At 50: Five Bad Astronaut Movies

    “Houston…the Eagle has landed.”

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Fly Me to the Moon

    The newest 3-D animated film chronicles the first landing on the moon – from the point of view of a fly on the wall

  • Home Entertainment

    February 14, 2008

    No Reservations, I Could Never Be Your Woman, In the Shadow of the Moon, The Independent

    The newest 3-D animated film chronicles the first landing on the moon – from the point of view of a fly on the wall

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    In the Shadow of the Moon

    Reliving the glory of America's giant leap for mankind

  • Film

    July 13, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Turkeys Fly

    Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Turkeys of the Year

    The worst flock-ups of 2003, starting with Big Tom himself

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2003

    The Breeders

    Pooches swarm Reliant Center

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Space Invaders

    The Chron loves another convention

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2002

    No Boosters Allowed

    Flight directory Chris Kraft has a story to tell

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Moonstruck

    Dave Criswell dreams of living on the moon. He has a plan for colonization. Other scientists say his idea is 100 years too early. But he's ready now.

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    War Dance

    Alabama-Coushatta Indians are shedding their passive ways in big bets on land claims and casinos. But some fear they could be gambling away their great tribal heritage.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Overblown and Underrated

    So you know Houston's goats, heroes and high points? Think again.

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Houstowne, Texas

    Shrouded by mists and unrecovered documents, the history of Houston is still worth a probe

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Shame, Shame, Shame

    Judge Ted Poe's shame-based punishments have brought him fame and the D.A.'s job...if he wants it

  • Music

    September 30, 1999

    Local Rotation

    Local Music Reviewed

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Urbane Cowboy

    Lyle Lovett is smart, funny and wears Armani. That's right: He is from Texas.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Space Odyssey

    Tom Moser wants to put Texas on the map as a commercial launch pad for cargo-carrying rockets

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    Tom Moser wants to put Texas on the map as a commercial launch pad for cargo-carrying rockets

  • Culture

    January 26, 1995

    Moon Shots

    At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

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