Global Eagle Entertainment, a provider of media services and satellite Wi-Fi to aircraft, boats and remote locations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection July 22, citing the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on global travel.
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The Apollo program and 1969 moon landing inspired many of the entrepreneurs working to send people and robotic vehicles back to the moon or to pave the way for further space exploration and commerce.
11 must-see space movies for anyone serious about space
To help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, SpaceNews asked readers to weigh in on the must-see realistic space movies for anyone serious about space. Grab the popcorn and let the countdown begin.
Op-ed | The Apollo program and the Chinese treasure fleets
During the decades since the cancellation of the Apollo program, some have used the Chinese treasure fleets of the early 1400s as a cautionary tale.
Op-ed | Apollo is a lesson in leadership that continues to inspire and educate
The story of the Apollo program, the many heroes in the headlines and those behind-the-scenes, the unprecedented crisis and tragedies that were overcome to fulfill a martyred President’s bold promise, is a story as compelling as any great novel or Greek myth.
“Apollonauts” reflect on lunar landing and return to the moon
The engineers who developed the computers that enabled the Apollo 11 lunar landing had little doubt the mission could be a success, and half a century later have advice for how NASA should return to the moon.
Intrepid Museum honors Apollo software engineer Margaret Hamilton
Hamilton led the team of programmers who ran the computers on both the command module and the landing module of the Apollo 11 mission. When she began her career, the field was so young that the term software engineering did not yet exist; Hamilton coined it herself.
Looking at Apollo 8 from below: the story of cameras 37 and 39
Ever so briefly, the millions of people watching the launch that December morning had a unique view never seen before on television — the five huge F-1 First Stage engines starting up.
George Mueller, Apollo Manager and Kistler Founder, Dies
George Mueller, who led NASA’s human spaceflight efforts through the first moon landing and was credited as the “father of the space shuttle,” died Oct. 12 after a brief illness. He was 97.
Op-ed | Apollo 13 at 45
Forty-five years have now passed since NASA’s fateful Apollo 13 mission launched on April 11, 1970. Few people paid much attention to the launch.