KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sip from vintage cocktails over dinner at the glamorous Beverly Hills' Polo Lounge with Apollo 11 Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) online Spring Semi-Annual Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia, which opens Friday, March 18, is offering bidders the chance to own rare relics that flew in outer-space and even to the Moon with hero astronauts like Buzz Aldrin, and autographed memorabilia from legends like astronaut John Glenn.

The U.S. space agency says it plans to honor astronaut Thomas Mattingly with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Mattingly will be honored for his contributions to the U.S. space program.

By Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News Sep. 21--Watching the superb space-race documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon" makes you wonder if civilization may have peaked in 1969. Surely those alive at the time would have thought otherwise.

By Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Sep. 8--"Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to the moon and 12 men walked upon its surface.