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HOUSTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will honor the life and historic achievements of astronaut Neil Armstrong during a memorial service at 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, June 20, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) JSC Director Ellen Ochoa, fellow Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and...
Helios HR’s annual Apollo Awards and Washington SmartCEO’s annual VOLTAGE Awards will be held on May 29th and May 30th, respectively, with iDiscovery Solutions ("iDS"), along with its President, Neal Lawson, and CEO, Dan Regard, honored as finalists for these prestigious awards. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 Helios HR’s annual Apollo Awards and Washington, DC SmartCEO’s annual VOLTAGE Awards will see iDiscovery Solutions ("iDS"), an award-winning, global...
Converged infrastructure underpins next generation cloud based education services RICHARDSON, Texas, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VCE, the leader in converged cloud infrastructure systems, today announced that it has been selected by Apollo Group, one of the world's largest private education providers, to provide the infrastructure for its next-generation Apollo Compute Platform as part of an initiative to reduce operational costs and enable advanced cloud-based education programs....
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art’s 7th annual brochure is now available. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Hixenbaugh Ancient Art’s 2013 brochure/catalog is available for interested collectors. The 7th annual brochure includes a representative sample of art from a variety of ancient cultures. Included among the various antiquities in the catalog is a Roman Marble depicting the unfortunate satyr Marsyas. The ancient Roman marble is the upper section of a trapezophoros, an ornate table leg, in...
NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Apollo Theater announced today a new community initiative focused on family health and wellness - Harlem Healthy Soul Festival. Sponsored by Coca-Cola, Harlem Healthy Soul Festival is designed to serve as a platform for Harlem families to learn about the numerous community health resources to live active and healthy lives. This daylong, free event will take place on Saturday, June 1st beginning at noon and will transform 126th Street behind...
Study identifies a new minimalist ascent pod lunar lander concept REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed a feasibility study for a new commercial lunar lander for the Golden Spike Company (GSC). The study confirmed the viability of lander concepts for Golden Spike's human lunar expedition architecture and conceived a novel new, low-mass ascent stage concept dubbed "Pumpkin." (Logo:...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A New Hampshire auction house has announced that it will soon be accepting bids for the electrocardiogram of Neil Armstrong’s heartbeat taken when he first stepped onto the moon from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in July 1969. The slow, metronomic heartbeat represented by the EKG stands in stark contrast to that of Armstrong’s pilot Buzz Aldrin. "It was really slow on the way down, while Aldrin's was racing" Gerald Schaber, who...
First Time that Two Women Astronauts are Enshrined CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., today joined an elite group of American space heroes with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame(®) during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130420/NY98460 ) (Logo:...
Apollo Security is reminding mid-size companies while at the ISC West 2013 Expo that protecting information technology services goes beyond firewalls and must include a physical access control system. LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Apollo Security CEO Clifford Crane is reminding businesses at this year's International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC West) that protecting their sensitive data goes beyond firewalls and guarding against digital intrusions....
Apollo Security will be exhibiting during the ISC West 2013 Expo during an unprecedented growth in the access control industry NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Apollo Security CEO Clifford Crane's leadership helped contribute to the massive growth in the physical access control industry. He will be sharing news about product developments at this year's International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC West) April 10-12 in Las Vegas. (Photo:...
Latest Apollo Reference Libraries
Orion is a spacecraft design that is being developed by the United States space agency NASA. When completed, each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of up to six astronauts. Along with Orion, the Ares I launch vehicle is also being developed. Orion and Ares I are both part of NASA's Project Constellation. The project should be complete in 2010, when NASA wants to start planning on sending human explorers back to the Moon, and eventually Mars and other celestial bodies in the Solar System....
The Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo), is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found on mountains in Europe usually above 3250 feet and up to 6550 feet, preferring flowery meadows and mountain pastures. It is found throughout Europe and is protected as an endangered species in Finland, Sweden, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and Czech Republic. In Sweden it is restricted to areas that have limestone in the ground, suggesting that the decrease in populations could be related to...
Ophiuchus (serpent bearer) Constellation -- Location: Equatorial, visible in both Hemispheres; Coordinates: Right Ascension: 17h; Declination: 0; Source: Greek Mythology The constellation Ophiuchus seems to be a figure of a man entwined with two snakes, one in each hand. The constellation is an ancient one, but most often associated with Asclepius, the son of Apollo and Coronis. Asclepius was regarded as the founder of medicine, having learned the healing arts from both his father...
