Latest Apollo Stories
NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDxHarlem tickets are now on sale. TEDxHarlem is an independently organized TED-licensed event. The one-day interactive forum will feature presentations on inspiring ideas and innovations by prominent speakers across various industries and will be held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY on March 27 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. EDT. The theme, "Creating Waves," speaks to the notion that ideas have the ability to spread and make an impact,...
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Arkansas has discovered its lost moon rock after years of it missing in Bill Clinton's gubernatorial papers, according to a Reuters report. The moon rock, brought back from the Apollo 17 mission, was originally presented to Arkansas Governor David Pryor in 1976. The rock is one of 185 rocks that has been presented to each state and 135 countries and is worth millions of dollars. The Apollo 17 rock had been missing since 1980 until Bobby Roberts, director of the Central...
Out-of-this-World Space Artifacts at RR Auction Amherst, N.H. (Vocus/PRWEB) January 11, 2011 Approximately 450 unique and amazing artifacts of the Space Age"”from the earliest rocket missions to the space shuttle, including the memorable and historic Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs"”will be featured in a special Space Artifacts sale at RR Auction this month. The RR Auction event will feature some of the most memorable objects ever flown in space. Bidding will run from Thursday,...
Especially during tough times, when companies are trying to do more with less, they cannot afford costly problems. Many companies are preventing problem recurrence, reducing risk and replicating successes by turning to Apollo Associated Services to learn the root cause analysis methodology that pinpoints both action and condition causes, and is grounded in evidence. Midland, MI (PRWEB) December 3, 2010 Well known for helping Fortune 500 and "blue chip" companies solve recurring...
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Ancient Art, one of the world's most eminent galleries specializing in Classical Antiquities, is pleased to announce that it will exhibit in the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris at the Grand Palais (15-22 September 2010). Hicham Aboutaam, co-owner of Phoenix Ancient Art, says, "We love the Biennale. It provides the ideal setting for us to show our most significant works in the company of some of the most distinguished dealers in the world. In...
LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo, a transatlantic submarine cable system, and Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data centre services, today announced that Apollo has opened a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Equinix's LD4 London Slough International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) data centre. This new PoP in LD4 provides Apollo's customers with resilient, intercontinental access between the UK and major cities in the USA. By locating outside central London,...
EAST HANOVER, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of comprehensive smart grid, demand management, and energy efficiency solutions, today announced a multi-deal agreement with a leading Virginia-based utility including: a 5-year, 117 megawatt (MW) commercial and industrial (C&I) Virtual Peaking Capacity((R)) (VPC) contract; an agreement to supply more than 150,000 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)-enabled energy management...
NASA will honor Apollo astronaut Al Worden with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program.Worden will receive the award during a ceremony Thursday, July 30, at 4 p.m. EDT. The ceremony will be held at the Apollo Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, where the moon rock will be displayed.Reporters interested in covering the ceremony should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or Jillian McRae at...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The first men to walk on the moon will reunite today with 10 crew members from other Apollo manned spaceflight missions at the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, the birthplace of flight and a national leader in the aerospace industry, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition, the nonprofit organization that markets the state for capital investment. The convergence of Apollo astronauts in Dayton is the first time they will reunite...
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...
