`Apollo 13': Liftoff Of a Legend

The Washington Post;  June 30, 1995 ;   Rita Kempley;   582 words ..."Apollo 13," Ron Howard's soaring...the TV set when the 1970 Apollo lunar mission began to spin out of control. "Apollo 13" features a constellation...is Tom Hanks as command module pilot Jim Lovell. As the film...glowing orb than he did on Apollo 8, which orbited within...should when ...

30th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Mission

Getty Images;  July 20, 1999 ;   NASA;   89 words ......astronauts as the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right...commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon mission is celebrated July...Center, FL, United States ...

'In the beginning': Remembering Apollo 8's Christmas message

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 18, 2005 ;   Andrew Herrmann;   787 words ......stepped on the moon. But the Christmas mission of Apollo 8 was the first time a human completely escaped Earth...The flight was a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to Apollo 8's providing the first pictures of the planet taken...that the images and words beamed back allowed the Apollo astronauts -- Lovell, ...

20 years after it closed, fans still love the Apollo Book charts highs...

Evening Times;  December 27, 2005 ;   RUSSELL LEADBETTER;   495 words ......MAY be 20 years since the fabled Glasgow Apollo venue staged its farewell concert, but...dedicated website. Now a spin-off book, Apollo Memories, will increase their sense of...details the amazing 13-year lifespan of the Apollo. Between 1973 and 1985, everyone who was...

Service cutoff notice required/ Apollo, Qwest in dispute

The Gazette;  February 27, 2003 ;   CHRIS WALSH; THE GAZETTE;   446 words ...Apollo Communications LLC must notify its customers by Monday they might have to find a new phone...settles financial disputes, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission ruled Wednesday. Apollo asked the commission this week to delay its decision that Apollo had to notify its 5,000 business and residential ...

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Auctions Miami Dolphins' VIP Ticket...

PR Newswire;  October 25, 2007 ;     420 words ......legendary astronauts, Apollo 14 Moonwalker Edgar Mitchell and Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden, at the Astronaut...Module Pilot on the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission. While...Mitchell was assigned to Apollo 14 as Lunar Module Plot...

The Real Stuff Astronaut Buzz Aldrin applauds the use of archive footage...

Dayton Daily News;  October 3, 2007 ;   Dave Larsen Staff Writer;   721 words ......extraordinary achievement of NASA's Apollo program is celebrated in...astronauts from all nine Apollo missions. "It shows the...out in those years," said Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin . Aldrin, 77, was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 and the second man to...decade's end. On ...

WHAT'S WRONG AT APOLLO? IT'S AIMING AT RIVALS WITH NEW SYSTEMS

The Boston Globe;  July 12, 1988 ;   John Wilke, Globe Staff;   736 words ......Nelson, vice president and co-founder of Apollo Computer Inc., doesn't mince words. "We...Hewlett-Packard and giant IBM are targeting Apollo's turf. And arch-rival Sun, now No. 1...workstation market, has long since surpassed Apollo on its way to $1 billion in annual sales...

APOLLO: FROM STAR TO ALSO-RAN MERCURIAL 9-YEAR RIDE COMES TO AN END

The Boston Globe;  April 13, 1989 ;   Jane Fitz Simon, Globe Staff;   787 words ......Fame is created for high tech start-ups, Apollo Computer Inc. will surely be included...yesterday's stunning announcement that Apollo will be sold to Hewlett-Packard Co. Just...established the desktop software market, Apollo was the rare start-up that created an...

REPORTERS INVITED TO APOLLO 11 30TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 15, 1999 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   443 words ......pao/History/ap11ann/events.htm * Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, along with other Apollo-era astronauts, will be available...Armstrong, Aldrin and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins -- will receive...

New Executive: Show time at the Apollo; Chief plans events to make the...

Crain's New York Business;  August 18, 2003 ;     533 words ...Byline: miriam kreinin souccar When the Apollo Theater Foundation Inc. began its search...she couldn't turn the offer down. The Apollo is a cultural icon, and it's also the...Harlem community,'' says Ms. Procope, the Apollo's new president and chief executive. I...

Apollo Joins the IPO Fray

Daily News;  April 10, 2008 ;   Emma Trincal, Senior Financial Correspondent;   787 words ...NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) - Apollo Global Management LLC, the $40.3 billion...shelf registration." Last August, Apollo used Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private...poses unprecedented challenges. But Apollo outlines a reason in the fine print...

For one decade, Apollo will go better with Coke

New York Amsterdam News;  August 22, 2001 ;     547 words ......York Amsterdam News 08-22-2001 For one decade, Apollo will go better with Coke The Apollo Theater Foundation and The Coca-Cola Company...marketing, media and promotional partnership with the Apollo Theater Foundation. The long-term alliance also...

Moon Shots.(photographs of the Apollo space missions)(Brief Article)

Newsweek;  May 3, 1999 ;   Light, Michael;   746 words ...The most thrilling of all journeys--the Apollo missions to the moon--yielded 32,000 extraordinary...has known only a handful. Until now. The Apollo missions began pretty dimly for me at...the lunar explorations concluded with Apollo 17, this worldly 9-year-old had come to...

Special pays tribute to historic Apollo Theater, artists

Daily Breeze;  June 19, 2004 ;   Douglas Wolk THE NEW YORK TIMES;   787 words ...The Apollo Theater is not nearly as big as its name...theater. It was not until 1934 that the Apollo assumed its current identity, quickly becoming...entertainers, a title it has held ever since. "The Apollo is to popular music what Carnegie Hall...