The Missing Man: There Are No Good Pictures of Neil Armstrong on the Moon
The iconic images from the Apollo 11 lunar landing are all of Buzz Aldrin or his footprint. More »
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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
The iconic images from the Apollo 11 lunar landing are all of Buzz Aldrin or his footprint. More »
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has passed away at the age of 82. More »
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Time ticks by a bit more slowly on the Red Planet. More »
The automated cars are slowly building a driving record that's better than that of your average American. More »
But it's not from the rover you think. Don't forget about Opportunity, who's been exploring the planet for eight years. More »
When hackers broke into Mat Honan's Apple account last week, they couldn't answer his security questions. And Apple didn't even care. More »
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A new partnership among YouTube, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the Knight Foundation is carving out a spot on the Internet for video journalism. More »
