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Apollo 11

AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon

Mon, Jul 08, 2019
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Meet the “nerdy engineer” who dreamed of a life in aviation… and landed a tin can on the Moon. A deeply moving portrait of the modest man who seems to have been destined for his historic voyage.

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Apollo 11 documentary review: you are there, on the Moon (Sundance London 2019)

Fri, Jun 28, 2019
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This astonishing assemblage of vintage footage, some never before seen, may be unspoilable (we know how it ends) but it’s still hugely suspenseful, and beautifully immersive visually and emotionally.

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it’s Nigel Tufnel Day: 11/11/11

Fri, Nov 11, 2011
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Today goes to eleven in all the ways that it can, and so it must be Nigel Tufnel Day. Here are some things you can do to honor Nigel on his day…

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