You knew the US wouldn't mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 without news about the country's next trip to the Moon. Both Lockheed Martin and NASA have confirmed completion of the Orion crew capsule that will play a key role in Artemis 1, the unc…
Source: Engadget | NASA's Orion crew capsule is ready for its uncrewed trip to the Moon

CBS is using San Diego Comic-Con to share a wealth of new info about its next wave of Star Trek material on All Access. To start, there's finally an honest-to-goodness trailer for Star Trek: Picard, which premieres early 2020 on the streaming service…
Source: Engadget | CBS offers the first trailer for 'Star Trek: Picard'

Media giants are embroiled in yet another fight over TV rates, and viewers are once again paying the price. CBS' channels in 17 markets (including New York, San Francisco and Atlanta) have gone dark on AT&T services like DirecTV Now and U-verse…
Source: Engadget | CBS goes dark on DirecTV Now, other AT&T services in price dispute

Few would deny that Neil Armstrong's shot of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin is one of the most famous and compelling photos ever taken. What makes it so iconic? Of course, he had access to a place that only 11 other human beings have been, but there's…
Source: Engadget | Neil Armstrong's Buzz Aldrin photo is unparalleled in art

Dueling superpowers, rival billionaires. Inside the new race to the Moon
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time

SpaceX, Blue Origin and others are in a heated battle to help NASA return the US to the Moon. Time takes an in-depth look at the new space race and the k…
Source: Engadget | Recommended Reading: The race back to the Moon

NASA's Apollo 11 has had an outsize influence on our culture since July 20th, 1969. That's the day the spaceflight mission successfully completed its lunar landing, paving the way for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to become the first humans to ever…
Source: Engadget | The sneakers inspired by Apollo 11 and the Moon landing

Earth is about to mark Apollo 11's 50th anniversary in one of the most fitting ways possible: sending people to space on the same day. NASA's Andrew Morgan (shown at left), Roscosmos' Alexander Skvortsov and the ESA's Luca Parmitano are launching on…
Source: Engadget | Watch astronauts reach space on Apollo 11's 50th anniversary