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Boy Gets Letter From Neil Armstrong Shortly Before Astronaut’s Death
As the world mourns Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the moon, an 11-year-old San Rafael boy has a special reason to...
Astronaut Technology Could Prevent Elderly Falls
Your grandmother may have something in common with an astronaut. Originally developed to help NASA monitor balance problems in astronauts returning from space, the...
Good News in History, May 5
121 years ago today, one of the most influential chefs in American history, James Beard, was born in Portland. His towering success led to...
Good News in History, April 24
Happy 90th Birthday to Shirley MacLaine, the esteemed dancer, actress, writer, and spiritual seeker. A 6-time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine received a nomination for...
Good News in History, April 19
Happy 37th birthday to the Tennis ace Maria Sharapova, the only Russian, and one of only 10 women to have won the Career Grand...
Good News in History, April 17
60 years ago today, Americans got their first glimpse of Ford's new sporty car. The Mustang first appeared in showrooms at the 1964 World...
Good News in History, April 14
41 years ago today, EMI released David Bowie's 15th studio album Let's Dance. The album became Bowie's greatest commercial success, with 11 million albums sold and...
Discovery of Genetically-Varied Worms in Chernobyl Could Help Human Cancer Research
The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant transformed the surrounding area into the most radioactive landscape on Earth, and now the discovery...
Intuitive Spacecraft Lands on Moon in Nail-Biting Descent of Odysseus–A First for US Company, 50 Years After Apollo
After a nail-biting descent, a commercial space company became the first in history to conduct the soft landing of a spacecraft on the Moon...
Good News in History, February 19
Happy 38th Birthday to perhaps the greatest competitive female soccer player in history—the Brazilian colloquially called "Marta". Marta Viera da Silva holds the record for...
Good News in History, February 9
60 years ago today, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-setting audience of Americans waiting to see them perform their...
Good News in History, February 7
40 years ago today, astronaut Bruce McCandless II drifted away from the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay as part of the first untethered space...
Good News in History, February 6
32 years ago today, the Sámi People of Arctic Scandinavia/Russia established a day celebrating their existence. With a special delegation at the EU, the...
Good News in History, February 3
126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...
Japan Moon Lander Comes Back to Life After Wonky Angle for its Solar Panel, but ‘Unprecedented Pinpoint Landing’
It's a case of five alive for the Japanese space program, when their craft, which was set to make them the fifth nation to...
Space-Loving Schoolgirl Gets to Send Time Capsule Into Lunar Orbit on Recent Rocket Launch
A British schoolgirl who is passionate about space was chosen to contribute to a time capsule headed for the lunar surface—on the first US...
She’s on Path to Be a Top Gun or Cancer Researcher–But First She Wins the Miss America Crown
Madison Marsh is not only the current Miss Colorado–she’s a Harvard student and a U.S. Air Force 2nd lieutenant who has earned a coveted...
Scientists Spot Mysterious Aurora on Distant Celestial Object
Everyone who's given five seconds to look into it knows that the Aurora Borealis is cause by charged particles from the Sun interacting with...
Good News in History, December 16
A quarter millennium ago today, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians stole aboard trade ships in Boston harbor and began...
Good News in History, December 10
199 years ago today, the Reverend Minister George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire. A pious and valued member of his community, MacDonald achieved a...