In a Word . . . Granny

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Nasa will put a woman on the moon by 2024, says former astronaut

Cady Coleman says moon mission will provide ‘stepping stone’ for 2030s Mars landing

How should the moon landing be remembered 50 years on?

Prominent Irish figures recall their memories of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon

In a Word: Memories

Man walked on the moon and Mayo drew with Galway on this day 50 years ago

‘Will they sink into the surface?’ Covering the moon landing

Neil Armstrong left lander at 4am, requiring tight turnaround by The Irish Times

What’s coming up in the auction rooms

Religious statues and a photo album depicting Victorian country life

Sterling woes, Burberry hero and the moon landing recreated in chocolate

Planet Business: There’s a job going at IMF

Clicks, beeps and hisses: the music of the 1969 moon landing

Radio chatter from the Apollo 11 landing still sounds like science fiction 50 years on

Apollo 11 – the Irish research connection

Cosmic ray work made DIAS and Ireland famous in the space science communities of ESA and Nasa

Reliability the key asset for Apollo 11 computers

Systems behind Apollo 11 were thousands of times less powerful than a modern phone but they did not crash or malfunction

Neil Armstrong’s hometown enjoys its moment in the spotlight

On the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Wapakoneta is in full celebration mode

Fintan O’Toole: They went to the moon; we discovered the Earth

What moved me as a child in 1969 wasn’t the moon landing but the dramatic splashdown

When will people go back to the Moon?

Nation states and the private sector want to land someone on the lunar surface soon

Moon boy: The Irishman who helped Apollo 11 land on the moon

I worked for Nasa in the 1960s, playing a small part in a major historic event

Neil Armstrong’s passport and rare pink sapphires for auction this week

Sales results and forthcoming auctions

Apollo 11 anniversary to be marked with events around the country

DIAS, Festival of Curiosity and Birr Castle to celebrate moon landing with series of events

Ireland gets set to join the space race

Space sector in Ireland employed 2,000 in 2014; and is set to rise to 4,500 by 2020

Men on a Mission – Frank McNally on a tale of two Michael Collinses

Apollo 11 podcast is one giant leap for space history buffs

Weblog: 13 Minutes to the Moon launched in time for 50th anniversary of moon landing

Time has arrived for watches from yesteryear

The vintage watch world has seen huge growth in interest and prices in recent years

Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history

Most factual liberties are dramatically justifiable. But some seriously mislead viewers

The 50 best films of 2018

Year in Culture Review: From Lady Bird to A Star is Born, here are our films of the year

Claire Foy: ‘Pain plays a big part in all the characters I play’

‘I have an aversion to be being told I have to look a certain way to be an actress’

First Man: Who better to play robotic Neil Armstrong than perennially blank Ryan Gosling?

Review: This terrific study of the 1969 Moon landing is all about the man inside the suit

First Man: 'The film is deeply patriotic. I wanted to pay tribute'

First Man director Damien Chazelle on his new film and its wave of ‘un-American’ criticism

Letters of Note: from bedroom operation to global sensation

Shaun Usher’s hugely popular blog cataloguing historical letters has grown into a series of books and he's now turning his attention to speeches

Oscars 2019: My money’s on Lady Gaga and ‘A Star Is Born’

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

Toronto may not have the Cannes kudos, but the gap is closing

Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer

Michael Moore blasts Trump in new Fahrenheit 11/9 documentary

Toronto film festival: Natalie Portman dazzles in Vox Lux as Irish films continued to premiere at another busy Tiff for domestic cinema

Rose of Tralee 2018: Waterford Rose takes the crown

Student and part-time model Kirsten Mate Maher (21) wins the competition

Irish films in the mix at Venice and Toronto festivals

The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto

Which films will be up for next year’s Oscars? These ones will

Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year

Elon Musk launches fastest Tesla ever from his Falcon Heavy rocket

Tesla Roadster fired towards Mars at 20,000km/h

Man launching home-made rocket to prove the earth is flat

‘There’s no difference between science and science fiction’ says limo driver Mike Hughes

In a Word . . . women

For so long women were like ‘Indians’ in America before 1492 or Aborigines in Australia before 1770 – they didn’t exist!

Former Nasa astronaut to replace Buzz Aldrin and deliver Cork space talk

Dan Tani, who has flown on two space missions, to give talk hosted by Cork Institute of Technology

Buzz Aldrin bound for prestigious space studies event in Cork

Over 300 space experts due at Space Studies Program hosted by Cork Institute of Technology

Two girls, a boat, and a voyage from Cape Cod to Connemara

US student’s model yacht found by Galway girl after social media tip-off to local pubs

Get into hot water exploring Iceland’s pristine landscape

Track down geothermal springs, active volcanoes and waterfalls in a supersized jeep

Stan Burns and the changing face of Irish surfing

Irish surf culture has changed dramatically since the Sligo man first started in 1960s

The Question: Are computers now cleverer than us?

AlphaGo’s board-game victory should serve as a warning about artificial intelligence

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