and she gave it to them. With little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday, calculated the precise track that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969 and, after Neil Armstrong’s histor...
Powell, who died in October, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. He rose to the rank of four-star general in the Army before becoming the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And under former President George W. Bush, he became the nation’s first Black secretary of s...
— Apollo astronaut Alfred Worden, who performed the first-ever spacewalk in deep space while on his way home from the moon in 1971, has died at the age of 88. Worden's death was announced by his family on Wednesday morning (March 18). He recently had developed an infection that led t...
On our first day of our trek a man (not associated with our trek) fell through an unstable ice bridge and died in the area we were walking through. All of the organised treks through this area are assisted, which means that you only walk with a day pack. Your large bags, the kitchen...
she didn’t win the apollo. back in those days, when something came on television you had to catch it in that moment. so she thought i saw the apollo, i hadn’t. i was like, ‘don’t worry about it.’ i went to a part of jersey where she lived [and] met her.” “she was...
Gallery, as well as works by Monet, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. He was also the only Russian collector of his time to buy a work by Munch.White Night. Aasgardstrand (Girls on the Bridge)(1903) was purchased at the Salon des Indépendants a few months before Mikhail Morozov died in ...
groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier, who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way Black people are portrayed on screen. Poitier, who died in January, became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film “Lilies of the ...
22 – Wayne Swinny (59): Founding member of the band Saliva – Died at the age of 59. Just a few hours before his death, it was announced that the guitarist had been hospitalized after suffering a brain hemorrhage – age 59. 23 – Steve Mackey (56):Notable as Pulp’s bassist, contr...
Carl Weathers, best known for his portrayal of Apollo Creed in the Rocky series, is a multi-talented individual who has proven himself as an actor, director, and former professional football player. Born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Weathers pursued both...
Celebrity Stars we lost in 2022 Remembering the celebrities who died in the past year. By EW Staff Updated on January 9, 2023 07:00AM EST Olivia Newton-John, Nichelle Nichols, and Ray Liotta. Photo: Everett Collection; CBS via Getty Images; Rebecca Sapp/WireImage It's always hard to ...