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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong sold for $2,187,500 with premium.

Space

'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years

James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

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Who Are The ESPN Golf Broadcast Team? Commentators, Analysts And Anchors For 2025

Meet the array of experts taking you through the action on the ESPN network in PGA Tour and Major Championship broadcasts this year

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‘Ahh-roit then’: The 10 worst Irish accents in film history

ST PATRICK’S DAY: As we celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Adam White recalls the long history of dodgy Irish accents in film

The Independent UK

Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's note and the patch idea that inspired it are now up for auction.

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Regional independents not allowed on opposition benches in latest speaker ruling

The Dail is to reconvene after a chaotic row over how speaking time should be allocated to the government-affiliated independents.

Evening Standard

Irish parliament to reconvene after unprecedented row over speaking time

The argument prevented Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin being nominated as taoiseach.

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‘Farcical’ Irish parliament row sees efforts to appoint a premier fail

Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dail disruptions over opposition speaking time.

Evening Standard

Ski Mask Dog – The Memecoin A US Congressman Spent Up To $15K On

The crypto space went abuzz Wednesday after GOP Rep. Mike Collins Jr. confirmed he purchased up to $15,000 worth of the $SKI memecoin, triggering a token price surge that caught the attention of the broader community.

International Business Times

Congressman Buys Meme Coins? Ski Mask Dog Coin Climbs In Value After Disclosure: 'I Liked The Coins, So I Bought Them'

The trading activity of members of Congress is closely followed by investors as the buying and selling of stocks can come based on alleged information. Now investors have to follow the trading activity of Congress members when it comes to meme coins.

Benzinga

Fiery exchanges in the first televised leaders debate of Irish general election

Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald clashed several times during the wide-ranging and hotly-anticipated leaders’ debate.

The Independent UK

Taoiseach and Tanaiste say they would shun coalition with Sinn Fein

Simon Harris and Micheal Martin were speaking during a televised debate involving 10 parties.

The Independent UK

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital has won the 2024 Booker prize. What it so skilfully and ambitiously exposes is the human cost of space flight set against the urgency of the climate crisis.

The Conversation

Polaris Dawn: World's 1st commercial spacewalk was history's 20th stand-up EVA

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

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Statue of John Lewis unveiled in Georgia to honor late civil rights leader

Statue of congressman, who died in 2020 of cancer, replaces obelisk erected in 1908 celebrating the Confederacy

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: 55 years ago, the 'world's loneliest man' snapped this iconic Apollo 11 image

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".

The Independent UK

Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Fortune

U.S. real estate is so expensive it's even keeping out wealthy foreign homebuyers

Foreign buyers haven’t purchased so few homes since 2009—15 years ago.

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The Guardian - UK

Neil Jordan claims ex-taoiseach told him of money-for-endorsement agreement

Irish director says Garret FitzGerald said he was expecting payment from Warner Bros for endorsing Michael Collins biopic – which son refutes

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t discover rationality until I went to England’: Neil Jordan on Tom Cruise, sandwich-boarding and seeing his dad’s ghost

Warring with Harvey Weinstein, marvelling at Tom Cruise, realising Mona Lisa and many other films were about himself … the great Irish director looks back on his astonishing career

Space

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured 'Earthrise,' killed in plane crash

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.

International Business Times

Why Insurance Prices Have Skyrocketed

Consumer price data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that car insurance premiums rose at a whopping annual rate of 22.2% in March, well above the 3.5% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

The Guardian - UK

‘Deserved respect not ridicule’: Wisden speaks out over cricket’s ICEC report

Wisden has given a hefty endorsement of last year’s report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket

Space

'Apollo: When We Went the Moon' exhibit lands at NYC's Intrepid Museum

Given it was navy ships that recovered the Apollo spacecraft, it is appropriate that the largest temporary exhibit ever hosted by the Intrepid is themed to the first lunar landings.

Space

'Star Trek: The Mission and Other Stories' offers fans a stellar new anthology

Star Trek Explorer magazine presents "Star Trek: 'The Mission' and Other Stories" anthology, a collection of 14 stories featuring Will Riker, Benjamin Sisko, the Borg and more.

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