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July 20, 2009 9:20 AM

40th anniversary of moon landing

University of Minnesota planetary scientist and Apollo advisor Robert Pepin joins Midday to discuss the first humans landing on the moon and what we learned from lunar exploration.

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July 20, 2009 7:01 AM

Astronauts celebrate moon anniversary with own spacewalk

The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex will celebrate the 40th anniversary of man's first moon landing with their own spacewalk.

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July 20, 2009 6:00 AM

Fulfilling the promise of manned spaceflight

Forty years after the first moon landing, a Minnesota astronomer looks back -- and ahead.

by Roberta Humphreys

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July 17, 2009 12:00 AM

Rethinking chronic pain relief

An FDA panel recommends sweeping restrictions on a widely used over the counter painkiller, acetamenophin, and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. How will these limitations reframe the way doctors treat chronic pain and prevent addiction?

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July 17, 2009 12:00 AM

40th anniversary of the first moon landing

Nearly 40 years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong took the first "small step for man" on the moon. Midmorning explores the significance of the first lunar landing for future space research and addresses conspiracy theorists' claims that the landing never happened.

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July 16, 2009 2:51 PM

Buzz Aldrin recalls his mission to the moon

Forty years ago today, NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft launched, beginning Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic mission to the moon. MPR's Tom Crann talked with Aldrin about his most vivid memories of going to the moon.

by Tom Crann

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July 16, 2009 9:59 AM

How politics shapes the American space program

On the 40th anniversary of the moon launch, Midday features a documentary about the politics of the space program. It's titled, "Washington, We Have a Problem."

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July 13, 2009 12:06 AM

So-called cyberattack was overblown

An expert in computer security looks skeptically at the supposed North Korean assault in cyberspace.

by Bruce Schneier

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July 9, 2009 3:51 PM

New polls indicates a dim view of U.S. scientific achievement

Though American scientists believe their work is the best in the world, the American public at large take a much dimmer view, according to a new survey by the Pew Center and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.