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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery
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Elisha Kent Kane: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Ken McGoogan, Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane (2008); Mark Metzler Sawin, Raising Kane: Elisha Kent Kane and the Culture of Fame in Antebellum America (2008); David Chapin, Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity (2004); Ray Edinger, Love and Ice: The Tragic Obsessions of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorer (2015).

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  • Ray Edinger

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Type Description Contributor Date
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 12, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 30, 2024
Invalidated site: Arctic explorations: The second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853,54,55. Mar 03, 2017
New bibliography added. Aug 17, 2015
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Elisha K. Kane. Nov 12, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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