The number of occasions Man landed on Moon

Citing http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_moon_landings_have_there_beenThere have been 6 landings - and 12 people - on the moon; all were US Apollo missions. The First Moon Landing (July 20, 1969) American astronaut Neil Armstrong (commander of the Apollo 11 mission), accompanied by Buzz Aldrin, landed the lunar module Eagle on the surface of the moon at 4:17:42 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. All the 6 manned moon landings: Apollo 11 - landed 20 July, 1969 Apollo 12 - landed 19 November, 1969 Apollo 14 - landed 5 February, 1971 Apollo 15 - landed 30 July, 1971 Apollo 16 - landed 20 April, 1972 Apollo 17 - landed 11 December, 1972 Who...

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Departments of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

Here are the Departments of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. Chemistry Mathematics Nuclear Science Physics Plant Science Statistics ...

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Faculties of University of Colombo

Here are the distinguished Faculties of University of Colombo. Faculty of Arts Faculty of Education Faculty of Graduate Studies Faculty of Law Faculty of Management ...

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Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

I'm aware that you guys are inquiring why there hasn't been any updated posts in recent weeks. Well, It's the fact that I had been quite busy as I got admitted to the Science Faculty of University of Colombo for my higher studies. I got registered for the University on 24th July 2009 and was already a fresher. The orientation program, for making the freshers aware of the University and Faculty system was in progress from the 3rd of August 2009 and still it is. I got used to the sub-culture of the University and got familiar with the unique dialect. After all it was a new experience to be a student rather an undergraduate of the University of...

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SKYWAY 09 International Light Festival in IYA 2009 to be held in Toruń, Poland - The birthplace of Copernicus

In this IYA 2009 I'm bringing you guys an awesome news, a news about luminosity, brightness, colors,,,lol, It's none other than the SKYWAY 09. The privileged host is Poland and to be precise the city will be Toruń. Toruń will house SKYWAY 09 joining hands with scientists and artists from around the globe. In fact you might be able to recall that Toruń was the home town of elite astronomer Copernicus.This cool event is gonna happen from 11th onwards to 16th August 2009, thus lighting every nook & corner of Gothic Toruń. The both old urban & suburban premises will be lit so as to meet the outline of the festival. There will be embodiments...

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IYA 2009 On Rise

The most important year of all time- The International Year of Astronomy 2009 has already finished 7 months of it's single orbit. During the course of this 7 months a lot of things have taken place. There have been important endeavors being organized by both local & international bodies.On might say that the climax was reached, whereas someone would say it would be yet to arrive.Whatever, happens I'm sure the global citizens have gained a wider perspective of the IYA 2009 during the course.In fact we will do a retrospection later to comment and analyze the events. In this post I'll just be reviewing the IYA 2009 briefly. I was able to to...

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Solar Eclipse 22nd July 2009 from Sri Lanka

The longest solar eclipse of the century or by technical terms, the 37th of 71 of Saros Series 136 took place on the 22nd of July 2009. (I don't post much details of this eclipse as they are already available from wikipedia and NASA eclipse site.) We, with our great equatorial location were able to observe a partial solar eclipse. In Sri Lankan time the partial solar eclipse started at about 6.15 am and lasted till 7.20 am local time.In this post I'll bring you the best captures of the eclipse that we had from Sri Lanka especially from its western and eastern coastal areas. In this case, I should say that the best viewing could be achieved...

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