Pierson said he chased after Apollo on foot, but Apollo had a long head start.
Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 carried biology experiments known as Biostacks 1 and 2 beyond these belts (the moon is about 400, 000 kilometers away).
The lunar samples would be the central feature of an "Apollo Exploration Award" to be given to every Apollo astronaut or a surviving family member.
Apollo made a seven-figure investment in the initiative, including faculty fees and payments to design firm IDEO, which designed the class's website, according to George Lichter, who heads the Apollo unit overseeing the project.
Note: there is no connection between the for-profit education concern, the Apollo Group, which owns the University of Phoenix, and Apollo Global Management, the private-equity business that is purchasing the McGraw-Hill education division.
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The award would be presented to each crewmember from all 12 three-man Apollo missions, including the Apollo 7 and 9 Earth-orbit flights as well as the Apollo 1 crew, which perished in a launch pad fire in 1967.
"The Apollo 17 rock was not lost or misplaced ... because between the first landing mission on Apollo 11 and the last on Apollo 17, something happened in Alaska, " assistant U.S. attorney James Barkeley told collectSpace.com in a telephone interview.
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The chemical company argues that Apollo persuaded Huntsman to drop out of a June 2007 takeover deal with the Holland-based Basell by falsely indicating it would buy Huntsman at a better price, when in fact Apollo was acting out a broader plan to mar the transaction process so badly that it would compel Huntsman to come to Hexicon at a lower price.
The Apollo space program relied on hydrogen fuel cells, which work by stripping electrons from hydrogen atoms.
"It certainly looks like it was a member of the Apollo class of asteroids, " he told BBC News.
"Near here was Wang, Data General, Digital, Apollo, " he says from EMC's offices in Hopkinton, Mass.
Winter first invested heavily in education and employee training, buying shares in companies like Apollo Group.
Indeed, funds run by their Apollo Global Management have made an absolute killing on LyondellBasell, too.
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Unsurprisingly, Omega will produce 1, 972 pieces of this Speedmaster Moonwatch Apollo XVII limited edition watch.
"Near here was Wang, Data General, Digital, Apollo, " he says from EMC's offices in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Suits became more technologically sophisticated as Gemini astronauts started spacewalking and Apollo astronauts went moonwalking.
The new suits should allow far more natural movement than suits did in the Apollo era.
Apollo owns the University of Phoenix, a school with more than 350, 000 enrolled students worldwide.
The Apollo guys, with a 29% stake now, look to be even bigger winners.
Apollo Management is a New York-based private equity firm run by billionaire Leon Black.
The two sides now are disputing how BPTP should go about selling assets to repay Apollo.
The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.
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Last May Apollo let U.S. household goods retailer Linens 'n Things lapse into bankruptcy.
Southwark Council refused to comment on the latest development and Apollo is yet to respond.
He says because Apollo 8 came at the end of such a desperate time...
This will be the first spacecraft of its kind since the Apollo command module.
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Among the U.S. investors cashing out of AMC are Carlyle, Apollo and Bain Capital.
Among the likely investment candidates: Cerberus Capital, Apollo Management, the Carlyle Group and the Blackstone Group.
In Friday trading, Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares are currently up about 0.1% on the day.
By contrast, the biggest loser was Apollo Group ( John Sperling) which dropped -56.8%.
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