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Keeping the World Rolling since 1971 CARLISLE, Pa., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Carlisle TyrFil (www.CarlisleTyrFil.com) this year celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its signature TyrFil brand—the world’s first polyurethane tire fill material intended to flatproof tires. Over the past five decades, TyrFil has become the industry standard in tire fill flatproofing and is utilized in …

On Oct. 1, 1971, Walt Disney World Resort officially opened to guests for the first time, the culmination of years spent imagining, planning and developing Walt Disney’s magical dream. In the five decades since, the vacation destination continued to expand with new stories and characters and adventures to cherish for a lifetime. And now with …

This image consists of six photographs taken from the Lunar Module, enhanced and stitched into a single panorama to show the landing scene, along with the location from where Shepard hit the balls Fifty years ago this week, Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the Moon. The first he shanked into a crater. …

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner and Corey Gamblemade it a triple “date” night as they attended Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ 50th birthday party on Friday night. Wearing a shimmering cream silk off-the-shoulder gown, Kim and her husband posed for pics with her sisters upon their arrival. Kylie wore a sequined black long-sleeve plunging gown with sharp …

Image copyright Glenn Mingham Image caption Scylla was found with a discarded – or “ghost” – fishing net around his neck A grey seal rescued on the North Sea coast has become the 50th to be treated by a wildlife centre for injuries caused by discarded man-made rubbish. The animal, a male named Scylla, was …

Decades of innovations from the study of outer space have come down to Earth, into store aisles, smartphones and American households. On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon declaring, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The NASA program that got Armstrong there pushed forward technology on …

Astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, beside the deployed US flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module is on the left, and the astronauts’ footprints are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, mission …

Image copyright Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Image caption The partial eclipse was seen from Avon beach in Mudeford, Dorset Skywatchers across the UK have witnessed a partial lunar eclipse, 50 years to the day since the US mission to put men on the Moon lifted off. The surface of Earth’s satellite appeared red or dark grey …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins spoke to the BBC in April One of the surviving crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon – Apollo 11 – has returned to the site where the mission set off 50 years ago. Michael Collins, 88, visited Florida’s …

Mr Armstrong and Mr Aldrin were the first men to go to the Moon in 1969, exactly 50 years and one day ago. A third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained in the control module and picked up his colleagues later. Mr Armstrong died in 2012 aged 82 and Mr Aldrin made a heartbreaking statement. He said …