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Comet Tempel 1 Alive With Light
07.06.05 -- This spectacular image of comet Tempel 1 was taken 67 seconds after it obliterated Deep Impact's impactor spacecraft. The image reveals topographic features, including ridges, scalloped edges and possibly impact craters formed long ago. Cited from nasa 07/06/2005 |
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Yang Liwei Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 21 June 1965. Of note: First Chinese man in space.
Personal: Male, Married, One son. Born in Suizhong, Liaoning, China. Degree: Bachelor's. Affiliation: PLA Air Force.
Neil A. Armstrong, civilian
Personal: Born August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married, two children.
Education: B.S. in aeronautical engineering, Purdue University, 1955. M.S. in aerospace engineering, University of Southern California, 1970.
Spaceflights: Command pilot, Gemini 8 (1966). Commander, Apollo 11 (1969).
Was an aviator in the Navy and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962. Made seven flights in the X-15 program, reaching an altitude of 207,500 feet. Was backup command pilot for Gemini 5, command pilot for Gemini 8, backup command pilot for Gemini 11, backup commander for Apollo 8, and commander for Apollo 11 (first man to walk on the Moon). Was Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA from July 1970 until August 1971, when he resigned to become Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Served on the National Commission on Space from 1985 to 1986 and on the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident in 1986.
Cited from NASA