Biography on Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
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Father of E.E. Aldrin. Accomplished a lot in rocket science (worked with Robert H. Goddard), USAF and got honoured by Il Duce, Benito Mussolini.
Military Academy in West Point; main military education center since 1802, 85 km. north of New York. Generally called West Point.
Born August 5 1930, Wapakoneta (Ohio).
First astronaut who walked on the moon.
Rocket used for Gemini flights as target rocket (3rd stage of Titan IIIB combination; on top of Titan II). Length 7.1 metres.
Nickname of Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., comes from his sister who pronounced 'brother' as 'buzzer'.
Central European Time. Time zone in Central Europe, including cities like Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Rome and Madrid.
Benito Mussolini
Extra Vehicular Activity, a.k.a. Space walking.
NASA project to excercise EVA and rendez-vous of spacecrafts. First manned Gemini flight: Gemini 3 on march 23 1965 by Virgil Grissom and John Young. Last: Gemini 12 (november 11 1966, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell).
Born july 18 1921, Cambridge, Ohio
First American astronaut who orbitted the earth on february 20 1962 (3 orbits, 4h. 55m.).
Was senator in Ohio for the Democrats in 1974 and 1981. Runned for president from january 1983 till march 1984.
Born October 5 1882, Worcester (Massachusetts) - Died August 10 1945.
Expert on rocket propulsion and 'father' of current rocketry. During W.W.I he performed experiments at Clark College, later on supported by Smithsonian Institution and Daniel Guggenheim. Wrote A method of reaching extreme altitudes (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 71, nr. 2, 1919) and Liquid-propellant rocket development (95, nr. 3, 1936). After his death, his wife, Esther Goddard, and G. Pendray published his diary, Rocket development, liquid fuel rocket-research 1929–1941 (1948).
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Gemini Titan Agena. This spavecraft was a combination of the Gemini capsule, the Titan carrier rocket and the Agena target rocket, used for the Gemini flights.
NASA launch site, which consisted of Cape Canaveral and peninsula Merrit Island and was called this way to honour the late president.
Born 1917 - Died November 22 1963, Dallas (Texas).
American president from January 1961 till his murder. September 1962 he swore that "Americans should have the goal, before the end of this decade, of putting a man on the moon."
Massachusettes Institute of Technology in Boston.
NASA project from may 5 1961 till febrauri 20 1963 (John Glenn) with the goal to launch a manned space capsule into an earth orbit.
Mother of E.E. Aldrin and wife of E.E. Aldrin Sr.
Born July 29 1883 – Died April 28 1945.
Fascist Italian leader from 1922 (by the March to Rome) till 1943.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wife of Neil Armstrong
Rocket used in Gemini Project. Titan II was used for Gemini (e.g. 12) flights to escape earth's gravity. In combination with a third stage (e.g. Agena in Gemini), they were called Titan IIIB. Length of Titan II: 29.35 metres.
United States Air Force.
First American astronaut who performed EVA during 21 minutes in 1965. Colleague of Aldrin on West Point.
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