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John Alcock
b. 11-5-1892; Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Stretford, England
d. 12-18-1919; Normandy (from injuries suffered air crash)
World War I pilot John Alcock, along with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown were the first to fly from Newfoundland to Ireland.
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Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin
b. 1-20-1930; Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Buzz Aldrin, the pilot of Apollo II, was the second man to step on the Moon, after Neil Armstrong as Michael Collins orbited in the command module, July, 1969.
“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Buzz Aldrin
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William Anders
b. 10-17-1933; Hong Kong
William Anders travelled around the Moon in December of 1968 with the Apollo 8 mission that included Jim Lovell and Frank Borman.
Apollo 8 was the first human space flight to leave Earth orbit and the crew the first humans to directly see the far side of the Moon. Anders took the famous picture entitled Earth Rise and also read the first 10 verses from the Book of Genesis for a Christmas Eve television broadcast.
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Neil Armstrong
b. 8-5-1930; Wapakoneta, Ohio
d. 8-25-2012; Cincinnati, Ohio (complications coronary artery bypass surgery
Neil Armstrong is best remembered as the first person to set foot on the Moon. He began his astronaut career as a test pilot, Naval Aviator, and aerospace engineer.
His first space flight was as command pilot of Gemini 8 (1966) with David Scott (completed the first docking of two spacecraft). His second and last space flight was as mission commander of Apollo 11, the first Lunar landing with Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin of July, 1969.
Neil Armstrong quotes ~
• “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
• “That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”
• “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis for man's desire to understand.” from the Gongressional Record of 9-16-1969
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Henry “Hap” Arnold
b. 6-25-1886; Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
d. 1-15-1950; Sonoma, California
“Hap” Arnold, who was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, was one of the first military pilots in the world.
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