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Buzz Aldrin
No full textBuzz Aldrin was born in Montclair, New Jersey on January 20, 1930. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of an Army Chaplain. His father, Edwin Eugene Aldrin, was a Colonel in the Air Force, a ScD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an aviation pioneer who later became the Commanding Officer of the Newark Airport in New Jersey. Buzz grew up in New Jersey and after graduating one year early from Montclair High School he was educated at the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating third in his class with a BS in mechanical engineering. He then joined the Air Force where he flew F86 Sabre Jets in 66 combat missions in Korea, shot down two MIG-15′s, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross. After a tour of duty in Germany flying F100′s, he went on to earn his Doctorate of Science in Astronautics at MIT and wrote his thesis on Manned Orbital Rendezvous.
Selected by NASA in 1963 into the third group of astronauts, Aldrin was the first with a doctorate and became known as “Dr. Rendezvous.” The docking and rendezvous techniques he devised for spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit became critical to the success of the Gemini and Apollo programs, and are still used today. He also pioneered underwater training techniques, as a substitute for zero gravity flights, to simulate spacewalking. In 1966 on the Gemini 12 orbital mission, Buzz performed the world’s first successful spacewalk, overcoming prior difficulties experienced by Americans and Russians during extra-vehicular
activity (EVA), and setting a new EVA record of 5 . hours. On July 20, 1969, Buzz and Neil Armstrong made their historic Apollo 11 moonwalk, becoming the first two humans to set foot on another world. They spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned with 46 pounds of moon rocks. An estimated 600 million people – at that time, the world’s largest television audience in history – witnessed this unprecedented heroic endeavor.
Upon returning from the moon, Buzz was decorated with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest American peacetime award. A 45-day international goodwill tour followed, where he received numerous distinguished awards and medals from 23 other countries. Named after Buzz are Asteroid “6470 Aldrin” and the “Aldrin Crater” on the moon. Buzz and his Apollo 11 crew have four “stars” on each corner of Hollywood and Vine streets on the renowned Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Since retiring from NASA and the Air Force, Col. Aldrin has remained at the forefront of efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in human space exploration. He devised a master plan for missions to Mars known as the “Aldrin Mars Cycler” – a spacecraft system with perpetual cycling orbits between Earth and Mars. Dr. Aldrin has received three US patents for his schematics of a modular space station,
Starbooster reusable rockets, and multi-crew modules for space flight. He founded Starcraft Boosters, Inc., a rocket design company, and Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to addressing science literacy for children by igniting their passion for science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) through delivering hands-on STEAM activities and inspirational messages.
In June of 2011 Buzz started a new company, Buzz Aldrin Enterprises, LLC to promote his brand and oversee all aspects of his public appearances, media, licensing, endorsements and efforts to promote the future of the space program.
On November 16, 2011, Dr. Aldrin was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor, along with the other Apollo 11 crew members, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, and Mercury Seven astronaut, John Glenn, for their significant contribution to society and for blazing the trail of exploration.
Dr. Aldrin is an author of nine books including his New York Times best-selling autobiography entitled, “Magnificent Desolation” which was released in 2009 just before the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo XI moon landing. He continues to inspire today’s youth with his illustrated children’s books: Reaching for the Moon, another New York Times best-seller, and Look to the Stars, and recently released Welcome to Mars:
Making a Home on the Red Planet. He has also authored two space science-fact-fiction novels: The Return and Encounter with Tiber. His non-fiction works include the best-seller historical documentary, Men from Earth, and an early 1970′s autobiography, Return to Earth. His book, “Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration”, published by the National Geographic Society in 2013, outlines his plan to get us beyond the moon and on to Mars. As one of the leading space exploration advocates, Buzz continues to chart a course for future space travel and is passionate about inspiring the younger generations of future explorers and innovators.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2016/1007/thumbnail.jp
Seeking Refuge With RefugeeOne
No full textAs a recipient of the CEL Humanities Based Academic Internship Funding Award, I am presenting RefugeeOne as I have interned under them and took the internship for academic credit for GIST 370. I explain RefugeeOne as an organization, the projects I have done, and several reflections and thoughts on my overall experience at RefugeeOne and the GIST 370 internship
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The crystallography of Aldrin and Dieldrin insecticides
No full textThe object of this investigation was to determine a number of
physical constants for the crystals of two commonly used insecticide
compounds. The compounds chosen were Aldrin and Dieldrin,
which are chlorinated cyclodiene compounds. These compounds are
in considerable use today, and show promise of heavy continued use.
The data collected includes crystal system and structure, unit cell
dimensions, refractive indices, optical directions, and fusion data.
This data should allow determination of the identity of these compounds
by use of the techniques of chemical microscopy, although
admittedly, the work reported here does not include the complete
amount of crystallographic and optical information possible.
The two compounds were investigated and the following
information was obtained.
Dieldrin crystallizes into two forms, depending presumably upon the polarity of the solvent used. One form (benzene) is
tetragonal, and was found to be uniaxial negative in character. The
other was orthorhombic and biaxial positive.
Aldrin crystallizes in the monoclinic system and is also
biaxial positive. Both Aldrin and Dieldrin have rather large unit
cells.
The author had considerable difficulty in obtaining the proper
sized crystals for analysis. Nevertheless, it was demonstrated
that the commercial and rather crude product could be recrystallized
a few times using ordinary techniques, and the crystals
obtained could be used to provide a fairly specific identification
CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection
No full textYim, Aldrin Kay Yuen.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-140).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 06, December, 2016)
Preprocessing Tools Applied to Improve the Assessment of Aldrin Effects on Prostate Cancer Cells Using Raman Spectroscopy
No full textThe study of pollutant effects on living organisms provides information about the possible biological and environmental response to a contaminant. Progression of prostate cancer may be related to exposure to pesticides or other chemical substances. In this work, the effect of the pesticide aldrin on human prostate cancer cells (DU145) is studied using Raman spectroscopy and chemometric techniques. Prostate cancer cell line DU145 has been exposed acutely the pesticide aldrin. Individual Raman spectra coming from control and treated cell populations have been acquired. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA) has been used to assess differences among treated and control samples and to identify spectral biomarkers associated with pollutant stress. Some preprocessing methodologies have been tested in order to improve the capability of discrimination between fingerprints. Partial least squares discriminant analysis results suggest that the best normalization–scaling preprocessing combination is provided by Euclidean normalization (EN)-SIMPLISMA-based scaling (SBS). SIMPLISMA-based scaling has been proposed as a scaling method focused on the classification objective, which enhances variables with high relative variation among samples. The most relevant spectral variables related to aldrin effect on DU145 seem to be mainly related to lipids, proteins, and variations in nucleic acids. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.The authors acknowledge the financial support from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement no. 32073. They also belong to the network of recognized research groups by the Catalan government (2014 SGR 1106).Peer reviewe
Photocatalytic removal of aldrin and dieldrin using graphene oxide and TiO<sub>2</sub>-doped CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>
No full textBACKGROUND Conventional treatment processes and existing photocatalysts have proven insufficient in efficiently removing aldrin and dieldrin. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the removal of aldrin and dieldrin from surface water using a titanium dioxide/graphene oxide/copper ferrite (TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4) nanocomposite. RESULTS The highest photodegradation efficiencies for aldrin (100%) and dieldrin (99%) were achieved with a TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite dosage of 1.3 mg L-1, at a sunlight intensity of 9 W m(-2) and an optimal photodegradation time of 25 min. The maximum UV absorption wavelength of the TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite was observed at 365 nm. The quantum yield of the nanocomposite was recorded as 2.69 x 10(2) mol einstein-1, and its bandgap energy was determined to be 3.31 eV. The first-order kinetic rate constants for aldrin and dieldrin were calculated as 0.05 and 0.047 min(-1), respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the crystal structure of CuFe2O4/TiO2, while Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy detected carboxylic, epoxy, carbonyl and other oxygenated groups within the TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy images revealed that CuFe2O4 was situated on the outer layer of GO. Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis identified the elemental composition of the TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite as comprising GO, C, Cu, Fe, Ti and O. A reusability study demonstrated that the nanocomposite maintained excellent performance, achieving 99% removal efficiency after 79 cycles and 97% after 100 cycles. CONCLUSIONS The TiO2/GO/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite effectively removed aldrin and dieldrin from surface water. This nanocomposite holds promise for the remediation of other aquatic ecosystems, such as bays, rivers and ocean waters. (c) 2024 The Author(s). Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry (SCI)
We Reach the Moon. Title page inscribed by the author.
No full textOn 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. The achievement inspired a host of products and memorabilia. On display from the publishing collection of Seymour Lawrence is both the German and American editions of the children’s 1969 picture book Journey to the Moon by artist Erich Fuchs who depicts the eight-day voyage with cubist modernism. The author of We Reach the Moon was the New York Times science reporter, and he inscribed his paperback to Mississippi writer Willie Morris and family.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/space_exhibit_2020/1012/thumbnail.jp
Continued developments in the modeling of complex dimensions and orientation variation in split D differential eddy current probes
No full textThe need and approach for characterization - U.S. air force perspectives on materials state awareness
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