http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000994.html
http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-000994.jpg
NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Image # : 66C-9516
Date : 11/15/1966
Title
Gemini 12 Splashdown
Full Description
As a helicopter hovers above, the Gemini-12 spacecraft with parachute open descends to the Atlantic with astronauts Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard.
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001420.html
http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001420.jpg
NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S66-62782
Date : 11/12/1966
Title
Aldrin Performs EVA
Full Description
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft performs extravehicular activity (EVA) during the second day of the four day mission in space. Aldrin is positioned next to the Agena work station.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gemini
Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It operated between Projects Mercury and Apollo, with 10 manned flights occurring in 1965 and 1966. Its objective was to develop techniques for advanced space travel, notably those necessary for Project Apollo, whose objective was to land men on the Moon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961 – 1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions.
Apollo was the third human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA, the space agency of the United States.
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001171.html
http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001171.jpg
NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S68-48788
Date : 10/11/1968
Title
Apollo 7 Launch
Full Description
The Apollo 7 Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7
Launch: October 11, 1968
Landing: October 22, 1968
Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_children_shall_lead
"And the Children Shall Lead" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and was broadcast October 11, 1968.
Overview: The crew of the Enterprise rescues a group of children stranded on a planet, along with their evil "imaginary" friend.
On stardate 5029.5, the starship USS Enterprise intercepts a distress call from the planet Triacus, where a scientific expedition is located. Arriving at the planet, Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, and Mr. Spock beam down to investigate. They find the expedition leader, Professor Starnes, has gone insane; he almost immediately dies. The other adult members of the team apparently committed suicide. However, the expedition's five children (led by Starnes' preteen son Tommy) remain alive and well, continuing to play as if nothing happened.
http://www.cswap.com/1992/A_Few_Good_Men/cap/en/25fps/a/02_01
A Few Good Men
2:01:21
- You want answers?
2:01:26
I want the truth!
2:01:29
You can't handle the truth!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
Before the invention of the telescope, comets seemed to appear out of nowhere in the sky and gradually vanish out of sight. They were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes, or even interpreted as attacks by heavenly beings against terrestrial inhabitants. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearances have been noticed by humans for millennia. Some authorities interpret references to "falling stars" in Gilgamesh, the Book of Revelation and the Book of Enoch as references to comets, or possibly bolides.
http://www.cswap.com/1995/Apollo_13/cap/en/25fps/a/00_13
Apollo 13
:13:38
I thought the stars
would fall down on you.
:13:44
That's silly.
Stars can't fall on us.
:13:47
You're a smarter kid than I was.
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/22/1976 ( my Orion spaceship suffers catastrophic damage and fire while I am enroute to comet in the outer solar system ) is: 6200 days
From 2/22/1976 ( my Orion spaceship suffers catastrophic damage and fire while I am enroute to comet in the outer solar system ) to 2/12/1993 ( premiere US movie "Groundhog Day" ) is 6200 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/
Groundhog Day (1993)
Release Date: 12 February 1993 (USA)
Tagline: He's having the worst day of his life... over, and over...
Plot Outline: A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/quotes
Memorable quotes for
Groundhog Day (1993)
Phil: Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.
[Driving down the railroad tracks toward an approaching train]
Phil: I'm betting he's going to swerve first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
As late as 2002, there is conflict on how much ice is in a comet. NASA's Deep Space 1 team, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, obtained high-resolution images of the surface of comet Borrelly. They announced that comet Borrelly exhibits distinct jets, yet has a hot, dry surface. The assumption that comets contain water and other ices led Dr. Laurence Soderblom of the U.S. Geological Survey to say, "The spectrum suggests that the surface is hot and dry. It is surprising that we saw no traces of water ice." However, he goes on to suggest that the ice is probably hidden below the crust as "either the surface has been dried out by solar heating and maturation or perhaps the very dark soot-like material that covers Borrelly's surface masks any trace of surface ice".[46]
The recent Deep Impact probe has also yielded results suggesting that the majority of a comet's water ice is below the surface, and that these reservoirs feed the jets of vaporised water that form the coma of Tempel 1.[47]
However, more recent data from the Stardust mission show that materials retrieved from the tail of comet Wild 2 were crystalline and could only have been "born in fire."[48][49] More recent still, the materials retrieved demonstrate that the "comet dust resembles asteroid materials."[50][51][52] These new results have forced a rethink about the very nature of comets and their distinction from asteroids
From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) to 9/17/1997 ( premiere TV episode "Star Trek: Voyager, Day of Honor" ) is 10346 days
10346 = 5173 + 5173
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 5173 days
From 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) to 9/17/1997 ( premiere TV episode "Star Trek: Voyager, Day of Honor" ) is 9475 days
9475 = 1 + 4737 + 4737
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) is: 4737 days
From 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 9/17/1997 ( premiere TV episode "Star Trek: Voyager, Day of Honor" ) is 5618 days
5618 = 2809 + 2809
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 2809 days
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/69028.html
Day of Honor
Air Date: 09.17.1997
Torres is having a bad day. She's overslept, had a malfunction in her sonic shower and she's been asked to work with Seven of Nine to create a Borg-style transwarp conduit. She's hardly in the mood to go through the Klingon Day of Honor, an annual ritual of self-examination. Paris tries to help, but she pushes him away, afraid to accept the comfort of his friendship.
In the meantime, Voyager encounters a ship of Caatati refugees seeking supplies. The Caatati explain that most of their species were assimilated by the Borg. They have nothing left. Janeway offers them some rations. Later, Voyager runs into more Caatati ships. Their leader is outraged when he sees the crew includes an ex-Borg. In Engineering, Seven of Nine continues working to open a transwarp conduit, but during the first test of the modifications, an accident occurs and Torres is forced to eject the warp core.
Torres and Paris take a shuttle to retrieve the core, but they find a Caatati ship trying to salvage it. They warn the Caatati off, but the aliens fire at the shuttle and collapse its structural integrity field. Torres and Paris beam into space just before their shuttle explodes. By linking the communication systems in both of their space suits, they create a carrier wave that they hope will reach Voyager before they run out of air. On Voyager, Janeway questions Seven of Nine about the accident in Engineering and is satisfied that she didn't cause it.
The ship picks up the carrier wave from Torres and Paris, but before they can retrieve them, the Caatati ships arrive with the warp core. They threaten to destroy Voyager unless Janeway gives them more supplies — and turns over Seven of Nine. Seven volunteers to go, but the Captain refuses. Seven then offers to build an energy matrix for the Caatati, which will produce all the thorium they need for their systems. The Caatati accept, and return the warp core. The crisis over, Voyager is able to rescue Paris and Torres. The Klingon finds that in facing death, she has found the courage to admit her love for Paris — and with that courage, she realizes she has found her honor.
From 9/11/1958 ( Roxann Dawson ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) is: 6479 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 6479 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206259/
Roxann Dawson
Date of Birth: 11 September 1958
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... B'Elanna Torres
From 10/27/1953 ( Robert Picardo ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 8431 days
8431 = 1 + 4215 + 4215
From 10/27/1953 ( Robert Picardo ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) is: 4215 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000585/
Robert Picardo
Date of Birth: 27 October 1953
"China Beach" .... Dr. Richard
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... The Doctor
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) .... Emergency Medical Hologram
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" .... Dr. Lewis Zimmerman
From 6/22/1956 ( Tim Russ ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) is 3359 days
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 6/22/1956 ( Tim Russ ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is 7462 days
7462 = 3731 + 3731
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) is: 3731 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750913/
Tim Russ
Date of Birth: 22 June 1956
Star Trek: Generations (1994) .... Enterprise-B Tactical Lieutenant
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Tuvok
From 9/26/1932 ( Richard Herd ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is 14257 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 3/15/1998 ( as a U.S. Navy officer, I was deployed on an official United States federal assignment and I remain 100% deployed ) is 14257 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378800/
Richard Herd
Date of Birth: 26 September 1932
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Admiral Owen Paris / ... (5 episodes, 1999-2001)
- Endgame: Part 1 (2001) TV episode .... Admiral Owen Paris
- Endgame: Part 2 (2001) TV episode .... Admiral Owen Paris
- Author, Author (2001) TV episode .... Admiral Owen Paris, Lt. Tom Paris' Father
- Inside Man (2000) TV episode .... Admiral Owen Paris, Lt. Tom Paris' Father
- Pathfinder (1999) TV episode .... Admiral Owen Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_%28Voyager_episode%29
"Pathfinder" is the 10th episode of the 6th season of Star Trek: Voyager. It features the characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reginald Barclay and Deanna Troi.
On Earth, Reginald Barclay is involved in the Pathfinder project, an effort to communicate with the USS Voyager stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Barclay soon becomes obsessed. He loses himself in the reality of the holographic Voyager created for the project, enjoying the false friendships within.
When he is taken off the project, he breaks back in. The faux Voyager crew rebels, even firing on the security officers sent to capture him. Of course, this does nothing as the security protocols are on. Holo-Torres is destroyed by a pursuing Commander Harkins. At the last moment, Barclay manages to send the message he intended and it works.
The real Voyager, far in the Delta Quadrant, manages to hear Barclay's message. They celebrate the knowledge that home is looking for them. In honor of Barclay, though none of the Voyager crew actually know who he really is, he is made an honorary Voyager crewmember.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinders_%28military%29
During World War II, the pathfinders were a group of volunteers selected within the Airborne units who were specially trained to operate navigation aids to guide the main airborne body to the drop zones. The pathfinder teams (sticks) were made up of a group of eight to twelve pathfinders and a group of six bodyguards whose job was to defend the pathfinders while they set up their equipment. The pathfinder teams dropped approximately thirty minutes before the main body in order to locate designated drop zones and provide radio and visual guides for the main force in order to improve the accuracy of the jump. Once the main body jumped, the pathfinders then joined their original units and fought as standard airborne infantry.
From 3/20/1948 ( John de Lancie ) to 12/24/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is 7584 days
7584 = 3792 + 3792
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209496/
John de Lancie
Date of Birth: 20 March 1948
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... Q
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" .... Q
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Q
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708952/quotes
Memorable quotes for
"Star Trek: Voyager"
Q2 (2001)
Q: [lecturing his son, the eponymous Q2] If the Continuum's told you once, they've told you a thousand times: DON'T... PROVOKE... THE BORG!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_%28Star_Trek%29
Q, played by John de Lancie, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe who appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. The name "Q" is also shared by other members of the Q Continuum. Gene Roddenberry chose the letter "Q" for the character and race in honor of his friend, Janet Quarton.
Beginning with the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q became a popular recurring character, in large part because of the comedic and dramatic chemistry between de Lancie and Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Q is a mischievous, seemingly omnipotent being who has taken an interest in humans. Q's power is limited only in that he cannot overcome others in the Q Continuum. However, they can kill each other (as can non Q continuum members) if they have the right weapons. Some have believed that Q cannot read minds, but this is incorrect; in the episode "Hide and Q", Q reads the mind of William T. Riker and offers him lemonade. Q also explains to William T. Riker that the setting they are in came from Jean-Luc Picard's mind. He also has a flair for the dramatic, with a mercurial personality that switches between a joking, camp style and a more ominous and even dangerous manner. While he is boastful, condescending, and threatening, he arguably has humanity's best interests at heart, as seen in the series finale, "All Good Things...", in which he causes Jean-Luc Picard to shift through time periods, giving him a chance to save humanity. In his portrayal of Q, John de Lancie used as his inspiration a description attributed to Lord Byron: "Mad, bad and dangerous to know."
From 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) to 4/11/2001 ( premiere TV episode "Star Trek: Voyager, Q2" )(Wednesday) is 10345 days
10345 = 1 + 5172 + 5172
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 5172 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708952/
"Star Trek: Voyager"
Q2 (2001)
Original Air Date: 11 April 2001 (Season 7, Episode 19)
Plot Outline: When Q finds his son too much to handle he lets Captain Janeway have a crack at him.
John de Lancie ... Q
Keegan de Lancie ... Q2
http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/OfficerClassification/i/PT_A.htm
1130 Unrestricted Line Officer billet requiring Special Warfare (UDT/SEAL) qualification
http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/OfficerClassification/i/SEC_D_PT_Q.htm
SPECIAL WARFARE
First Character: Q
AQD codes having the first character "Q" are used to modify 1130 billets and 113X officer designators when the billet requirements/officer qualifications pertain to the special warfare specialty.
From 3/25/1942 ( Richard Sarstedt ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is 12667 days
12667 = 1 + 6333 + 6333
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet in the outer solar system and I was successful ) is: 6333 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765602/
Richard Sarstedt
Date of Birth: 25 March 1942
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Starfleet Admiral
From 5/5/1944 ( John Rhys-Davies ) to 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I was onboard that Apollo 11 lunar lander spacecraft ) is 9207 days
9207 = 1 + 4603 + 4603
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722636/
John Rhys-Davies
Date of Birth: 5 May 1944
"Sliders" .... Prof. Maximilian Arturo
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Leonardo Da Vinci
From 2/22/1968 ( Jeri Ryan ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is 2810 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches with me onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 2810 days
From 2/22/1968 ( Jeri Ryan ) to 5/13/1987 ( my M.I.A. status in Africa ends and I am being transported for home ) is: 7020 days
7020 = 3510 + 3510
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/11/1968 ( Apollo 7 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that Apollo 7 spacecraft ) is: 3510 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/
Jeri Ryan
Date of Birth: 22 February 1968
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Seven of Nine
"Dilbert" .... Seven of Nine Alarm Clock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560466/
"Dilbert"
The Gift (1999)
Original Air Date: 2 November 1999 (Season 2, Episode 1)
Jeri Ryan ... Seven of Nine Alarm Clock (voice)
http://dilbert.tktv.net/Episodes1/
#5 Testing: Aired Monday, February 22, 1999
The "test engineer from hell" tries to destroy Dilbert's prototype. Dogbert gets a seat on the space shuttle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
In an episode of the animated Dilbert series, Dogbert is a passenger on the Columbia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1
The first Space Shuttle mission, STS (Space Transportation System)-1, was launched April 12, 1981, and returned April 14. Space Shuttle Columbia orbited the earth 36 times in this 54.5-hour mission.
During reentry, a protruding tile gap filler ducted hot gas into the right main landing gear well, which caused significant damage including buckling of the landing gear door.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/NASA_salutes_Reagans.jpg
Columbia astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield salute President Ronald Reagan, standing beside his wife, Nancy, upon landing in 1982.
From 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor with fast times at Innsbruck Olympics ) to 3/22/1982 ( 3rd ever space shuttle flight and I was onboard that space shuttle Columbia ) is: 6616 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 4/14/1977 ( I return to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 6616 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-3
Launch: March 22, 1982
Landing: March 30, 1982
STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia.
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/33082a.htm
Remarks by Telephone to Columbia Astronauts Following Completion of the Third Flight of the Space Shuttle
March 30, 1982
The President. Hello.
Colonel Lousma. Good afternoon, sir. This is Colonel Lousma, sir, and Colonel Fullerton on the line, sir.
Colonel Fullerton. How do you do, sir?
The President. Colonel Lousma, Colonel Fullerton, don't ask me how I do -- how are you feeling?
Colonel Lousma. We're just fine, sir. We just came booming over your ranch at about mach 13.
The President. I know, I heard you say that. We were watching you come in for that perfect landing. Then everybody in America started breathing again when you made that landing.
But I wanted to ask you, when you went over the ranch there, I've been worried about one of the horses. How did they look?
From 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 11/11/1982 ( space shuttle flight STS-5 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is 335 days, 9 years
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-5
Launch: November 11, 1982
Landing: November 16, 1982
STS-5 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched November 11, 1982. This was the fifth space shuttle mission, and was also the fifth mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia.
From 7/14/1936 ( Robert Franklyn Overmyer ) to 1/31/1964 ( I am competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) is 10062 days
10062 = 5031 + 5031
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5031 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Overmyer
Missions STS-5, STS-51-B
Robert Franklyn Overmyer, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Ret. (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and USAF and NASA astronaut.
Colonel Overmyer was the pilot for STS-5, the first fully operational flight of the Shuttle Transportation System, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 11, 1982.
From 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 4/25/1990 ( Hubble Space Telescope deployed by STS-31 and I was onboard that space shuttle Discovery ) is 7584 days
7584 = 3792 + 3792
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-31
Launch: April 24, 1990
Landing: April 29, 1990
STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the American Space Shuttle program, which launched the Hubble Space Telescope astronomical observatory into Earth orbit. The mission used the Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launchpad 39B on April 24, 1990 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Discovery's crew deployed the telescope on April 25, and spent the rest of the mission tending to various scientific experiments in the shuttle's payload bay and operating a set of IMAX cameras to record the mission.
From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 10/18/1989 ( Galileo spacecraft launched for Jupiter by STS-34 and I was onboard that space shuttle Atlantis ) is 6014 days
6014 = 3007 + 3007
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 3007 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-34
STS-34 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission, and the 5th flight for Atlantis. It carried the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 12:53 p.m. EDT on Oct. 18, 1989. It carried the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft in its cargo bay.
The first major task in orbit was deployment of the Galileo spacecraft with its attached IUS booster. Deployment occurred on schedule at 7:15 EDT, slightly more than six hours after launch, and the IUS performed flawlessly to send the spacecraft toward Venus on the first leg of its six-year journey to Jupiter.
From 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) to 2/3/1984 ( space shuttle flight STS-41-B launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Challenger ) is: 2770 days
2770 = 1385 + 1385
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as a jet pilot ) is: 1385 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-B
Launch: February 3, 1984
Landing: February 11, 1984
STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight for Challenger.
A highlight of the mission took place on the first day when astronauts McCandless and Stewart performed the first untethered space walk operating the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) for the first time. McCandless -- the first human Earth-orbiting satellite -- ventured out 320 feet from the orbiter, while Stewart tested the "work station" foot restraint at the end of the Remote Manipulator System.
From 8/13/1942 ( Robert Lee Stewart ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet in the outer solar system ) is 12663 days
12663 = 1 + 6331 + 6331
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) is: 6331 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart
Born August 13, 1942
Missions STS-41-B, STS-51-J
Robert Lee Stewart is a retired Brigadier General of the United States Army and former NASA astronaut.
STS-41-B Challenger (February 3-11, 1984) was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land there 8-days later. During the mission, Stewart and McCandless participated in two extravehicular activities (EVA's) to conduct first flight evaluations of the Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU's). These EVA's represented man's first untethered operations from a spacecraft in flight.
From 2/22/1976 ( my Orion spaceship suffers catastrophic damage and fire while I am enroute to comet in the outer solar system ) to 9/29/1988 ( space shuttle flight STS-26 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Discovery ) is: 4603 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26
Launch: September 29, 1988
Landing: October 3, 1988
STS-26 was the 26th mission and seventh for Space Shuttle Discovery, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. It was the "Return to Flight" mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
From 8/1/1946 ( Richard Oswalt Covey ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) is 3 days, 359 months
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O._Covey
Missions STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
Richard Oswalt Covey (born August 1, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut.
On his first mission, Covey was the pilot on the five-man crew of STS-51-I
He next served as pilot on STS-26, the first flight to be flown after the Challenger accident.
From 4/11/1941 ( Rick Hauck ) to 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) is: 5 days, 933 weeks
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_H._Hauck
Missions STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26
Born April 11, 1941
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced HOWK) (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) is a former NASA Astronaut.
Hauck was spacecraft commander of Discovery on STS-26, the first flight to be flown after the Challenger accident. The mission launched on September 29, 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%28TV_series%29
Dallas was a highly popular, long-running American prime-time television soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewing family, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching businesses. The show debuted in April 1978 as a five-part miniseries on the CBS network, then was broadcast on that network for 13 seasons, from Saturday, September 23, 1978, to Friday, May 3, 1991.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077000/episodes#season-1
Season 1, Episode 1: Digger's Daughter
Original Air Date: 2 April 1978
Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes shock their respective families when they reveal they have married. This revelation renews an age-old feud between the two families, and J.R. Ewing, Bobby's older brother, schemes to break them up using ranch hand Ray Krebbs, who once dated Pamela.
Season 1, Episode 2: The Lesson
Original Air Date: 9 April 1978
Season 1, Episode 3: Spy in the House
Original Air Date: 16 April 1978
Season 1, Episode 4: Winds of Vengeance
Original Air Date: 23 April 1978
Season 1, Episode 5: Bar-B-Que
Original Air Date: 30 April 1978
When Pam reveals that she is pregnant, the Ewings try in vain to mend fences with Digger Barnes at the family barbecue.
Season 2, Episode 1: Reunion: Part 1
Original Air Date: 23 September 1978
From 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) to 9/23/1978 ( premiere regular series TV "Dallas" ) is 4882 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 4882 days
From 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is 1056 days
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) to 9/23/1978 ( premiere regular series TV "Dallas" ) is 1056 days
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"Dallas"
Reunion: Part 1 (1978)
Original Air Date: 23 September 1978 (Season 2, Episode 1)
From 3/14/1946 ( Steve Kanaly ) to 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) is 4737 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) is: 4737 days
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Steve Kanaly
Date of Birth: 14 March 1946
"Dallas" .... Ray Krebbs
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/19/1970 ( premiere UK TV series "Hawaii Five-O" ) is 593 weeks, 4 days
'59-34' ( my birth date UK )
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Release dates for
"Hawaii Five-O" (1968)
UK 19 July 1970
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Memorable quotes for
"Hawaii Five-O" (1968)
Det. Steve McGarrett: [after each episode preview] Be there. Aloha!
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Memorable quotes for
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Mr. Hand: Aloha. My name is Mr. Hand.
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Ray Walston
Date of Birth: 2 December 1914
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) .... Mr. Hand
"My Favorite Martian" .... Uncle Martin
From 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I was onboard that Apollo 11 lunar lander spacecraft ) to 12/14/1984 ( premiere US movies "Nineteen Eighty-Four," "Dune," "Starman" ) is: 5626 days
5626 = 2813 + 2813
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 splashdown and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft ) is: 2813 days
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Release Date: 14 December 1984 (USA)
Plot Outline: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Dune (1984)
Release Date: 14 December 1984 (USA)
Plot Outline: In the distant future, a man appears who may be the prophet that a long-suffering galaxy has been waiting for.
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Starman (1984)
Release Date: 14 December 1984 (USA)
Jeff Bridges ... Starman
Karen Allen ... Jenny Hayden
From 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) to 4/20/1985 ( premiere Japan movie "Starman" ) is: 7170 days
7170 = 3585 + 3585
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/25/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is: 3585 days
From 12/25/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) to 4/20/1985 ( premiere Japan movie "Starman" ) is: 5960 days
5960 = 2980 + 2980
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2980 days
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Release dates for
Starman (1984)
Japan 20 April 1985
From 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches with me onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) to 10/10/1984 ( premiere UK movie "Nineteen Eighty-Four" ) is: 5 days, 934 weeks
'59-34' ( my birth date UK )
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Release dates for
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
UK 10 October 1984
From 5/13/1987 ( my M.I.A. status in Africa ends and I am being transported to a U.S. military base ) to 5/7/1992 ( first flight of space shuttle Endeavour and I was onboard that spacecraft Endeavour ) is 3 days, 3 weeks, 59 months
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
First flight STS-49
May 7, 1992 - May 16, 1992
Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.[1] (The other two are Discovery and Atlantis.) Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built.
From 10/24/1959 ( Brad Johnson ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) is: 5933 days
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
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Brad Johnson
Date of Birth: 24 October 1959
Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton
From 8/10/1959 ( Rosanna Arquette ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Moon surface ) is 345 days, 9 years
'34-59' ( my birth date UK )
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Rosanna Arquette
Date of Birth: 10 August 1959
Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Callie [ Callie Troy ]
"Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 1986)
- Rosanna Arquette/Ric Ocasek (1986) TV episode .... Host
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=troy,+ny&daddr=grafton+lakes+state+park&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.495706,95.800781&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
From: Troy, NY
Drive: 15.7 mi – about 28 mins
To: Grafton Lakes State Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafton_Lakes_State_Park
Grafton Lakes State Park is a state park in Rensselaer County, New York in the USA. The park is in the central part of the Town of Grafton and north of the community of Grafton on Route 2.
The park offers a beach, a boat launch and boat rentals, a bridle path, hunting, fishing and ice fishing, ice skating, hiking and biking, picnic tables and pavilions, a nature trail, a playground, recreation programs, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, and a food concession.
From 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) to 11/8/1986 ( Rosanna Arquette host, Ric Ocasek musical guest, "Saturday Night Live" ) is 345 days, 9 years
'34-59' ( my birth date UK )
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"Saturday Night Live"
Rosanna Arquette/Ric Ocasek (1986)
Original Air Date: 8 November 1986 (Season 12, Episode 3)
Rosanna Arquette ... Host
Ric Ocasek ... Musical Guest
From 9/16/1953 ( Christopher Rich ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford with law degree ) is: 7167 days
7167 = 1 + 3583 + 3583
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/24/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon with me onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is: 3583 days
From 9/16/1953 ( Christopher Rich ) to 4/12/1981 ( the first space shuttle orbiter flight launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that space shuttle orbiter vehicle Columbia ) is: 10070 days
10070 = 5035 + 5035
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 5035 days
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Christopher Rich
Date of Birth: 16 September 1953
Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Morgan 'Morg' McPherson
At the beginning of the 1991 movie "Flight of the Intruder," "Grafton" is flying his U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder through the skies of Vietnam and the date is established as 9/10/1972.
From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) to 9/10/1972 is: 1959 days
'1959 March 3'
From 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I was onboard that Apollo 11 lunar lander ) to 9/10/1972 ( fictional date setting 1991 movie "Flight of the Intruder" ) is: 1148 days
From 9/10/1972 ( fictional date setting 1991 movie "Flight of the Intruder" ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 1148 days
From 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won gold medals ) to 9/10/1972 ( fictional date setting 1991 movie "Flight of the Intruder" ) is: 3136 days
From 9/10/1972 ( fictional date setting 1991 movie "Flight of the Intruder" ) to 4/12/1981 ( the first space shuttle flight launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is: 3136 days
From 7/22/1946 ( Danny Glover ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) is 13 days, 359 months
'1-33-59' ( my birth date US )
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Danny Glover
Date of Birth: 22 July 1946
Lethal Weapon (1987) .... Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Bat*21 (1988) .... Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) .... Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
Predator 2 (1990) .... Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) .... Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) .... Roger Murtaugh
From 7/22/1955 ( Willem Dafoe ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) is: 3582 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/23/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon, Honolulu, Hawaii, local-time, and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is 3582 days
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Willem Dafoe
Date of Birth: 22 July 1955
Platoon (1986) .... Sgt. Elias Grodin
Flight of the Intruder (1991) .... Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
White Sands (1992) .... Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
