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Germany
Germany (
i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (
listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Hollywood and Vine
Hollywood and Vine, the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is centered on the intersection.
Today, not many production facilities are located in the immediate area. One of the few remaining is the Capitol Records Tower to the north of the intersection.
The subway station of the same name for the Metro Red Line is located directly below the intersection, but the entrance/exit to the station is located one block east at Hollywood and Argyle Avenue. The intersection is located in ZIP code 90028.
The area was a lemon grove until 1903, when Daeida Beveridge allowed one corner of the dirt intersection on her property to be used for the building of the Hollywood Memorial Church for the local German Methodist population.
The historical marker plaque placed at the site by The Broadway-Hollywood Department Store and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles reads:
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Houston
Houston (
/ˈhjuːstən/) (Alibamu: Yosti ) is the largest city in the state of Texas, and the fourth-largest city in the United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of 656.3 square miles (1,700 km2). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 6.08 million people as of July 1st, 2011.
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. It was incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837, and named after then-President of the Republic of Texas—former General Sam Houston—who had commanded at the Battle of San Jacinto, which took place 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. In the mid-twentieth century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center—the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions—and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.
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NASA
Coordinates: 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." On September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it had selected the design of a new Space Launch System that it said would take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before and provide the cornerstone for future human space exploration efforts by the U.S.
NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. U.S. space exploration efforts have since been led by NASA, including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program (LSP) which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches.
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Nevada
Nevada (i/nəˈvædə/ or /nəˈvɒdə/) is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 35th most populous, and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in one single county, Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, where the state's three largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital is Carson City.
Nevada is largely desert and semiarid, with much of it located within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are located within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains lie on the western edge. Approximately 86% of the state's land is owned by the US government under various jurisdictions, both civilian and military.
The name Nevada is derived from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains, which means "snow-capped mountain range" in Spanish. The land comprising the modern state was inhabited by Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes prior to European contact. It was subsequently claimed by Spain as a part of Alta California until the Mexican War of Independence brought it under Mexican control. The United States gained the territory in 1848 following its victory in the Mexican-American War and the area was eventually incorporated as part of Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that was an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864.
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New Jersey
New Jersey (i/nuː ˈdʒɜrzi/) is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the U.S. state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the 4th least extensive, but the 11th most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies mostly within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. It is also the third wealthiest by 2009–2010 median household income.
The area was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The British later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. At this time, it was named after the largest of the British Channel Islands, Jersey, Carteret's birthplace. New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Aiden Turner
Aiden Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children (AMC), which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009.
Aiden John Turner was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and attended local Catholic schools (St. Joseph's, St Hugh's and St Edmund's College, Ware).
Turner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Younger Actor in All My Children. He also appeared in Geri Halliwell's Bag It Up music video.
Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004 during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and portrayed Devane until Turner left AMC on 21 December 2009. He has modeled for Avon and appears regularly in their print catalogs. He appeared in a CoverGirl commercial with Molly Sims.
On 8 April 2006, Turner married Megan Marshall, whom he met in Europe on the Eurostar train en route to London from Paris. Their daughter Ciella Larryn Turner was born in August 2009. Her middle name comes from her maternal grandfather, Larry Marshall, who died from cancer in two weeks before Ciella's birth.
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Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut, engineer, and painter. Bean was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3. He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969. During this mission, Bean became the fourth human to walk on the Moon. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second manned mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, Bean pursued his interest in painting, depicting various space-related scenes and documenting his own experiences in space as well as that of his fellow Apollo Program astronauts.
Bean was born in Wheeler, the seat of Wheeler County in the northeastern Texas Panhandle. He is of Scottish descent. As a boy, he lived in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where his father worked for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Bean graduated from R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. At UT he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Omega Chi chapter). After a four year tour as a fighter pilot assigned to a jet attack squadron in Jacksonville, Fla., he trained as a Navy Test Pilot where his instructor was his future Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Texas Wesleyan College in 1972, and was presented an honorary doctorate of engineering science degree from the University of Akron (Ohio) in 1974.
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Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit. Ten years later, at age 47 the oldest astronaut in the program, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the lander to the most accurate landing of the Apollo missions. He became the fifth person to walk on the Moon, and the only Mercury astronaut to walk on the moon. During the mission he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface.
These were his only two space flights, as his flight status was interrupted for five years (1964–69) during the Mercury and Gemini programs by Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disease that was surgically corrected before his moon flight. Shepard served as chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 – July 1969 (approximately the period of his grounding), and from June 1971 – August 1, 1974 (from his last flight, to his retirement). He was promoted from captain to rear admiral on August 25, 1971. He retired from the US Navy and NASA in 1974.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. In January 2005, Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in the state of Illinois. He would hold this office until November 2008, when he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, Obama ran for the United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Illinois Democratic primary for the Senate election and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In April 2011, he announced that he would be running for re-election in 2012.
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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, Sc.D. (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.
Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr., a career military man, and his wife Marion (née Moon). He is of Scottish, Swedish, and German ancestry. After graduating from Montclair High School in 1946, Aldrin turned down a full scholarship offer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: the younger of his two elder sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it his legal first name in 1988.
Aldrin graduated third in his class at West Point in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. He flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953, issue of LIFE magazine featured gun camera photos taken by Aldrin of one of the Russian pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft.
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Charles Bassett
Charles Arthur "Art" Bassett, II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer and United States Air Force officer. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and assigned to Gemini 9 but died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight.
Bassett was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 30, 1931. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. After graduating from Berea High School in Berea, Ohio in 1950, he attended Ohio State University from 1950 to 1952, and Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech University, from 1958 to 1960. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering with honors from Texas Tech; he did graduate work at University of Southern California.
He graduated from the Aerospace Research Pilot School and the Air Force Experimental Pilot School and became a captain in the United States Air Force. He served as an experimental test pilot and engineering test pilot in the Fighter Projects Office at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He logged over 3,600 hours-flying time, including over 2,900 hours in a jet aircraft.
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Charles Duke
Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is a retired US Air Force brigadier general, and a former United States astronaut and aerospace engineer for NASA. As lunar module pilot for Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest of only 12 people who have walked on the Moon.
A former test pilot, Duke has logged 4,147 hours flying time, which includes 3,632 hours in jet aircraft; and 265 hours in space, plus 21 hours and 28 minutes of extra-vehicular activity.
A resident of New Braunfels, Texas, he is currently chairman of the board of directors of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
Duke was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 3, 1935. He attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, South Carolina, and graduated as valedictorian from Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1953. He is also an Eagle Scout. He received a bachelor of science degree in naval sciences from the United States Naval Academy in 1957 and a master's degree in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964.
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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes. He also is well known for his roles in the films The Greatest Show on Earth and Touch of Evil.
Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
Heston was born John Charles Carter, the son of Lilla (née Charlton; 1899–1994) and Russell Whitford Carter (1897–1966), a sawmill operator. Most sources state that he was born in Evanston, Illinois. Heston's autobiography, however, and some other sources place his birth in No Man's Land, Illinois, which usually refers to a then-unincorporated area now part of Wilmette, a wealthy northern suburb of Chicago. Heston said in a 1995 interview that he was not very good at remembering addresses or his early childhood.
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Clifton Williams
This article is about the American astronaut. For the composer, see Clifton Williams (composer).
Clifton Curtis 'C.C.' Williams (September 26, 1932 - October 5, 1967) was a NASA astronaut, a Naval Aviator, and a Major in the United States Marine Corps who was killed in a plane crash; he had never been to space. The crash was caused by a mechanical failure in a NASA T-38 jet trainer, which he was piloting to visit his parents in Mobile, Alabama. The failure caused the flight controls to stop responding, and although he activated the ejection seat, it did not save him. He was the fourth astronaut from NASA's Astronaut Group 3 to have died, the first two (Bassett and Freeman) having been killed in separate T-38 flights and (Chaffee) in the Apollo 1 fire earlier that year. The aircraft crashed in Florida near Tallahassee within an hour of departing Patrick AFB.
Although he was never on a spaceflight, he served as backup pilot for the mission Gemini 10, which took place in July 1966. Following this mission he was selected to be the lunar module pilot for an Apollo mission to the moon commanded by Pete Conrad. Following Williams' death, Alan Bean became lunar module pilot for Conrad's mission, which ended up being Apollo 12, the second lunar landing.
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David Scott
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American engineer, test pilot, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and former NASA astronaut and engineer, who was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the West Point Military Academy and joined the United States Air Force. Scott eventually retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of Colonel, and more than 5600 hours of logged flying time.
As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as pilot of the Gemini 8 mission along with Neil Armstrong in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in Low Earth orbit. Scott then spent ten days in orbit as Command Module Pilot aboard Apollo 9, his second spaceflight, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. During this mission, Scott became the last American to fly solo in Earth orbit (not counting subsequent untethered EVAs). Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon.
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Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War.
Deborah Winters was born on November 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ralph Winters, head of television casting for Universal Studios for 28 years and actress Penny Edwards. She began her film and television career at age five after moving to New York where she attended the Professional Children's School. She later commenced professional training at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, New York. She returned to Los Angeles in 1968, where she studied acting under Lee Strasberg at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Winters continued working, appearing in commercials for Kinney Shoes, Gulf Oil, Lincoln-Mercury, Quaker Oats and others. In 1966, she received her first major screen role in the Fred Coe comedy-drama, Me, Natalie.
Deborah Winters was first cast in the 1968 motion picture Me, Natalie, opposite Patty Duke, James Farentino and Martin Balsam. She followed shortly afterwards with a second co-starring role opposite Michael Douglas in his first film, the 1969 Hail, Hero!, directed by David Miller. This was followed by a starring role in the CBS Playhouse production of The People Next Door which led to the motion picture remake the following year.
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Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Dean Mitchell, Sc.D. (born September 17, 1930) is an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. As the lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
Mitchell was born in Hereford, Texas. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He was also a member of DeMolay International and has been inducted into its Hall of Fame.
Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1952. The following year he joined the US Navy where he trained as a pilot and flew off the aircraft carriers USS Bon Homme Richard and USS Ticonderoga. He later qualified as a research pilot and taught at the Navy's research pilot school. While on active duty in the Navy, he earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently resides in suburban West Palm Beach, FL.
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Elliot See
Elliot McKay See, Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966), was an American astronaut, selected in the second group of astronauts.
Elliot See was born in Dallas, Texas and attended Highland Park High School. After initially attending The University of Texas where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, he then attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating in 1949. He later obtained a masters degree from UCLA. He worked for General Electric before and after serving as a naval aviator from 1953 to 1956. He was married to Marilyn Denahy See, and had three children, Sally, Carolyn, and David.
See acted as backup pilot for Gemini 5 and was in line to fly as Prime Crew Pilot for Gemini 8 but was promoted to be the Command Pilot of Gemini 9. According to chief astronaut Deke Slayton's autobiography, Slayton did not assign See to Gemini 8 because he did not consider him physically capable of performing an extra-vehicular activity. Slayton further stated that he assigned See to Gemini 9 because he had become "sentimental" about getting him a flight.
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Erin Andrews
Erin Jill Andrews (born May 4, 1978) is an American sportscaster, journalist, and television personality. As of 2011 she is a co-host of College GameDay on ESPN and a contributor for Good Morning America on the ABC network.
Andrews was born in Lewiston, Maine to Paula Andrews, a teacher, and Steven Andrews, a TV journalist. She moved to Tampa, Florida as a young girl when her father, a six-time Emmy Award-winner, began working as an investigative reporter for WFLA-TV.
Andrews attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida, where she was a member of the cheerleading team, student government, and the National Honor Society. Following her graduation from high school in 1996, Andrews attended the University of Florida, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Telecommunications. While in college, she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and the Florida Gators Dazzlers dance team from 1997 to 2000. She also has a younger sister Kendra Andrews, who is a professional dancer and actor.
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Eugene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut and engineer. He has been into space three times: as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing.
On Apollo 17, Cernan became "the last man on the Moon" since he was the last to re-enter the lunar module Challenger during the mission's third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). (Crewmate Harrison Schmitt was "the last man to arrive on the Moon", as Cernan left the module first.) Cernan was also a backup crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, son of a Slovak father and a Czech mother, Cernan received his father's name, originally spelled Ondrej Čerňan (IPA: [ˈondrɛj ˈtʃɛrɲan]). He grew up in the towns of Bellwood and Maywood. He graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. He attended Purdue University, where he became a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1956. He was commissioned into the U.S. Navy through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Purdue, and became a Naval Aviator flying jets. He also received a M.S. in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1963.
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Evan Lysacek
Evan Frank Lysacek (pronounced /ˈɛvən ˈlaɪsətʃɛk/; born June 4, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, the 2005 & 2007 Four Continents champion, the 2007 & 2008 U.S. national champion, and the 2009/2010 Grand Prix Final champion.
Lysacek was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he placed 4th in the men's event.
Lysacek was the United States Olympic Committee's SportsMan of the Year for 2010. He was also honored with the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award as the top U.S. amateur athlete of 2010.
Evan Lysacek was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Naperville, Illinois. His mother, Tanya (née Santoro), is a substitute teacher in Naperville, and his father, Don, is a building contractor. He has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Christina, who played on a nationally ranked volleyball team. His cousin Cole Chason is a former punter for the Clemson Tigers. Lysacek went to Spring Brook Elementary and then to Gregory Middle School. Lysacek graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2003. During high school, Lysacek was a member of the honor roll, where he earned a number of academic achievement awards, including the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence in 1999.
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Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Col, USAF), better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice.
Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida. He was the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Grissom was born in Mitchell, Indiana on April 3, 1926, the second child of Dennis and Cecile King Grissom. His father was a signalman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and his mother a homemaker. His older sister died shortly before his birth, and he was followed by three younger siblings, Wilma, Norman and Lowell. As a child he attended the local Church of Christ where he remained a lifelong member and joined the Boy Scouts' Troop 46. He was enrolled in public elementary schools and went on to attend Mitchell High School. Grissom met and befriended Betty Lavonne Moore at school through their extracurricular activities. He worked delivering newspapers for the Indianapolis Star and in a local meat market for his first jobs.
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Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, a retired NASA astronaut, university professor, and a former U.S. senator from New Mexico.
He was the twelfth and last of the Apollo astronauts to arrive and set foot on the Moon, as Apollo 17 crewmate Eugene Cernan exited the Apollo Lunar Module first. However, as Schmitt re-entered the module first, Cernan became the last astronaut to walk on and depart the moon. Schmitt is also the only geologist as well as the only person to have walked on the Moon who was never a member of the United States Armed Forces, although he is not the first civilian, since Neil Armstrong left military service prior to his landing in 1969.
Born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Schmitt grew up in nearby Silver City. He received a B.S. degree in geology from the California Institute of Technology in 1957 and then spent a year for graduate studying geology at the University of Oslo in Norway. He received a Ph.D. in geology from Harvard University in 1964, based on his geological field studies in Norway. He is the most resent too!
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Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio personality, television host, author, actor and photographer best known for his radio show which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style. Stern has been exclusive to Sirius XM Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service, since 2006. The son of a former recording and radio engineer, Stern wished to pursue a career in radio at the age of five. While at Boston University he worked at the campus station WTBU before a brief stint at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts.
He developed his on-air personality when he landed positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, WCCC in Hartford and WWWW in Detroit. In 1981, he was paired with his current newscaster and co-host Robin Quivers at WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern then moved to WNBC in New York City in 1982 to host afternoons until his firing in 1985. He re-emerged on WXRK that year, and became one of the most popular radio personalities during his 20-year tenure at the station. Stern's show is the most-fined radio program, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued fines to station licensees for allegedly indecent material that totaled $2.5 million. Stern has won Billboard's Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year award eight times, and is one of the highest-paid figures in radio.
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Jake Pavelka
Jacob Lynn "Jake" Pavelka (born January 27, 1978) is an American pilot who appeared on four reality TV programs, most notably The Bachelor.
Pavelka was born in Dallas, Texas to James and Sallie Pavelka, he has two brothers, Jason and Matthew, both of whom are married. Pavelka attended University of North Texas and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida. Pavelka began taking flying lessons at the age of 12 and became an airline captain flight instructor at 23. He worked as a pilot for Atlantic Southeast Airlines and, under the name of Jake Landrum, acted in several television commercials and programs produced in the Dallas area.
Pavelka first appeared as a contestant in the fifth season of the ABC reality show The Bachelorette. He was eliminated from the competition, but was brought back by the network to star in the 14th season of its series The Bachelor. The program’s run ended with Pavelka proposing marriage to contestant Vienna Girardi. The couple split up in June 2010.
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James Irwin
James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut and engineer. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing; he was the eighth human to walk on the Moon.
Irwin's grandparents emigrated to the USA from Altmore Parish at Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Ireland around 1859. Irwin himself was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Scottish and Irish descent. Irwin graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in naval science from the United States Naval Academy in 1951 and a Master of Science in aeronautical engineering and instrumentation engineering from the University of Michigan in 1957.
He received his flight training at Hondo Air Base and Reese Air Force Base, Texas. He graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School in 1961 and the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School in 1963. Prior to joining NASA, he was chief of the Advanced Requirements Branch at Headquarters Air Defense Command. During his time in the United States Air Force he received an Air Force Distinguished Service Medal and two Air Force Commendation Medals. He also received an Outstanding Unit Citation while with the 4750th Training Wing.
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Jim Lovell
James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio to a Czech mother, Lovell's family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Juneau High School and became an Eagle Scout. His father died in a car accident when Lovell was young and, for about two years, he resided with a relative in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Glenn was combat aviator in the Marine Corps and one of the seven elite US military test pilots to be selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (more commonly referred to as "NASA") to test fly and operate the experimental Mercury spacecraft outside of the mesosphere at altitudes above 115 miles (185 km) and at speeds exceeding 5,000 miles per hour (8,000 km/h) to become the first officially recognized American (US) astronauts. He flew the Friendship 7 mission on February 20, 1962. In 1965, Glenn retired from the military and resigned from NASA so he could be eligible to stand for election to public office. As a member of the Democratic Party he was elected to represent Ohio in the United States Senate from 1974 to 1999.
Glenn received a Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990. On October 29, 1998, he became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs, when at age 77, he flew on Discovery (STS-95). As of 2012, Glenn and M. Scott Carpenter are the last living members of the Mercury Seven.
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Josh Byerly
Josh Byerly is a public affairs officer and spokesman for NASA and is based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is an award-winning writer and former television personality.
Byerly works in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs as a NASA spokesperson and serves as one of the "voices of NASA", providing commentary from inside Mission Control during space shuttle and International Space Station missions. He has served as commentator on several shuttle missions, including the final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope and several to the International Space Station. He was ascent commentator for STS-133, the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on February 24, 2011. Byerly's voice appears in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum as part of the Space Shuttle Discovery exhibit.
Byerly began his career as a television reporter and producer for KBTX, the CBS affiliate in Bryan, Texas. He then moved to Dallas to work for two media/public relations firms, Springbok Cohn & Wolfe and The Point Group. Byerly managed the media relations campaigns for several clients during this time. He then worked for Flowserve Corporation in Dallas as the global communications manager for the company's 14,000 employees.
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Kate Gosselin
Kate Irene Gosselin (née Kreider; born March 28, 1975) is an American former television personality. Gosselin achieved national recognition on the reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8, in which she and her then-husband Jon Gosselin are profiled as they raise their atypical family of sextuplets and twins.
Kate Gosselin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the second of five children to Charlene and Kenton Kreider. Her father is a pastor. She became a Registered Nurse after completing a diploma program at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Gosselin then worked as a labor and delivery nurse at Reading Hospital until 2004.
The family was featured in a special on Discovery Health in September 2005 entitled Surviving Sextuplets and Twins. A year later they were featured in another special entitled Sextuplets and Twins: One Year Later. With high ratings from the specials, Discovery Health signed the couple to a reality series that aired beginning in April 2007, called Jon & Kate Plus 8, which documented their lives. To produce the show, the family was filmed for three or four days per week. The show's first two seasons aired on Discovery Health Channel and then moved to TLC. The family received payment for appearing on the show.
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Korean War
The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁 or 조선전쟁, Hanja: 韓國戰爭 or 朝鮮戰爭; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between the Republic of Korea (supported primarily by the United States of America, with contributions from allied nations under the aegis of the United Nations) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (supported by the People's Republic of China, with military and material aid from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The Korean War was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of the Empire of Japan in September 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel, with U.S. military forces occupying the southern half and Soviet military forces occupying the northern half.
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Mercury Seven
Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. This was the only astronaut group with members that flew on all classes of NASA manned orbital spacecraft of the 20th century — Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle.
These seven original American astronauts were Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.
Although NASA planned an open competition for its first astronauts, President Dwight D. Eisenhower insisted that all candidates be test pilots, which excluded women. Because of the small space inside the Mercury spacecraft, candidates could be no taller than 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) and weigh no more than 180 pounds (82 kg). Other requirements included an age under 40, a bachelor's degree or equivalent, 1,500 hours of flying time, and qualification to fly jets.
After an advertisement among military test pilots drew more than 500 applications, NASA searched military personnel records in January 1959 and identified 110 pilots—five Marines, 47 from the Navy, and 58 from the Air Force—who qualified. Sixty-nine candidates were brought to Washington, DC, in two groups; the candidates' interest was so great, despite the extensive physical and mental exams from January to March, that the agency did not summon the last group. The tests included spending hours on treadmills and tilt tables, submerging their feet in ice water, three doses of castor oil, and five enemas. Six candidates were rejected as too tall for the planned spacecraft. Another 33 failed or dropped out during the first phase of exams. Four more refused to take part in the second round of tests, which eliminated eight more candidates, leaving 18.
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Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.; (September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has received multiple awards, including a Juvenile Academy Award, an Honorary Academy Award, two Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning 90 years actively making films in ten decades, from 1920s to 2010s. For a younger generation of fans, he gained international fame for his leading role as Henry Dailey in The Family Channel's The Adventures of the Black Stallion, as well as the film itself.
Rooney was born Joseph Yule, Jr. in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Joseph Yule, was from Scotland, and his mother, Nellie W. (née Carter), was from Kansas City, Missouri. Both of his parents were in vaudeville, appearing in a Brooklyn production of A Gaiety Girl when Joseph, Jr. was born. He began performing at the age of 17 months as part of his parents' routine, wearing a specially tailored tuxedo.
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker, and was one of eight elite pilots involved in the paraglider research vehicle program (Paresev). He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space.[citation needed] On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.
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Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (born June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, model and actress. Scherzinger is well known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls. Previously, Scherzinger was a backing vocalist for the late-1990s rock group Days of the New and was a part of reality TV girl group Eden's Crush. After the disbandment of the group, she joined the Pussycat Dolls and became the group's lead vocalist during their transition into a career in music.
The Pussycat Dolls rose to prominence when they enlisted Scherzinger as their lead front woman of the group. When Scherzinger joined the now multi-platinum group, they became a worldwide phenomenon, releasing two albums, PCD (2008) and Doll Domination (2008) and embarked on several concert tours. With her strong vocal range, Scherzinger scored the group a string of massive hit singles, including the number ones "Don’t Cha" (2005) and "Buttons" (2006), "Stickwitu" (2005), "I Hate This Part" (2008), and "When I Grow Up" (2008), which hit the Top 10 in 16 countries. In 2009, Scherzinger wrote and recorded an adaptation of A.R. Rahman’s "Jai Ho" (from the film "Slumdog Millionaire") which went to number one in 17 countries. Their debut album, PCD, has sold nine million copies worldwide, and their sophomore album, Doll Domination, has sold 5 million copies worldwide to date. The group won three Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and toured with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and The Black Eyed Peas. The Dolls have sold 15 million albums, and 37 million singles worldwide, making them one of the best selling girl groups of all time.
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Niecy Nash
Carol Denise "Niecy" Nash (née Carol Denise Ensley; born February 23, 1970) is an American comedian and actress who has hosted Clean House on the Style Network and played Deputy Raineesha Williams on the Comedy Central television series Reno 911!.
Nash was born in Palmdale, California. In addition to her acting endeavors, she is the spokesperson of M.A.V.I.S. (Mothers Against Violence In Schools). M.A.V.I.S. was founded by her mother, after the 1993 shooting death of Nash's younger brother, Michael. M.A.V.I.S.'s mission is to inform the public of the violence children encounter on school campuses. Nash is a graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Niecy Nash portrayed Deputy Raineesha Williams and T.T. on the Comedy Central television show Reno 911!. In addition, Nash hosted Clean House on the Style Network, as well as providing the voice of Mrs. Boots on the ABC Family animated series Slacker Cats, and starred as Rhonda, opposite Jerry O'Connell, in the short-lived Fox sitcom Do Not Disturb.
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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. She maintains dual American and Canadian citizenship.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, the daughter of Barry, a furnace repairman, and Carol (née Grosco) Anderson, a waitress. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left the Grand Duchy of Finland (which was a part of the Russian Empire at the time) in 1908, changing his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson also has Russian ancestry on her mother's side.
After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Anderson went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place, and during the game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt's t-shirt, causing the crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to receive an ovation from the crowd. Her photographer boyfriend Dan Ilicic produced the Blue Zone Girl poster on his own. In October 1989 she appeared as the cover girl on Playboy magazine. At this stage in her modelling career, she had decided to live in Los Angeles to further pursue her career ambitions. She became a centrefold for Playboy when the magazine chose her to be their Playmate of the Month for their February 1990 issue. She then chose to get breast implants. Anderson has since appeared in Playboy several times in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American engineer, U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut, and the third person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with command pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission. After Apollo, he commanded the Skylab 2 mission, on which he and his crew repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space station. For this, President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978.
Pete Conrad was born on June 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the third child and first son of Charles Conrad, Sr. and Frances De Rappelage Conrad (née Vinson), a well-to-do real estate and banking family. His mother wanted very much to name her newborn son “Peter”, but Charles insisted that his first son bear his name. In a compromise between two iron wills, the name on his birth certificate would read “Charles Conrad, Jr.” but to his mother and virtually all who knew him, he was “Peter”. When he was 21, his fiancée’s father called him “Pete” and thereafter, Conrad adopted it. For the rest of his life, to virtually everyone, he was “Pete”.
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is particularly recognized as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”.
In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song "The Eyes of Love" from the Universal Pictures film Banning. That same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. He was the first African American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African American, each of them having seven nominations. At the 2008 BET Awards, Quincy Jones was presented with the Humanitarian Award. He was played by Larenz Tate in the 2004 biopic about Ray Charles, Ray.
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Rusty Schweickart
Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart aka Schweikart (born October 25, 1935) is an American former astronaut, research scientist, US Air Force fighter pilot, business and government executive. Schweickart, chosen in NASA's third astronaut group, is best known as the Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 9 mission, the first manned flight test of the LM, on which he performed the first in-space test of the Portable Life Support System used by the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon. As backup commander of the first Skylab mission, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. After Skylab, he served for a time as Director of User Affairs in NASA's Office of Applications. Schweickart left NASA in 1977 to serve for two years as California governor Jerry Brown's assistant for science and technology, then was appointed by Brown as California's Commissioner of Energy for five and a half years.
Schweickart was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey. After graduating from Manasquan High School, he earned an B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics/Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 and 1963 respectively.
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Scottish people
The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse. Later the Normans also had some influence.
In modern use, "Scottish people" or "Scots" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from within Scotland. The Latin word Scotti originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Goidelic tribe that inhabited Ireland. Though sometimes considered archaic or pejorative, the term Scotch has also been used for the Scottish people, though this usage is current primarily outside Scotland.
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish participation in the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. There is a Scottish presence at a particularly high rate in Canada, which has the second largest population of descended Scots ancestry, after the United States. They took with them their Scottish languages and culture.
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Shannen Doherty
Shannen Maria Doherty (English pronunciation: /ˈdoʊ.ərti/; born April 12, 1971) is an American actress, producer, author and television director, known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers (1989), as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994) and its spinoff series 90210, and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001).
Doherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Rosa Elizabeth (née Wright), a beauty parlor owner, and John Thomas Doherty, Jr., a mortgage consultant. She has an older brother (by four years) named Sean. Doherty has Irish Catholic ancestry on her father's side and English, Scottish, and northern Irish ancestry on her mother's side. She was raised in her mother's Southern Baptist religion.
Doherty had guest spots on TV series including Voyagers! and Father Murphy. When a casting notice was released in Hollywood for a regular role on the popular Little House on the Prairie, she jumped at the opportunity and eventually won the role of Jenny Wilder at the age of 11, thanks in part to actor/producer Michael Landon seeing her guest spot on Father Murphy,[citation needed] which he also produced. Doherty stayed in the series until the show's cancellation in 1983. In 1982, Shannen lent her voice talents to the animated film The Secret of NIMH. In 1985, Doherty starred as Maggie Malene in teen-comedy movie, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, alongside actresses Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover.
Snoop's debut album Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records making a debut at No.1 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997.
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Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.
In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the internet, and it later became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007. On August 17 Way was listed at #18 on the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 earning $7 million for that year.
Way has currently released three studio albums and one independent album: his debut studio album Souljaboytellem.com (2007) was certified platinum by the RIAA. However, his next two albums, iSouljaBoyTellem (2008) and The DeAndre Way (2010) did not match the commercial success of his debut, the latter only selling 100,000 copies, despite the success of several singles across both albums, such as "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" and "Turn My Swag On" (iSouljaBoyTellem) and "Pretty Boy Swag" (The DeAndre Way).
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Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene (October 3, 1975), better known as Talib Kweli, is an American rapper. Kweli hails from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" (طالب); his middle name in Swahili means "true". Kweli first gained recognition through Black Star, a collaboration with fellow MC Mos Def.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kweli grew up in a highly educated household in Park Slope. His mother, Brenda Greene, is an English professor at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York and his father an administrator at Adelphi University. His younger brother, Jamal Greene, is a professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia Law School, and former clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. As a youth, he was drawn to Afrocentric rappers, such as De La Soul and other members of the Native Tongues Posse whom he had met in high school. Talib Kweli was a student at Cheshire Academy, a boarding school in Connecticut. He was also a student at Brooklyn Technical High School, before being academically dismissed. He later studied experimental theater at New York University.
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Theodore Freeman
Theodore Cordy Freeman (February 18, 1930, in Haverford, Pennsylvania – October 31, 1964 at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas) was a NASA astronaut and a captain in the United States Air Force. He was killed in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the American astronaut corps. He was survived by his wife Faith Clark Freeman and one daughter, Faith Huntington.
Freeman completed his secondary education in 1948. He attended the University of Delaware at Newark for one year, then entered the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1960, he received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan. Freeman was also a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Freeman graduated from both the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot and Aerospace Research Pilot Courses. He elected to serve with the Air Force. His last Air Force assignment was as a flight test aeronautical engineer and experimental flight test instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.
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Walter Cunningham
Ronnie Walter Cunningham (born March 16, 1932), known as Walt Cunningham, is a retired American astronaut. In 1968, he was the Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author of The All-American Boys, lecturer, and host of the radio show Lift-off to Logic.
Walter Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa on March 16, 1932. He graduated from Venice High School in Venice, California, where a building has since been named for him.
After high school, Cunningham joined the U.S. Navy in 1951, and began flight training in 1952. He served on active duty as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953 until 1956. From 1956 to 1975 he served in the Marine Corps Reserve program, ultimately retiring at the rank of Colonel.
Cunningham received his Bachelor of Arts and literature degree in 1960 and his Master of Arts degree in 1961, both in physics, from the University of California at Los Angeles. He then worked as a scientist for the Rand Corporation while pursuing a doctorate.
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Warren Chaney
Warren Herbert Chaney, Ph.D. (born November 3, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American executive, author, filmmaker, behavioral scientist, entertainer, businessman and a pioneer in early television. In a career spanning four decades, Chaney wrote fifteen books, fourteen screenplays, and seventy-eight professional and nonprofessional magazine and journal articles. He wrote nine songs used in feature films and eight for theatrical productions. From 1978 to 1994, he wrote entries for Collier's Encyclopedia, considered by Kister's Best Encyclopedias, to be the best written of the commercial encyclopedias. Chaney produced ten motion pictures, wrote fourteen and directed nine. He is probably best known for his films America: A Call to Greatness starring Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, and Peter Graves; Behind the Mask (1992 film) starring Roy Alan Wilson and Deborah Winters; Aloha Summer starring Chris Makepeace, Don Michael Paul and Tia Carrere, and the pioneering 60s television series, Magic Mansion. He worked professionally as an entertainer during his college and young adult years eventually serving on the board of directors for Vent Haven Museum, the board of advisors for the International Ventriloquists' Association eventually receiving the Order of Merlin award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
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William Anders
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a former United States Air Force officer, NASA astronaut, businessman, and engineer. He is, along with Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon (of only 24 people to date).
Anders was born to US Navy Lt. Arthur F. Anders and Muriel Adams Anders in Hong Kong and was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout. Anders attended St. Martin's Academy and Grossmont High School in La Mesa, California. He was born and raised Roman Catholic. However according to one article his outlook on religion changed profoundly after his participation in the Apollo 8 mission. He found his experience of space made a mockery of his beliefs and he gave up religion.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1955 and a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in 1962. Anders completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1979.
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Aldrin, Buzz Filmography
- Here I Stand (2012)
- One Giant Leap: A Neil Armstrong Tribute (2012)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Let Lorenzo (2011)
- National Memorial Day Parade (2011)
- Moonbug (2010)
- When the World Breaks (2010)
- The Third Foot (An Interview with Buzz Aldrin) (2009)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2009 (2009)
- Apollo Zero (2009)
- 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2009)
- Moonshot (2009)
- The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)
- The Apollo Years (2009)
- The 23rd Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards (2009)
- Taking Flight (2009)
- Reaching Tranquility: The 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing (2009)
- Wisdom (2008)
- Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
- Secrets of the Moon Landings (2007)
- Tank on the Moon (2007)
- The Wonder of It All (2007)
- The Wonder of It All (2007)
- Apollo 11: The Untold Story (2006)
- CNN Future Summit: World in Motion (2006)
- Explorers: From the Titanic to the Moon (2006)
- What Goes Up (2005)
- Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond (2005)
- Did We Go? (2005)
- First on the Moon: The Untold Story (2005)
- The Shot That Shook the World (2005)
- The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004)
- Verder dan de maan (2003)
- Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon (2003)
- Failure Is Not an Option (2003)
- The Truth Behind the Moon Landings (2003)
- Rocket Science (2002)
- Opération lune (2002)
- 2001 World Awards (2001)
- The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001)
- Korean War Stories (2001)
- What Happened on the Moon? - An Investigation Into Apollo (2000)
- The Dish (2000)
- Moonshot - the Spirit of 69 (1999)
- L'odyssée de la survie (1999)
- ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
- Odyssey of Survival (1999)
- Trekkies (1997)
- Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)
- Apollo 11 (1996)
- Apollo 11 (1996)
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996)
- Destination: Mars (1996)
- Moon Shot (1994)
- The Tribute: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo & Skylab (1993)
- Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991)
- Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
- The Other Side of the Moon (1990)
- Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
- The Moon Above, the Earth Below (1989)
- For All Mankind (1989)
- Moi, Tintin (1980)
- Science Fiction Film Awards (1978)
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
- Return to Earth (1976)
- The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1970)
- Moonwalk One (1970)
- Kuustudio (1969)
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.
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Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.
Ali G - Buzz Aldrin
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- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin, and asks some inspiring questions
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Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin, and asks some inspiring questions
- published: 27 Aug 2006
- views: 1444340
- author: usammon
Buzz Aldrin Punch
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- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassing Buzz Aldrin out in Public and gets a swift punch in the face for it. www.theboredninja.com
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Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassing Buzz Aldrin out in Public and gets a swift punch in the face for it. www.theboredninja.com
- published: 21 Jul 2009
- views: 357817
- author: TheBoredNinja
Buzz Aldrin explains Apollo 11 UFO sighting - not an alien ship
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- Duration: 4:53
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Larry King Live, August 2007
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The Buzz About Moon Walking
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- Duration: 11:25
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11 coverage go to: abcnews.go.com
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Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11 coverage go to: abcnews.go.com
- published: 17 Jul 2009
- views: 8502
- author: ABCNews
aliens exist says buzz aldrin
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- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
astronauts tell the "truth"
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Buzz Aldrin on space travel, his novel and reaching Mars.
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- Duration: 24:54
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks about his lifelong fascination with space travel. Aldrin has written about it in a new novel, and now campaigns to launch his dream project: to shuttle people to Mars.
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Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks about his lifelong fascination with space travel. Aldrin has written about it in a new novel, and now campaigns to launch his dream project: to shuttle people to Mars.
- published: 15 Apr 2011
- views: 1456
- author: AllanGregg
The Life Of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
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- Duration: 5:26
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A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 3 or "The Fourteen" on October 1963. His first spaceflight was as pilot on Gemini 12, with commander Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. Aldrin's next & final spaceflight was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, the first attempt to land humans on the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. buzzaldrin.com
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A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 3 or "The Fourteen" on October 1963. His first spaceflight was as pilot on Gemini 12, with commander Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. Aldrin's next & final spaceflight was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, the first attempt to land humans on the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. buzzaldrin.com
- published: 27 Jun 2009
- views: 3597
- author: TheApollo11Channel
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel , Freeze frame proves scene staged
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- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thing down or freeze frame the punch sequence. You'll find Sibrel gets slugged before he finishes teasing Aldrin. The video is dubbed and this of course proves Apollo is fake.
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Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thing down or freeze frame the punch sequence. You'll find Sibrel gets slugged before he finishes teasing Aldrin. The video is dubbed and this of course proves Apollo is fake.
- published: 05 Aug 2012
- views: 67319
- author: Kirsten Young
Buzz Aldrin Talks w/ Jim Clash about UFO Sighting
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- Duration: 6:57
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Did the Apollo 11 crew see a UFO on its historic trip to the moon in 1969? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sets the record straight once and for all.
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Did the Apollo 11 crew see a UFO on its historic trip to the moon in 1969? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sets the record straight once and for all.
- published: 13 Jul 2007
- views: 75598
- author: jimclash
Buzz Aldrin talks about the Moon
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- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Req for Andyman911 - Buzz Aldrin on channel7
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Buzz Aldrin Overview
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- Duration: 9:22
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldrin. I produced and edited this piece in March 2007. For more info visit www.buzzaldrin.com
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I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldrin. I produced and edited this piece in March 2007. For more info visit www.buzzaldrin.com
- published: 01 Jul 2007
- views: 9012
- author: Goldeneggfilms
John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - Dr. Buzz Aldrin - 5 of 7
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- Duration: 15:42
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - presentation. Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot
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John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - presentation. Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot
- published: 21 Jul 2009
- views: 4064
- author: spacevidcast
Sesame Street: Buzz Aldrin Talks About Space
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- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Formore videos and games check out our new website at www.sesamestreet.org In this clip, Buzz Aldrin talks to Alex about space. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
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Formore videos and games check out our new website at www.sesamestreet.org In this clip, Buzz Aldrin talks to Alex about space. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
- published: 05 Dec 2008
- views: 53083
- author: SesameStreet
Buzz Aldrin & Monolith Disclosure
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Buzz Aldrin speaks about monolith like structures on the mars, moon and may on other planets.
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Buzz Aldrin speaks about monolith like structures on the mars, moon and may on other planets.
- published: 16 Aug 2009
- views: 190328
- author: UfolojiNet
Buzz Aldrin Announces the AXE Apollo Space Academy
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- Duration: 1:01
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Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin announces the creation of the AXE Apollo Space Academy. Join now at www.axeapollo.com for your chance to go to space.
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Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin announces the creation of the AXE Apollo Space Academy. Join now at www.axeapollo.com for your chance to go to space.
- published: 10 Jan 2013
- views: 505874
- author: AXE
Buzz Aldrin talks about UFOs
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- Duration: 3:47
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Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon. He explains why they didn't describe it explicitly ... all » to Houston: "...those transmissions would be heard by all sorts of people and who knows what somebody would've demanded - we turn back because of aliens, or whatever the reason is." Dr David Baker, senior Apollo scientist: "The possibility that you might encounter aliens in space has to be considered in a very sensible and positive and realistic way; there were a lot of people within the program who went off later and became convinced that UFOs existed." He describes it similarly to how the now infamous UFO hacker, Gary McKinnon, did. note: start highlighting at the L and move back to the H. then cut and paste it. then delete the space between the C and H in technology. that will make the link work. "www.wired.com Now im not saying we know what they are. But you cant deny that there certainly are Unidentified Flying Objects.
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Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon. He explains why they didn't describe it explicitly ... all » to Houston: "...those transmissions would be heard by all sorts of people and who knows what somebody would've demanded - we turn back because of aliens, or whatever the reason is." Dr David Baker, senior Apollo scientist: "The possibility that you might encounter aliens in space has to be considered in a very sensible and positive and realistic way; there were a lot of people within the program who went off later and became convinced that UFOs existed." He describes it similarly to how the now infamous UFO hacker, Gary McKinnon, did. note: start highlighting at the L and move back to the H. then cut and paste it. then delete the space between the C and H in technology. that will make the link work. "www.wired.com Now im not saying we know what they are. But you cant deny that there certainly are Unidentified Flying Objects.
- published: 08 Aug 2006
- views: 82927
- author: Hefeweizen
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel after being harassed by him
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- Duration: 1:47
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
On September 9, 2002 moon landing denier Bart Sibrel followed Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin out of a Hollywood hotel and relentlessly harassed him about whether he actually landed on the moon. Buzz reacted. Many have seen the short clip of the actual punch, but note how much verbal confrontation preceded it. Sibrel has pulled similar stunts with many other Apollo astronauts. No charges were filed, those details are here: news.bbc.co.uk Learn more about the harms of mistaken beliefs at whatstheharm.net I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http
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On September 9, 2002 moon landing denier Bart Sibrel followed Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin out of a Hollywood hotel and relentlessly harassed him about whether he actually landed on the moon. Buzz reacted. Many have seen the short clip of the actual punch, but note how much verbal confrontation preceded it. Sibrel has pulled similar stunts with many other Apollo astronauts. No charges were filed, those details are here: news.bbc.co.uk Learn more about the harms of mistaken beliefs at whatstheharm.net I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 70376
- author: Tim Farley
UFO - Buzz Aldrin admits seeing UFO
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Buzz admits seeing UFO. Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin - Apollo 11 July 1969 : Supposedly two ufo's hovered overhead as Armstrong prepared to step down the ladder of the LEM at the Sea of Tranquility. Aldrin is reported to have taken several pictures of them. Modern People magazine published what they claim to be some of these photographs in their June 1975 issue. They claim to have gotten the pictures from a Japanese source. During the broadcast of this historic event on the Canadian network coverage, they were discussing at some point a light which kept appearing while the astronauts were actually on the surface. Then it just seemed to be dropped. One explanation for the halo's seen around or near some of the Appollo astronauts was that it was gases being vented from their backpacks. Timothy Good writes that HAM radio operators receiving the VHF signals directly picked up the following message which was screened by NASA from the public. Mission Control: What's there ? Mission Control calling Apollo 11. Apollo 11: These babies are huge, sir ... enormous....Oh, God, you wouldn't believe it! I'm telling you there are other space craft out there... lined up on the far side of the crater edge... they're on the moon watching us. Timothy Good uses "SAGA UFO SPECIAL #3" as a source for this quote. From the book "Celestial Raise" by Richard Watson, ASSK, 1987, page 147-148; "During the transmission of the Moon landing of Armstrong and Aldrin, who journeyed to the ...
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Buzz admits seeing UFO. Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin - Apollo 11 July 1969 : Supposedly two ufo's hovered overhead as Armstrong prepared to step down the ladder of the LEM at the Sea of Tranquility. Aldrin is reported to have taken several pictures of them. Modern People magazine published what they claim to be some of these photographs in their June 1975 issue. They claim to have gotten the pictures from a Japanese source. During the broadcast of this historic event on the Canadian network coverage, they were discussing at some point a light which kept appearing while the astronauts were actually on the surface. Then it just seemed to be dropped. One explanation for the halo's seen around or near some of the Appollo astronauts was that it was gases being vented from their backpacks. Timothy Good writes that HAM radio operators receiving the VHF signals directly picked up the following message which was screened by NASA from the public. Mission Control: What's there ? Mission Control calling Apollo 11. Apollo 11: These babies are huge, sir ... enormous....Oh, God, you wouldn't believe it! I'm telling you there are other space craft out there... lined up on the far side of the crater edge... they're on the moon watching us. Timothy Good uses "SAGA UFO SPECIAL #3" as a source for this quote. From the book "Celestial Raise" by Richard Watson, ASSK, 1987, page 147-148; "During the transmission of the Moon landing of Armstrong and Aldrin, who journeyed to the ...
- published: 25 May 2011
- views: 23293
- author: 69blackbox
Buzz Aldrin - "Rocket Experience" Prod. Snoop Dogg
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I give this collab much respect! On snoop's, and buzz's side! The guy was like almost 80 when he recorded this!
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I give this collab much respect! On snoop's, and buzz's side! The guy was like almost 80 when he recorded this!
- published: 14 Apr 2010
- views: 62559
- author: DONTHEMAGICWON
classic vw beetle commercial ft. Edwin Buzz Aldrin
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www.painteddesigns.nl Classic 1972 commercial featuring a young Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin of the Apollo XI (he was on the moon with Neil Armstrong). In august 2008 I contacted Buzz through email. His assistent Christina Rasch replied Thank you for the link to the VW commercial. Buzz said he remembers making the commercial well. As a matter of fact he said it didn't run very long because the computer that did the data to analyze the car wasn't really ready for the public and then a new version of the VW Bug came out. It's great that he took the time to comment on this commercial after so many years! The way the beetle in this commercial is displayed, clearly is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 - a space odyssey. I feel this commercial is a little technical, but it's funny to see the new high tech vw computer which analizes the beetle. Remember seeing a computer like this must have been an quit impressive sight those days! From theDVD 'Legend on wheels'. Wanna have this DVD packed with 2 hours of high quality digitally remastered old vw commercials? The DVD really brings you back to the '60s and '70s. Send an email to: beetlejuice150@hotmail.com
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www.painteddesigns.nl Classic 1972 commercial featuring a young Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin of the Apollo XI (he was on the moon with Neil Armstrong). In august 2008 I contacted Buzz through email. His assistent Christina Rasch replied Thank you for the link to the VW commercial. Buzz said he remembers making the commercial well. As a matter of fact he said it didn't run very long because the computer that did the data to analyze the car wasn't really ready for the public and then a new version of the VW Bug came out. It's great that he took the time to comment on this commercial after so many years! The way the beetle in this commercial is displayed, clearly is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 - a space odyssey. I feel this commercial is a little technical, but it's funny to see the new high tech vw computer which analizes the beetle. Remember seeing a computer like this must have been an quit impressive sight those days! From theDVD 'Legend on wheels'. Wanna have this DVD packed with 2 hours of high quality digitally remastered old vw commercials? The DVD really brings you back to the '60s and '70s. Send an email to: beetlejuice150@hotmail.com
- published: 11 Dec 2006
- views: 14506
- author: beetlejuice150
Buzz Aldrin Announces the LYNX Space Academy
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- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin announces the creation of the LYNX Space Academy. Join now at www.lynxapollo.com for your chance to go to space.
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Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin announces the creation of the LYNX Space Academy. Join now at www.lynxapollo.com for your chance to go to space.
- published: 10 Jan 2013
- views: 256792
- author: thelynxeffect
Buzz Aldrin's UFO Sighting on Fox News
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- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
Buzz Aldrin confirms that they saw a craft following them during a moon mission.
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Buzz Aldrin confirms that they saw a craft following them during a moon mission.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 39194
- author: nixter1nixter1
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter
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Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.
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Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.
- published: 10 Aug 2006
- views: 2636433
- author: iwanttobelievexfiles
Close Up: Buzz Aldrin Interview
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- Duration: 6:20
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Buzz Aldrin is the original moon walker. In fact moon is in his blood - literally. Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior, or Buzz for short, was born 88 years ago to Edwin Senior and Marion Moon. In 1969, along with Neil Armstrong, Buzz became one the first men to walk on the moon. It's an achievement that some still regard as a massive con job. Buzz does not take the doubts well - he once whacked a man who called him a liar and a coward. But did that Appollo 11 crew have doubts that they would get back alive? Buzz Aldrin is in New Zealand for the Planet 2010 telecommunications and technology show, which is being held on Saturday 13 March at the Sky City Convention Centre. He will be giving a 45 minute presentation at 9am and is especially keen for kids to get along. For more, check out tvnz.co.nz/close-up
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Buzz Aldrin is the original moon walker. In fact moon is in his blood - literally. Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior, or Buzz for short, was born 88 years ago to Edwin Senior and Marion Moon. In 1969, along with Neil Armstrong, Buzz became one the first men to walk on the moon. It's an achievement that some still regard as a massive con job. Buzz does not take the doubts well - he once whacked a man who called him a liar and a coward. But did that Appollo 11 crew have doubts that they would get back alive? Buzz Aldrin is in New Zealand for the Planet 2010 telecommunications and technology show, which is being held on Saturday 13 March at the Sky City Convention Centre. He will be giving a 45 minute presentation at 9am and is especially keen for kids to get along. For more, check out tvnz.co.nz/close-up
- published: 11 Mar 2010
- views: 8253
- author: TVNewZealand
Buzz Aldrin Remembers "Apollo 11" Landing, 40 Years Later
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Buzz Aldrin reflects on what he remembers most about his time on the moon with the other astronauts, and also calls the late Walter Cronkite "the strongest supporter" of the space program.
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On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Buzz Aldrin reflects on what he remembers most about his time on the moon with the other astronauts, and also calls the late Walter Cronkite "the strongest supporter" of the space program.
- published: 19 Jul 2009
- views: 6013
- author: PoliticsNewsPolitics
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin
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- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 20 Jan 2013
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin
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Buzz Aldrin explains Apollo 11 UFO sighting - not an alien ship
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- Duration: 4:53
- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
Larry King Live, August 2007
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C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon
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- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin spoke about the future of space exploration and said the public would be interested in a monolith on Phobos, one of the two small moons that revolve around Mars. www.c-spanarchives.org
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Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin spoke about the future of space exploration and said the public would be interested in a monolith on Phobos, one of the two small moons that revolve around Mars. www.c-spanarchives.org
- published: 22 Jul 2009
- views: 895159
- author: CSPAN
Ali G Interview a+++
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Ali G interviews the 2nd guy to walk on the moon. Blooby idiot, but bloody funny. A+++++ must see
http://wn.com/Ali_G_Interview_a+++
Ali G interviews the 2nd guy to walk on the moon. Blooby idiot, but bloody funny. A+++++ must see
- published: 29 Aug 2006
- views: 135692
- author: doortag
Buzz Aldrin on space travel, his novel and reaching Mars.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:54
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks about his lifelong fascination with space travel. Aldrin has written about it in a new novel, and now campaigns to launch his dream project: to shuttle people to Mars.
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_on_space_travel,_his_novel_and_reaching_Mars
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks about his lifelong fascination with space travel. Aldrin has written about it in a new novel, and now campaigns to launch his dream project: to shuttle people to Mars.
- published: 15 Apr 2011
- views: 1396
- author: AllanGregg
Ali G - Buzz Aldrin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin, and asks some inspiring questions
http://wn.com/Ali_G_Buzz_Aldrin
Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin, and asks some inspiring questions
- published: 27 Aug 2006
- views: 1438735
- author: usammon
Buzz Aldrin Punch
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassing Buzz Aldrin out in Public and gets a swift punch in the face for it. www.theboredninja.com
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_Punch
Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassing Buzz Aldrin out in Public and gets a swift punch in the face for it. www.theboredninja.com
- published: 21 Jul 2009
- views: 347472
- author: TheBoredNinja
aliens exist says buzz aldrin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
astronauts tell the "truth"
http://wn.com/aliens_exist_says_buzz_aldrin
Jamie and Adam interview about moon landing conspiracy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Jamie and Adam tested many of the moon landing conspiracys and this is a cnn news vid of an interview they gave about the conspiracy. Also Buzz Aldrin punching some dude in the face :D qdmil.com
http://wn.com/Jamie_and_Adam_interview_about_moon_landing_conspiracy
Jamie and Adam tested many of the moon landing conspiracys and this is a cnn news vid of an interview they gave about the conspiracy. Also Buzz Aldrin punching some dude in the face :D qdmil.com
- published: 22 Jul 2009
- views: 68168
- author: John Galvagno
The Buzz About Moon Walking
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:25
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11 coverage go to: abcnews.go.com
http://wn.com/The_Buzz_About_Moon_Walking
Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11 coverage go to: abcnews.go.com
- published: 17 Jul 2009
- views: 8422
- author: ABCNews
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel , Freeze frame proves scene staged
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thing down or freeze frame the punch sequence. You'll find Sibrel gets slugged before he finishes teasing Aldrin. The video is dubbed and this of course proves Apollo is fake.
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_punches_Bart_Sibrel_,_Freeze_frame_proves_scene_staged
Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thing down or freeze frame the punch sequence. You'll find Sibrel gets slugged before he finishes teasing Aldrin. The video is dubbed and this of course proves Apollo is fake.
- published: 05 Aug 2012
- views: 64482
- author: Kirsten Young
Astronaut's Buzz Aldrin & Gene Cernan - Interview on The Future Of NASA
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:12
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
Gemini & Apollo Astronauts, second & last man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin & Eugene Cernan
http://wn.com/Astronaut's_Buzz_Aldrin_Gene_Cernan_Interview_on_The_Future_Of_NASA
Gemini & Apollo Astronauts, second & last man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin & Eugene Cernan
- published: 06 Oct 2010
- views: 2741
- author: TheApollo11Channel
Buzz Aldrin talks about the Moon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Req for Andyman911 - Buzz Aldrin on channel7
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_talks_about_the_Moon
The Life Of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:26
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 3 or "The Fourteen" on October 1963. His first spaceflight was as pilot on Gemini 12, with commander Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. Aldrin's next & final spaceflight was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, the first attempt to land humans on the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. buzzaldrin.com
http://wn.com/The_Life_Of_Astronaut_Buzz_Aldrin
A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 3 or "The Fourteen" on October 1963. His first spaceflight was as pilot on Gemini 12, with commander Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. Aldrin's next & final spaceflight was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, the first attempt to land humans on the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. buzzaldrin.com
- published: 27 Jun 2009
- views: 3540
- author: TheApollo11Channel
Buzz Aldrin Overview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:22
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldrin. I produced and edited this piece in March 2007. For more info visit www.buzzaldrin.com
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_Overview
I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldrin. I produced and edited this piece in March 2007. For more info visit www.buzzaldrin.com
- published: 01 Jul 2007
- views: 8926
- author: Goldeneggfilms
John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - Dr. Buzz Aldrin - 5 of 7
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- Duration: 15:42
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - presentation. Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot
http://wn.com/John_H_Glenn_Lecture,_2009_Dr_Buzz_Aldrin_5_of_7
John H. Glenn Lecture, 2009 - presentation. Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot
- published: 21 Jul 2009
- views: 4041
- author: spacevidcast
Johan Harstad, author of BUZZ ALDRIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN ALL THE CONFUSION? -- Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
Interview from the North American tour of Johan Harstad, Brage Prize-winning author of BUZZ ALDRIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN ALL THE CONFUSION? For more information: www.sevenstories.com Or pick up the book from Indiebound: www.indiebound.org
http://wn.com/Johan_Harstad,_author_of_BUZZ_ALDRIN,_WHAT_HAPPENED_TO_YOU_IN_ALL_THE_CONFUSION?_-_Interview
Interview from the North American tour of Johan Harstad, Brage Prize-winning author of BUZZ ALDRIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN ALL THE CONFUSION? For more information: www.sevenstories.com Or pick up the book from Indiebound: www.indiebound.org
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 1369
- author: SevenStoriesPress
Etón Interviews Buzz Aldrin about the Grundig G6 Buzz Aldrin Edition Radio
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:15
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
blog.EtonCorp.com - Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin visits Eton Corporation to discuss his experiences as an astronaut and discuss the new Grundig G6 Buzz Aldrin Edition radio by etón. A celebration of America's 50 years of space exploration, the Grundig G6 pairs an icon in aviation, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, with the leader in the worldwide medium of shortwave radio, Grundig. Visit the product page at etoncorp.com Etónhas established themselves as being one of the top specialty radio companies in the world. With more than 20 years experience, Etón radios are ideal for any adventure, travel, or emergency situation. Etón got its start as a licensee for Grundig shortwave radios and it continues to be a name you can trust in times of need. We currently have product lines with the American Red Cross, Porsche Design, and also a Buzz Aldrin endorsed Grundig radio. Our radios protect you by providing you with all the information you need to stay safe in any crisis. Check out our products at: EtonCorp.com FEATURES • Solar power • Built in flashlight • Cell phone charger (available on some models) • Weather band • AM/FM radio • AUX-in to play MP3 players (available on some models) • Hand Crank power • Durable, reliable, and waterproof At Etón, we have built our reputation around innovative products with our unique mix of design and technology, but we also like to give back. We work with such charitable organizations as Ears To Our World to provide self-powered radios to schools in developing ...
http://wn.com/Etón_Interviews_Buzz_Aldrin_about_the_Grundig_G6_Buzz_Aldrin_Edition_Radio
blog.EtonCorp.com - Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin visits Eton Corporation to discuss his experiences as an astronaut and discuss the new Grundig G6 Buzz Aldrin Edition radio by etón. A celebration of America's 50 years of space exploration, the Grundig G6 pairs an icon in aviation, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, with the leader in the worldwide medium of shortwave radio, Grundig. Visit the product page at etoncorp.com Etónhas established themselves as being one of the top specialty radio companies in the world. With more than 20 years experience, Etón radios are ideal for any adventure, travel, or emergency situation. Etón got its start as a licensee for Grundig shortwave radios and it continues to be a name you can trust in times of need. We currently have product lines with the American Red Cross, Porsche Design, and also a Buzz Aldrin endorsed Grundig radio. Our radios protect you by providing you with all the information you need to stay safe in any crisis. Check out our products at: EtonCorp.com FEATURES • Solar power • Built in flashlight • Cell phone charger (available on some models) • Weather band • AM/FM radio • AUX-in to play MP3 players (available on some models) • Hand Crank power • Durable, reliable, and waterproof At Etón, we have built our reputation around innovative products with our unique mix of design and technology, but we also like to give back. We work with such charitable organizations as Ears To Our World to provide self-powered radios to schools in developing ...
- published: 04 Jun 2008
- views: 9052
- author: etoncorp
Buzz Aldrin interview by Aron Ranen. "Did We Go?"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:11
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
Buy film at www.moonhoax.com
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_interview_by_Aron_Ranen_Did_We_Go?
Buzz Aldrin Talks w/ Jim Clash about UFO Sighting
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:57
- Updated: 21 Jan 2013
Did the Apollo 11 crew see a UFO on its historic trip to the moon in 1969? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sets the record straight once and for all.
http://wn.com/Buzz_Aldrin_Talks_w_Jim_Clash_about_UFO_Sighting
Did the Apollo 11 crew see a UFO on its historic trip to the moon in 1969? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sets the record straight once and for all.
- published: 13 Jul 2007
- views: 74471
- author: jimclash
3:47
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter
Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon....
published: 10 Aug 2006
author: iwanttobelievexfiles
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter
Buzz Aldrin talks about the 'UFO' which the Apollo 11 crew saw on their way to the moon.
- published: 10 Aug 2006
- views: 2636433
- author: iwanttobelievexfiles
6:20
Close Up: Buzz Aldrin Interview
Buzz Aldrin is the original moon walker. In fact moon is in his blood - literally. Edwin E...
published: 11 Mar 2010
author: TVNewZealand
Close Up: Buzz Aldrin Interview
Buzz Aldrin is the original moon walker. In fact moon is in his blood - literally. Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior, or Buzz for short, was born 88 years ago to Edwin Senior and Marion Moon. In 1969, along with Neil Armstrong, Buzz became one the first men to walk on the moon. It's an achievement that some still regard as a massive con job. Buzz does not take the doubts well - he once whacked a man who called him a liar and a coward. But did that Appollo 11 crew have doubts that they would get back alive? Buzz Aldrin is in New Zealand for the Planet 2010 telecommunications and technology show, which is being held on Saturday 13 March at the Sky City Convention Centre. He will be giving a 45 minute presentation at 9am and is especially keen for kids to get along. For more, check out tvnz.co.nz/close-up
- published: 11 Mar 2010
- views: 8253
- author: TVNewZealand
4:23
Buzz Aldrin Remembers "Apollo 11" Landing, 40 Years Later
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Buzz Aldrin reflects on ...
published: 19 Jul 2009
author: PoliticsNewsPolitics
Buzz Aldrin Remembers "Apollo 11" Landing, 40 Years Later
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Buzz Aldrin reflects on what he remembers most about his time on the moon with the other astronauts, and also calls the late Walter Cronkite "the strongest supporter" of the space program.
- published: 19 Jul 2009
- views: 6013
- author: PoliticsNewsPolitics
4:31
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin...
published: 22 Jan 2009
author: AliiGiiNDAHOUSE
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin
Ali G Interviews Buzz Aldrin
- published: 22 Jan 2009
- views: 29614
- author: AliiGiiNDAHOUSE
4:53
Buzz Aldrin explains Apollo 11 UFO sighting - not an alien ship
Larry King Live, August 2007...
published: 15 Jan 2009
author: pateli2008
Buzz Aldrin explains Apollo 11 UFO sighting - not an alien ship
Larry King Live, August 2007
- published: 15 Jan 2009
- views: 152689
- author: pateli2008
1:01
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin spoke about the future of space exploration and said the publ...
published: 22 Jul 2009
author: CSPAN
C-SPAN: Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin spoke about the future of space exploration and said the public would be interested in a monolith on Phobos, one of the two small moons that revolve around Mars. www.c-spanarchives.org
- published: 22 Jul 2009
- views: 895159
- author: CSPAN
4:31
Ali G Interview a+++
Ali G interviews the 2nd guy to walk on the moon. Blooby idiot, but bloody funny. A+++++ m...
published: 29 Aug 2006
author: doortag
Ali G Interview a+++
Ali G interviews the 2nd guy to walk on the moon. Blooby idiot, but bloody funny. A+++++ must see
- published: 29 Aug 2006
- views: 135692
- author: doortag
24:54
Buzz Aldrin on space travel, his novel and reaching Mars.
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks ab...
published: 15 Apr 2011
author: AllanGregg
Buzz Aldrin on space travel, his novel and reaching Mars.
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Now, he talks about his lifelong fascination with space travel. Aldrin has written about it in a new novel, and now campaigns to launch his dream project: to shuttle people to Mars.
- published: 15 Apr 2011
- views: 1396
- author: AllanGregg
0:21
Buzz Aldrin Punch
Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassi...
published: 21 Jul 2009
author: TheBoredNinja
Buzz Aldrin Punch
Some conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe we actually landed on the moon starts harassing Buzz Aldrin out in Public and gets a swift punch in the face for it. www.theboredninja.com
- published: 21 Jul 2009
- views: 347472
- author: TheBoredNinja
4:07
Jamie and Adam interview about moon landing conspiracy
Jamie and Adam tested many of the moon landing conspiracys and this is a cnn news vid of a...
published: 22 Jul 2009
author: John Galvagno
Jamie and Adam interview about moon landing conspiracy
Jamie and Adam tested many of the moon landing conspiracys and this is a cnn news vid of an interview they gave about the conspiracy. Also Buzz Aldrin punching some dude in the face :D qdmil.com
- published: 22 Jul 2009
- views: 68168
- author: John Galvagno
11:25
The Buzz About Moon Walking
Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11...
published: 17 Jul 2009
author: ABCNews
The Buzz About Moon Walking
Aldrin was the second man to step on the lunar surface (July 20, 1999). For more Apollo 11 coverage go to: abcnews.go.com
- published: 17 Jul 2009
- views: 8422
- author: ABCNews
1:53
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel , Freeze frame proves scene staged
Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thin...
published: 05 Aug 2012
author: Kirsten Young
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel , Freeze frame proves scene staged
Try this for yourselves. Download a copy of the Aldrin punches Sibrel video. Slow the thing down or freeze frame the punch sequence. You'll find Sibrel gets slugged before he finishes teasing Aldrin. The video is dubbed and this of course proves Apollo is fake.
- published: 05 Aug 2012
- views: 64482
- author: Kirsten Young
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Buzz Aldrin
More info on my website
http://www.twofroggs.com/portfolio/buzz-aldrin/...
published: 23 Nov 2008
author: Armin Ruede
Buzz Aldrin
More info on my website
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Buzz Aldrin
Episoed 12 on www.astrotalkuk.org
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11 on his interest in...
published: 19 Apr 2011
author: AstrotalkUK
Buzz Aldrin
Episoed 12 on www.astrotalkuk.org
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11 on his interest in Astronomy.
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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin. To book him for an event go to www.jla.co.uk. "JLA are the UK's leading speak...
published: 24 Oct 2012
author: JLA
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin. To book him for an event go to www.jla.co.uk. "JLA are the UK's leading speaker bureau." (Financial Times)
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Astronaut's Buzz Aldrin & Gene Cernan - Interview on The Future Of NASA
Gemini & Apollo Astronauts, second & last man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin & Eugene Ce...
published: 06 Oct 2010
author: TheApollo11Channel
Astronaut's Buzz Aldrin & Gene Cernan - Interview on The Future Of NASA
Gemini & Apollo Astronauts, second & last man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin & Eugene Cernan
- published: 06 Oct 2010
- views: 2741
- author: TheApollo11Channel
5:26
The Life Of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Mo...
published: 27 Jun 2009
author: TheApollo11Channel
The Life Of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
A Tribute to Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was selected for NASA's Astronaut Group 3 or "The Fourteen" on October 1963. His first spaceflight was as pilot on Gemini 12, with commander Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. He utilized revolutionary techniques during training for that mission, including neutrally-buoyant underwater training. Such techniques are still used today. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity and proved that astronauts could work outside the spacecraft. Aldrin's next & final spaceflight was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, the first attempt to land humans on the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. buzzaldrin.com
- published: 27 Jun 2009
- views: 3540
- author: TheApollo11Channel
9:22
Buzz Aldrin Overview
I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldri...
published: 01 Jul 2007
author: Goldeneggfilms
Buzz Aldrin Overview
I had the honor and privilege of working with one of America's biggest heroes-- Buzz Aldrin. I produced and edited this piece in March 2007. For more info visit www.buzzaldrin.com
- published: 01 Jul 2007
- views: 8926
- author: Goldeneggfilms
photo: AP / Chris Carlson
13 Feb 2013
Investigators have found charred human remains in a burned out cabin in the mountains above Los Angeles following a fiery standoff with a gunman suspected to be a fugitive former Los Angeles police officer, authorities said. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's department said that identification of the remains would be attempted using forensic analysis ... The tension heightened as the day wore on, and local schools were locked down ... ....(size: 7.1Kb)
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
13 Feb 2013
The UN Security Council has promised action against North Korea over its third nuclear test, calling it a clear threat to international security. At an emergency meeting, the UN said it would begin work on measures to halt the North's nuclear ambitions. The US called the test highly provocative, while China, Pyongyang's sole key ally, said it was strongly dissatisfied ... Continue reading the main story Analysis ... 'Serious threat'....(size: 4.2Kb)
photo: AP / Los Angeles Police Department
11 Feb 2013
A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy searches a home for Christopher Dorner, a former police officer, on Sunday in Big Bear Lake, Calif. (Jae C. Hong, The Associated Press) ... "We will not tolerate anyone undermining the security of the community," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference. "We will not tolerate this reign of terror." ... "He has targeted those we entrust to protect the public." ... Copyright 2012 The Denver Post ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
13 Feb 2013
Washington - President Barack Obama brought the wounds inflicted by the recent spate of shooting deaths to Congress on Tuesday, ending his State of the Union address with an emotional plea for tougher gun control. Speaking for victims' relatives and gun crime survivors among the guests attending the joint session of Congress, he demanded their voices be heard amid the raucous debate triggered by a spate of bloody mass shootings ... - AFP....(size: 15.2Kb)
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
12 Feb 2013
A magnitude 5.1 “artificial earthquake” was reported near a nuclear test site in North Korea on Tuesday morning, with South Korean Defence Ministry officials telling local media that the seismic activity was the result of a third nuclear test conducted by the reclusive state ... The reported test has, however, not yet been confirmed by North Korean State media ... The move is set to heighten regional tensions ... Keywords....(size: 3.4Kb)
The Examiner
13 Feb 2013
15-18). An All-Star LEGO® Show will excite their neurons with activities inspiring future engineers and architects ... Featured exhibits will include. A miniature winter village with trains Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hardy House Wild west inspired scenes Large sculptures of popular cartoon and historical characters such as Marvin Martian and Buzz Aldrin Classic Lego city and space settings from the 1980’s ... to 7 p.m ... to 5 p.m ... Today's top buzz... ....(size: 5.6Kb)
my SA
13 Feb 2013
The man who shot and killed Osama bin Laden sat in a wicker chair in my backyard, wondering how he was going to feed his wife and kids or pay for their medical care ... He paced ... To escape, he almost by accident found himself in a Navy recruiter's office ... heart.” ... Similarly, NASA marshaled thousands of people to put a man on the moon, and history records that Neil Armstrong first set his foot there, not the equally talented Buzz Aldrin ... ....(size: 11.7Kb)
Huffington Post
12 Feb 2013
"Slow down. Slow down. How about a little foreplay?" he said at a breakfast with television reporters, according to ABC News ... 6 ... Rep ... The gold medals were presented to Armstrong and his fellow crew members from Apollo 11, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, and to astronaut and former U.S ... The gold medals were presented to Armstrong and his fellow crew members from Apollo 11, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, and to astronaut and former U.S ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)
Business Wire
12 Feb 2013
“Mars Generation” National Opinion Poll Reveals Strong Support for NASA Funding of Human Mission to Mars ... citizens that focused on understanding opinions about the exploration of Mars ... Download the preliminary report with initial survey findings at. http.//www.exploremars.org/mars-generation-survey-first-results ... Featured speakers include Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Bolden, Vint Cerf, Rebecca Keiser, Miles O’Brien and Steve Squyres ... Contacts ... ....(size: 9.2Kb)
The Guardian
12 Feb 2013
Correspondent for the BBC at the height of the space race. Reginald Turnill was in Houston covering the Apollo 13 mission when Fred Haise, from a distance of 204,700 miles, told Mission Control. 'OK, Houston, hey, we've got a problem here' ... His assignment then was the Apollo 11 mission, and the landing of the first people on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin ... "OK, Houston, hey, we've got a problem here." ... ....(size: 5.8Kb)
The Examiner
11 Feb 2013
According to alleged leaked documents, two huge extraterrestrial spacecraft watched the Apollo 11 landing, and observed the Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin moon walks ... Modern People magazine published what they claim to be Buzz Aldrin’s photographs of two UFOs watching Apollo 11 on the moon in their June 1975 issue ... According to Buzz Aldrin in a number of press interviews, Apollo 11 was indeed watched by a UFO during its journey to the moon....(size: 13.1Kb)
Detroit Free Press
10 Feb 2013
Actor Larry Hagman's penthouse in Santa Monica, Calif., is on the market at $5.2 million ... The contemporary-style condo has views of the ocean and three parking spaces ... He reprised his role as J.R ... The Bryants bought the property in 2003 for $2.65 million.Aldrin's condo for sale. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's condominium in Westwood is up for sale at $3.3 million ... Aldrin, 82, was one of the first astronauts to walk on the moon in 1969 ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
Deccan Chronicle
10 Feb 2013
The KQA-organised Mindsweep 2.0, the second edition of its international solo quiz, saw a stellar cast of participants across the globe. Over 300 participants from 12 countries took part in this championship. The champion is multiple world quiz champion Pat Gibson from England who retains the title that he won last year. He was followed by Anne Hegerty of Scotland, who is known for her appearance in the TV quiz show Chasers ... Buzz Aldrin....(size: 5.2Kb)
Digital Spy
10 Feb 2013
A 3-year-old girl has reportedly become the youngest member of Mensa. Alice Amos has been given full membership of the society after scoring a massive 162 on an IQ test, reports The Mirror. The schoolgirl - who lives in Guildford, Surrey - took the test in Russian. She has learnt to speak the language as her parents are originally from Russia ... Her father, a telecom sales manager, said ... More ... Next ... Buzz Aldrin for 'Big Bang Theory' cameo 1 ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)
Digital Spy
10 Feb 2013
A three-year-old girl has reportedly become the youngest member of Mensa. Alice Amos has been given full membership of the society after scoring a massive 162 on an IQ test, reports The Mirror. The schoolgirl - who lives in Guildford, Surrey - took the test in Russian. She has learnt to speak the language as her parents are originally from Russia ... Her father, a telecom sales manager, said ... More ... Buzz Aldrin for 'Big Bang Theory' cameo 1 ... ....(size: 8.0Kb)
The Miami Herald
09 Feb 2013
Everyone needs a hobby. Actor Jeremy Renner, 42, has put his latest house remodeling project on the market in Holmby Hills at $24.95 million ... The two-acre property features gates, a cobblestone driveway and a pool with spa ... This is their most ambitious undertaking to date ... DAMON in Palisades ... Buzz Aldrin’s condominium in Westwood is up for sale at $3.3 million ... Aldrin, 82, was one of the first astronauts to walk on the moon in 1969....(size: 3.7Kb)
NZ Herald
08 Feb 2013
Two avid Twitter users aboard the International Space Station have taken several stunning photos of New Zealand as they orbit 370km above the Earth ... "Lake Taupo, NZ ... Apart from conducting research and taking photos of the earth flying by below, Hadfield has found the time to have Twitter conversations with Star Trek stars and astronaut Buzz Aldrin and record a song with the Barenaked Ladies's singer Ed Robertson ... By. ....(size: 2.4Kb)
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08 Feb 2013
Apple Facebook Twitter Google Microsoft. news. Comment. Astronauts Will Tackle Your Questions In A Google+ Hangout From The International Space Station. Chris Velazco ... Comments ... Since then he’s also engaged in a bit of back and forth with wannabe spacefarer William Shatner on Twitter, a conversation that eventually drew in other Star Trek alumni and none other than Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the surface of the moon ... ....(size: 11.7Kb)
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 Aldrin portrait for the Apollo 11 mission |
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| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born | (1930-01-20) January 20, 1930 (age 82) Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other occupation | Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
| Time in space | 12 days, 1 hour and 52 minutes |
| Selection | 1963 NASA Group |
| Total EVAs | 4 |
| Total EVA time | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Missions | Gemini 12, Apollo 11 |
| Mission insignia |   |
Buzz Aldrin, Sc.D. (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.
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Life and career[link]
Early life[link]
Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey,[1][2] to Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr., a career military man, and his wife Marion (née Moon).[3][4] He is of Scottish, Swedish,[5] and German ancestry. After graduating from Montclair High School in 1946,[6] Aldrin turned down a full scholarship offer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: the younger of his two elder sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it his legal first name in 1988.[7]
Military career[link]
Aldrin graduated third in his class at West Point in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. He flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953, issue of LIFE magazine featured gun camera photos taken by Aldrin of one of the Russian pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft.[8]
After the war, Aldrin was assigned as an aerial gunnery instructor at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and next was an aide to the dean of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, which had recently begun operations in 1955. He flew F-100 Super Sabres as a flight commander at Bitburg Air Base, Germany in the 22nd Fighter Squadron. Aldrin then earned a doctor of science degree in astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His graduate thesis was Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous. On completion of his doctorate, he was assigned to the Gemini Target Office of the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles before his selection as an astronaut.
NASA career[link]
Aldrin was selected as part of the third group of NASA astronauts selected in October 1963. Because test pilot experience was no longer a requirement, this was the first selection for which he was eligible. After the deaths of the original Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, Aldrin and Jim Lovell were promoted to back-up crew for the mission. The main objective of the revised mission (Gemini 9A) was to rendezvous and dock with a target vehicle, but when this failed, Aldrin improvised an effective exercise for the craft to rendezvous with a coordinate in space. He was confirmed as pilot on Gemini 12, the last Gemini mission and the last chance to prove methods for EVA. Aldrin set a record for extra-vehicular activity, demonstrating that astronauts could work outside spacecraft.
On July 20, 1969, he became the second astronaut to walk on the moon and the first to spacewalk, keeping his record total EVA time until that was surpassed on Apollo 14. There has been much speculation about Aldrin's desire at the time to be the first astronaut to walk on the moon.[9] According to different NASA accounts, he had originally been proposed as the first to step onto the moon's surface, but due to the physical positioning of the astronauts inside the compact lunar landing module, it was easier for the commander, Neil Armstrong, to be the first to exit the spacecraft.
Aldrin, a Presbyterian, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the moon. After landing on the moon, he radioed Earth: "I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way." He gave himself Communion on the surface of the moon, but he kept it secret because of a lawsuit brought by atheist activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair over the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8.[10] Aldrin, a church elder, used a pastor's home Communion kit given to him by Dean Woodruff and recited words used by his pastor at Webster Presbyterian Church.[11][12] Webster Presbyterian Church, a local congregation in Webster, Texas, (a Houston suburb near the Johnson Space Center) possesses the chalice used for communion on the moon, and commemorates the event annually on the Sunday closest to July 20.[13] Aldrin, a Freemason, also carried to the moon a special deputization from Grand Master J. Guy Smith, with which to claim Masonic territorial jurisdiction over the moon on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Texas.[14]
Retirement[link]
After leaving NASA, Aldrin was assigned as the Commandant of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In March 1972, Aldrin retired from active duty after 21 years of service, and returned to the Air Force in a managerial role, but his career was blighted by personal problems. His autobiographies Return To Earth, published in 1973, and Magnificent Desolation, published in June 2009, both provide accounts of his struggles with clinical depression and alcoholism in the years following his NASA career.[15] His life improved considerably when he recognized and sought treatment for his problems, and with his marriage to Lois Driggs Cannon. Since retiring from NASA, he has continued to promote space exploration, including producing a computer strategy game called Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space (1993). To further promote space exploration, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, Aldrin teamed up with Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones, Talib Kweli, and Soulja Boy to create the rap single and video, "Rocket Experience", with proceeds from video and song sales to benefit Aldrin's non-profit foundation, ShareSpace.[16] In 1995, he made a featured appearance in the Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters film America: A Call to Greatness, directed by Warren Chaney.[17][18]
He referred to a "Phobos monolith" in a July 22, 2009, interview with C-Span: "We should go boldly where man has not gone before. Fly by the comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars. There's a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this potato shaped object that goes around Mars once in seven hours. When people find out about that they're going to say 'Who put that there? Who put that there?' The universe put it there. If you choose, God put it there…"[19]
He voiced in the 2011 Futurama episode "Cold Warriors" as himself judging a high school science fair.
In 2011 Aldrin appeared as himself in the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Aldrin also lent his voice talents to the 2012 blockbuster game Mass Effect 3.
Aldrin Cycler[link]
In 1985, Aldrin proposed the existence of a special spacecraft trajectory now known as the Aldrin cycler.[20][21] A spacecraft traveling on an Aldrin cycler trajectory would pass near the planets Earth and Mars on a regular (cyclic) basis. The Aldrin cycler is an example of a Mars cycler. He was also instrumental in the idea of training of astronauts underwater in order to better prepare them for the intricate space walks and duties of maintenance while in space.
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Aldrin in Mission Control with NASA spokesman Josh Byerly and Flight Director Ron Spencer in 2009
Criticism of NASA[link]
In December 2003, Aldrin published an opinion piece in The New York Times criticizing NASA's objectives.[22] In it, he voiced concern about NASA's development of a spacecraft "limited to transporting four astronauts at a time with little or no cargo carrying capability" and declared the goal of sending astronauts back to the moon was "more like reaching for past glory than striving for new triumphs".
Stance on anthropogenic global warming[link]
In 2009, Aldrin said he did not believe humans were causing current climate change: "I think the climate has been changing for billions of years. If it's warming now, it may cool off later. I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today. I'm not necessarily of the school that we are causing it all, I think the world is causing it."[23]
Books[link]
Books co-authored by Aldrin include Return to Earth (1973), Men From Earth (1989), Reaching for the Moon (2008), Look to the Stars (2009) and Magnificent Desolation (2009). He has also co-authored with John Barnes the science fiction novels Encounter with Tiber (1996) and The Return (2000).
Personal life[link]
Aldrin has been married three times: to Joan Archer, with whom he had three children, James, Janice, and Andrew; to Beverly Zile; and to Lois Driggs Cannon. He filed for divorce from Lois on June 15, 2011, in Los Angeles, citing “irreconcilable differences,” according to his attorney, one day after the couple separated.[24]
His battles against depression and alcoholism have been documented, most recently in Magnificent Desolation.[25][26] Aldrin is an active supporter of the Republican Party, headlining fundraisers for GOP members of Congress.[27] In 2007, Aldrin confirmed to Time magazine that he had recently had a face-lift;[28] he joked that the G-forces he was exposed to in space "caused a sagging jowl that needed some attention."[28]
Honors[link]
- Military decorations include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and three awards of the Air Medal.
- NASA decorations include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and two awards of the NASA Space Flight Medal.
- Civilian awards and decorations include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, and the Harmon International Trophy.
- The crater Aldrin on the moon near the Apollo 11 landing site and Asteroid 6470 Aldrin[29] are named in his honor.
- In 1967, Aldrin received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Gustavus Adolphus College.
- In 2001, President Bush appointed Aldrin to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.[30][31]
- Aldrin received the 2003 Humanitarian Award from Variety, the Children's Charity, which, according to the organization, "is given to an individual who has shown unusual understanding, empathy, and devotion to mankind."[32]
- Aldrin is on the National Space Society's Board of Governors, and has served as the organization's Chairman; an inductee of the Astronaut Hall of Fame; and a member of The Planetary Society, with Aldrin's pre-recorded voice appearing on nearly every episode of the Society's Planetary Radio.
- In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Aldrin its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award,[33] which is presented annually to recognize outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to the welfare or betterment of humankind through the exploration, development and use of space, or the use of space technology, information, themes or resources in academic, cultural, industrial or other pursuits of broad benefit to humanity.
- For contributions to the television industry, Aldrin was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood and Vine.[34]
- Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007.
- In 2009, President Obama signed legislation conferring the Congressional Gold Medal upon Aldrin, his Apollo 11 crewmates, and John Glenn.
- In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Aldrin was ranked as the #9 (tied with astronauts Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard) most popular space hero.[35]
- In 2011, Aldrin was nominated for Best Cameo at the 2011 Sceam Awards for his role playing himself in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
UFO claims[link]
In 2005, while being interviewed for a documentary titled First on the Moon: The Untold Story, Aldrin told an interviewer that they saw an unidentified flying object. Aldrin told David Morrison, an NAI Senior Scientist, that the documentary cut the crew's conclusion that they were probably seeing one of four detached spacecraft adapter panels. Their S-IVB upper stage was 6,000 miles away, but the four panels were jettisoned before the S-IVB made its separation maneuver so they would closely follow the Apollo 11 spacecraft until its first midcourse correction.[36] When Aldrin appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 15, 2007, Stern asked him about the supposed UFO sighting. Aldrin confirmed that there was no such sighting of anything deemed extraterrestrial, and said they were and are "99.9 percent" sure that the object was the detached panel.[37][38][39]
Interviewed by the Science Channel, Aldrin mentioned seeing unidentified objects, and he claims his words were taken out of context; he asked the Science Channel to clarify to viewers he did not see alien spacecraft, but they refused.[40]
References[link]
- ^ Staff. "To the moon and beyond", The Record (Bergen County), July 20, 2009. Accessed July 20, 2009. The source is indicative of the confusion regarding his birthplace. He is described in the article's first paragraph as having been "born and raised in Montclair", while a more detailed second paragraph on "The Early Years" states that he was "born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. on January 20, 1930, in the Glen Ridge wing of Montclair Hospital".
- ^ Hansen, James R. (2005). First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. Simon & Schuster. p. 348. "His birth certificate lists Glen Ridge as his birthplace."
- ^ BuzzAldrin.com - About Buzz Aldrin
- ^ Solomon, Deborah; Oth, Christian (June 15, 2009 and June 21, 2009). "Questions for Buzz Aldrin: The Man on the Moon". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/magazine/21fob-q4-t.html?_r=1&ref=space. Retrieved 2009-06-24. Note: nytimes.com print-view software lists the article date as June 21, 2009; main article webpage shows June 15.
- ^ From The Dollar To The Moon
- ^ "AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com Archives". http://news.nnyln.net/adirondack-enterprise/1969/adirondack-enterprise-1969-july%20-%200064.pdf. [dead link]
- ^ Chaikin, Andrew. "A Man on the Moon". p. 585.
- ^ Life Magazine June 8, 1953.p.29
- ^ Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, chapter 8, p. 7.
- ^ Chaikin, Andrew. A Man On The Moon. p 204.
- ^ Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Farmer, Dora Jane Hamblin. First on the Moon — A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr", London: Michael Joseph, 1970, p. 251.
- ^ Hillner, Jennifer (2007-01-24). "Sundance 2007: Buzz Aldrin Speaks". Table of Malcontents - Wired Blogs (Wired). http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/sundance_2007_b_1.html. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "Webster Presbyterian Church History". http://www.websterpresby.org/history.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ The Story of Tranquility Lodge No. 2000
- ^ Aldrin, Buzz (2009). Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. Harmony.
- ^ Buzz Aldrin and Snoop Dogg reach for the stars with Rocket Experience, Times Online, June 25, 2009
- ^ America Movie Biographies
- ^ Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Buzz Aldrin Reveals Existence of Monolith on Mars Moon". C-Span. July 22, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDIXvpjnRws&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F.
- ^ Aldrin, E. E., "Cyclic Trajectory Concepts," SAIC presentation to the Interplanetary Rapid Transit Study Meeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, October 1985.
- ^ Byrnes, D. V., Longuski, J. M., and Aldrin, B.,"Cycler Orbit Between Earth and Mars," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 30, No. 3, May–June 1993, pp. 334-336.
- ^ Aldrin, Buzz (2003-12-05). "Fly Me To L1". The New York Times. http://buzzaldrin.com/space-vision/rocket_science/l1-gateport/. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ Aldrin, Buzz (2009-07-03). "Buzz Aldrin calls for manned flight to Mars to overcome global problems". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/5734525/Buzz-Aldrin-calls-for-manned-flight-to-Mars-to-overcome-global-problems.html. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ Roberts, Roxanne and Argetsinger "Love, etc.: Buzz Aldrin divorces; Hugh Hefner gets revenge on ex" (June 16, 2011) The Washington Post
- ^ "After walking on moon, astronauts trod various paths - CNN.com". CNN. July 17, 2009. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/17/life.after.moon.landing/index.html. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
- ^ Read, Kimberly (2005-01-04). "Buzz Aldrin". About.com. http://bipolar.about.com/od/businessmenpoliticians/p/buzzaldrin.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ http://combatveteransforcongress.org/sites/default/files/2-26-10-invite.pdf
- ^ a b Time article: "10 Questions for Buzz Aldrin."
- ^ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000): 6470 Aldrin". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=6470. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ Personnel Announcements - August 22, 2001 White House Press Release naming the Presidential Appointees for the commission.
- ^ [1] - This sources states he was appointed in 2002, although according to the August 22, 2001 Press Release, it was 2001.
- ^ "Variety International Humanitarian Awards". Variety, the Children's Charity. http://www.varietychildrenscharity.org/about_variety/humanitarian_awards.php. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Symposium Awards | National Space Symposium
- ^ Aldrin "Hollywood Walk of Fame database". HWOF.com. http://www.hwof.com/stars?recipient=Buzz Aldrin.
- ^ "Space Foundation Survey Reveals Broad Range of Space Heroes". http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=1038.
- ^ "Apollo 11 Mission Op Report" (PDF). http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11_MissionOpReport.pdf.
- ^ "NASA Ask an Astrobiologist". http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/astrobio/astrobio_detail.cfm?ID=1568.
- ^ "Site containing a transcript of the UFO segment of the Untold Story documentary". http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case592.htm.
- ^ "A link to The Science Channel scheduling info for cited documentary containing Aldrin's UFO comments". http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=115678&gid=0&channel=SCI.
- ^ Morrison, David (2009). "UFOs and Aliens in Space". Skeptical Inquirer 33 (1): 30–31.
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- Buzz Aldrin's Official NASA Biography
- A February 2009 BBC News item about Buzz Aldrin's moon memories, looking forward to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing
- "Satellite of solitude" by Buzz Aldrin: an article in which Aldrin describes what it was like to walk on the moon, Cosmos science magazine
- Video interview with Buzz Aldrin Buzz is shown an enlarged print of Tranquility Base and talks Graeme Hill through the points of significance.
- Video interview on AstrotalkUK
- Thought Economics Interview with Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin interviewed about the relationship between humanity and space, the future of space exploration, its economics, and the commercial opportunities it presents.
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For the TV series, see Da Ali G Show.
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Ali G (born Alistair Leslie Graham) is a satirical fictional character created and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's Eleven O'Clock show, as the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show in 2000 and on HBO in 2003–2004, he is also the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse. Cohen's character Ali G, along with Borat and Brüno, has been retired.[1]
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Development of the character[link]
The character of Ali G is a stereotype of a white suburban male from Staines (now Staines-upon-Thames) who imitates rap culture as well as urban British and Jamaican culture, particularly through hip hop, reggae, drum and bass and jungle music. Ali G was part of a group called Berkshire Massif, and he ran and grew up in an area of Slough called Langley (both actual locations in the UK). He also lived part of his life in Staines. Baron Cohen has stated that BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was an influence on the development of the Ali G character – Westwood hosts Radio 1's Rap Show and speaks in a faux Multicultural London English and Hip-Hop dialect. Ali G's middle class credentials mirror Westwood's: the latter was brought up in Lowestoft, Suffolk as a bishop's son.[2]
Prior to Ali G's appearance on The Eleven O'Clock Show, Baron Cohen had portrayed a similar character named MC Jocelyn Cheadle-Hume on a show he presented called F2F, which ran on a satellite channel called Talk TV (owned by Granada Television). While chatting to a group of skateboarders, in character, Baron Cohen realised that people could be led to believe the character was real, and filmed a number of segments which were ordered off air by London Weekend Television.[2]
History and appearances[link]
Ali G, a boorish, uneducated, faux-streetwise poseur with a deeply stereotypical view of the world, first came to prominence on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show as the "voice of da yoof" in 1998.[3] He interviewed various public figures in the United Kingdom, always either embarrassing his interviewee by displaying a mixture of uninformed political incorrectness, or getting the interview 'victim' to agree to some breathtaking inaccuracy or insult. His key saying is "booyakasha".
Other examples of his bold interviewing style include getting Lindsay Urwin, the Bishop of Horsham, to admit that God created the Universe, and then asked him, "And since then, [God]'s just chilled?" Ali G asked the Bishop about God's appearance, to which the Bishop replied, "Well, he's sort of Jesus-shaped." During an interview with James Ferman (former director of the British Board of Film Classification), Ali G asks whether his made-up vulgarities would restrict a film to an over-18 audience, and suggests that film censorship be performed by younger persons who understand contemporary slang. In a interview with the Chairman of the Arts Council of England Gerry Robinson Ali G first question was: "Why is it that everything you fund is so crap?"
Ali G was in a series of ads for the 2005–06 NBA season, in which he used his brand of off-kilter journalism to interview various NBA stars. The spots were directed by Spike Lee.
Ali G was also featured in the music video "Music" by Madonna as her limo driver.
Background[link]
Ali G is a fictional gang member of the "West Staines Massif", who currently lives with his grandmother in a semi-detached house at 36 Cherry Blossom Close, in the heart of the "Staines Ghetto". He was educated at what he calls "da Matthew Arnold Skool"; the Matthew Arnold School is a real secondary school. He also has a short stint at Vanguard College Preparatory School.
Staines, a working-class commuter town to the west of London, is far different from the inner city ghetto that Ali G claims. In the same comic vein, he also makes reference to other similar working-class towns in the area, such as Egham, Langley and Englefield Green. Despite the incongruous nature of his home town, he purports to exemplify inner city culture. Ali's "real" name is later revealed to be Alistair Leslie Graham (revealed in the eponymous film).
Ali G speaks a comical patois in keeping with his delusions of being black of Jamaican ancestry and peppered with such catchphrases as "Aight" (alright), "Booyakasha", "Big up Yaself", "Wagwaan", "West Side", "Batty Boy" "Respek" (respect), "For Real", "Poonani", "Check It" and "Keep It Real". His trademark hand gesture closely resembles the "dip snap".
Family[link]
Ali was born on a Council Estate to mother Tina. He has an older sister and an older brother. He has a younger sister and other younger siblings. When Ali was fifteen he went to live with his grandmother when his mother had another baby and there was no room for him and his older brother and sister, who went to live with their father. Ali's baby brothers are called Rory, Jamie and Guy.
Criticisms of the character[link]
Although Baron Cohen has repeatedly stated that the Ali G character is a parody of suburban, privileged youth 'acting black', numerous commentators have opined that the force of the humour is derived from stereotypes of blacks, not poser whites. According to this view of the character, the suburban background written into Ali G's character serves as a false alibi.[4][5][6]
The comedian Felix Dexter has said that he appreciated the humour of an innocent confronting an expert with neither understanding the other, but that 'I feel that a lot of the humour is laughing at black street culture and it is being celebrated because it allows the liberal middle classes to laugh at that culture in a safe context where they can retain their sense of political correctness.[7]
Notable people interviewed by Ali G[link]
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, former astronaut, and the second man to walk on the moon. (Ali G also called him "Buzz Lightyear").
- Alex Alonso, author, professor and founder of Streetgangs.com
- David Beckham, football player and his wife Victoria Beckham, a member of the Spice Girls.
- Tony Benn, former British Labour MP, chairman and cabinet minister
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali,[8] former Secretary General of the United Nations, mistakenly called 'Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali by Ali-G. Boutros-Ghali clearly went so far as to participate in some of Ali G's notorious word games and providing the epilogue to the episode where, at Ali G's bidding, he tells youth viewers to 'enjoy the music of Bob Marley'. In response to Ali G's perceived ignorance, Boutros-Ghali provides a detailed explanation about why Disneyland is not represented in the United Nations, and reveals which foreign languages sound comical to his ear. The interview appeared on the War episode of the Da Ali G Show.[9]
- Rhodes Boyson, former British Conservative education minister, who agreed with Ali G that metric system should not be taught in school because 'one deals in quarters and eighths of ounces'
- Pat Buchanan, American political commentator and former presidential candidate who began laughing uncontrollably when he realized he was being fooled
- Noam Chomsky, MIT professor and linguist
- Jarvis Cocker, Pulp singer
- Linda Cohn, ESPN anchor
- Gaz Coombes, Supergrass singer
- Paul Daniels, magician
- James X. Dempsey, privacy guru and Vice President for Public Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology
- Sam Donaldson, veteran journalist
- Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of Harrods and current owner of Fulham FC
- Marlin Fitzwater, former White House Press Secretary, who ended the interview after calling Ali G an idiot.
- Jerome Friedman, MIT Professor of physics and 1990 Nobel Prize winner
- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist and public intellectual
- Daryl Gates, former Los Angeles Police Chief (He was referred to as "Bill Gates" by Ali G).
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Leanna Heart, adult film star
- Neil Hamilton, former Conservative politician
- Kent Hovind, evangelist and Young Earth creationist
- Glenn Hubbard, former professional baseball player
- Reed Irvine, founder of Accuracy in Media
- Jenna Jameson, adult film star
- Ernie Johnson, Jr., sports broadcaster
- Steve Kerr, former American professional basketball player who, according to Ali G, works on "TMT"; Kerr is a basketball analyst with U.S. cable network TNT.
- C. Everett Koop, former US Surgeon General
- James Lipton, host of Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio
- John McCain, United States Senator from Arizona and 2000/2008 Presidential Candidate
- Ralph Nader, consumer activist and former US presidential candidate for the Green Party
- Thomas J. Pickard, former FBI Director
- Gail Porter, television presenter
- Sue Ramsey, Irish politician, Sinn Féin
- Sally Jessy Raphaël, former talk show host, (who congratulated him for 'being himself')
- Andy Rooney, of the CBS programme 60 Minutes, who furiously ended his interview abruptly
- Charles Schultze, former Chief Economic Advisor to President Jimmy Carter[10]
- Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor and Air Force General
- Tomasz Starzewski, fashion designer
- Dick Thornburgh, former U.S. Attorney General
- Donald Trump, real estate developer, who walks off dismissively around one minute into the interview
- Stansfield Turner, former Director Central Intelligence Agency
- Lindsay Urwin, the Bishop of Horsham
- Gore Vidal, author and essayist, (whom Ali G mistook for Vidal Sassoon)
- Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor and United States Environmental Protection Agency administrator
- Kobe Bryant, NBA basketball player (whom he asks about the number of springs in a basketball)
- Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, Democratic Unionist Party
- Naomi Wolf, author and feminist
- Professional basketball players Steve Nash (who was an award winning player "MP3" according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English being Canadian), Ben Wallace (who he accuses of "playa-hating"), Shaquille O'Neal (who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society), Tim Duncan (who he tried to get a pair of free sneakers from), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade (who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to "hang with mah man Shaquille O'Neal"), Richard Jefferson (whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller
References[link]
- ^ Borat and Ali G are dead for Sacha Baron Cohen Yahoo, 21 December 2007
- ^ a b Sacha Baron Cohen - The Real Borat - finally speaks, Rolling Stone, 14 November 2006.
- ^ "'He becomes the character, certainly with Ali G and Borat. He has a mix of Sellers's acting and Rod Hull's bottle'" by Kirsty Scott, The Guardian, 29 September 2006.
- ^ "Affronted feminist Naomi Wolf takes a bite out of 'racist' Ali G". The Sunday Times (London). 9 March 2003. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1117675.ece. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Kelso, Paul (21 March 2002). "Race protest at Ali G's film premiere". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4378509,00.html. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Walsh, John (16 March 2002). "Ali G: Keepin' it real, for real". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ali-g-keepin-it-real-for-real-750201.html. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Gibson, Janine (11 January 2000). "Comics find Ali G is an alibi for racism". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/jan/11/race.janinegibson. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ IMDb > "Da Ali G Show" War (2003). Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ IMDb > "Da Ali G Show" (2003) > Episode list, "Season 1, Episode 2: War. Original Air Date—28 February 2003." Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ "Ali G - Economics and Selling Stocks High". YouTube. 2006-08-27. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksGzn5bRFzQ. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
External links[link]
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- Channel 4 Ali G website
- Sacha Baron Cohen interview with NPR's Robert Siegel
- An article in the Guardian
- Tricked into Silly interview with Ali G, Alex Alonso, Streetgangs.com, March 12, 2002
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Bart Winfield Sibrel is a Nashville, Tennessee-based taxicab driver and filmmaker who advances the conspiracy theory that the six Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 were hoaxes. He has filmed two documentaries on the subject: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon and Astronauts Gone Wild.
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Dealings with Apollo astronauts[link]
Most astronauts have refused to grant him interviews. The most infamous incident involved Apollo 11 crew member Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. According to Aldrin, he was lured to a Beverly Hills hotel on September 9, 2002 under the pretext of an interview on space for a Japanese children's television show. When he arrived, Sibrel was there demanding that he swear on a Bible that he had walked on the moon.
When Aldrin refused, Sibrel called him a "coward", a "liar", and a "thief".[1] An exasperated Aldrin punched Sibrel in the jaw, which was recorded. Sibrel later attempted to use the tape to convince police and prosecutors that he was the victim of an assault. However, it was decided that Aldrin had been provoked, and, based on Sibrel's unfazed, nearly instant reaction to his cameraman, did not actually injure Sibrel, so no charges were filed. Many talk shows aired the clip, making Sibrel the butt of jokes.[2] Sibrel said later that he wrote a letter of apology to Aldrin.[3]
Claims[link]
In the 2001 documentary, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon, Sibrel made several claims that he believed show that the Apollo Moon Landings were faked.
Sibrel displayed footage which he claimed was accidentally sent to him from NASA, which, according to Sibrel, was evidence that the Apollo 11 astronauts were staging shots of the Earth to make it appear that the spacecraft was en route to the moon when Sibrel believes it was still in low Earth orbit.[4][5] Those defending Project Apollo state the "secret" NASA footage Sibrel uses is actually widely available and merely shows the astronauts practicing for an upcoming live telecast.[6]
Sibrel believes that the technology of the United States during the era was behind that of the Soviet Union. He points to a supposed "five-to-one superiority" in man-hours in space held by the Soviets over the US as well as highlighting several Soviet space firsts.[7] The veracity of the "five-to-one" figure has been challenged by the Clavius website, which is dedicated to the debunking of the Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations stating that the Americans had a clear lead in man-hours in space by the time Apollo 11 was launched.[8]
He has also stated the life-threatening events that occurred during the Apollo 13 mission were actually manufactured by the government to force people to pay attention to the space program.
Bart Sibrel also participated in the maligned Fox Television Network special, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? In it, Sibrel stated that, "I'd bet my life that we never went to the Moon."
Criticism[link]
Jim McDade, writing in the Birmingham News, characterized A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon as "full of falsehoods, innuendo, strident accusations, half-truths, flawed logic and premature conclusions." According to McDade, the "only thing new and weird" in the 47-minute film is the claim that video views of Earth were actually filmed through a small hole to give the impression that Apollo 11 was not in low Earth orbit. "Bart has misinterpreted things that are immediately obvious to anyone who has extensively read Apollo history and documentation or anyone who has ever been inside an Apollo Command Module or accurate mockup," says McDade.
Legal troubles[link]
In July 2009, Sibrel, who also works as a Nashville cab driver, was charged with vandalism when he jumped up and down on the hood of a car owned by a woman with whom he was having a parking dispute. Court documents show he was arrested after the driver refused to pull out of a parking space he wanted. The arresting officer wrote, "A few moments later, the parking space in front of the victim opened up and [Sibrel] drove into it and parked." Sibrel "then walked up to the victim's car and jumped onto the hood, and then jumped up and down several times." The report says he caused about $1,400 worth of damage, after which Sibrel pleaded guilty to vandalism and was placed on probation.[9]
Moon hoax documentary films[link]
- What Happened on the Moon?, David Percy/Aulis.com, 2000; Run time: 222 minutes.
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon, January 18, 2001; Run time: 47 minutes
- Astronauts Gone Wild, June 14, 2004; Run time: 53 minutes
- Apollo 11 Monkey Business, December 9, 2004; Run time: 108 minutes
- Apollo 11 Post-Flight Press Conference, December 9, 2004; Run time: 83 minutes
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ BBC News: Ex-astronaut escapes assault charge date accessed: August 3, 2007
- ^ [1]
- ^ Richardson, Valerie (20 July 2009). "Skeptic spreads word of NASA ‘folly’". The Washington Times: p. 2. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/20/skeptic-spreads-word-of-folly/?page=2. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ B.W. Sibrel, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon 2002 (DVD)
- ^ B.W. Sibrel, 'The Top 10 Reasons Why No Man Has Ever Set Foot on the Moon' at Moonmove.com date accessed: August 3, 2007
- ^ Bart Sibrel's Top Fifteen at Clavius date accessed: August 3, 2007
- ^ B.W. Sibrel, 'The Top 10 Reasons Why No Man Has Ever Set Foot on the Moon' at Moonmovie.com date accessed: August 3, 2007
- ^ Technology — beating the Soviets at Clavius The relevance of some of the Soviet "firsts" in relation to a landing of the moon has also been called into question.
- ^ NewsChannel5: Inside Story: Apollo Conspiracy Theorist Arrested After Tirade date accessed: June 22, 2010
External links[link]
- Bart Sibrel's website
- Bart Sibrel's documentaries at Moonmovie.com
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon on Youtube
- Badastronomy.com's coverage of the Fox special
- Bart Sibrel's Top Fifteen at Clavius.org, a hoax debunking site
- Video of Buzz Aldrin punching Bart Sibrel
- A critique of Sibrel
- Lunar Legacy - A documentary challenging Sibrel's hoax theories
- Pitch This! Interview with Bart Sibrel: by Mad Dug and Anthony Anderson July 20, 2011
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| Birth name | Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. |
| Born | (1971-10-20) October 20, 1971 (age 40) |
| Origin | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Death Row, No Limit, Priority, Star Trak, Geffen, Doggystyle |
| Associated acts | Tha Dogg Pound, Tha Eastsidaz, 213, Dr. Dre, Warren G, Nate Dogg, 2Pac, Pharell, R. Kelly, Ice Cube, Akon, Game, Brandy Norwood, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa |
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Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover.
Snoop's debut album Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records making a debut at No.1 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997.
Tha Doggfather was his last release for Death Row before he signed with No Limit Records, where he recorded his next three albums. Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told in 1998, No Limit Top Dogg in 1999 (making it his last album of the 90s), and Tha Last Meal in 2000, which was his last No Limit Records album. Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002, where he released his album Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss. Then he signed with Geffen Records in 2004 for his next three albums R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, and Ego Trippin'. Malice 'n Wonderland (2009) and Doggumentary (2011), his most recent release, were on Priority.
In addition to music, Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows: Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood and Dogg After Dark. He also coaches a youth football league and high school football team. He has run into many legal troubles, some of which caused him to be legally banned from the UK and Australia, although the UK ban was later reversed after a long legal battle.[1] He is the cousin of Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, RBX and Lil' ½ Dead and the cousin of R&B singers Brandy and Ray J. Starting September 2009, Snoop was hired by EMI as the chairman of a reactivated Priority Records.[2]
Life and career[link]
Early life[link]
Named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Sr. (December 10, 1948 – November 9, 1985, Los Angeles), Calvin Broadus was born October 20, 1971 at the Los Altos Hospital in Long Beach, California, the second of three sons of Beverly Broadus (née Tate; born April 27, 1951, McComb, Mississippi).[3][4][5] His father, Vernall Varnado (born December 13, 1949, Magnolia, Mississippi),[3] was a Vietnam veteran, singer, and mail carrier who was said to be frequently absent from his life.[6] Broadus' parents nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child because of his appearance, but usually addressed him as Calvin at home.[7][8] His mother and stepfather divorced in 1975. At an early age, Broadus began singing in Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church and playing piano; when he was in sixth grade, he began rapping.[9][10] He attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and was convicted for cocaine possession, serving six months at the Wayside County Jail.[7]
As a teenager, Snoop Dogg frequently ran into trouble with the law. Snoop Dogg was a member of the Rollin' 20 Crips gang in the Eastside of Long Beach,[11][12] although he stated in 1993 that he never joined a gang.[9] Shortly after graduating from high school, he was arrested for possession of cocaine.[7] Snoop Dogg's conviction caused him to be frequently in and out of prison for the first three years after he graduated from high school. Snoop, along with his cousins Nate Dogg and Lil' ½ Dead and friend Warren G, recorded home made tapes as a group called 213, named after the Long Beach area code at the time. One of his early solo freestyles over En Vogue's "Hold On" had made it to a mixtape which was heard by influential producer Dr. Dre, who phoned to invite him to an audition. Former N.W.A member The D.O.C. taught him how to structure his lyrics and separate the thematics into verses, hooks and chorus.[13]
[edit] 1992–93: Doggystyle
When he began recording, Broadus took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg. Dr. Dre began working with Snoop Dogg, first on the theme song of the 1992 film Deep Cover, and then on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic with the other members of his former starting group, Tha Dogg Pound. The huge success of Snoop Dogg's debut Doggystyle was partially because of this intense exposure.[7]
To fuel the ascendance of West Coast G-funk hip hop, the singles "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" and "Gin and Juice" reached the top ten most-played songs in the United States, and the album stayed on the Billboard charts for several months.[7] Gangsta rap became the center of arguments for censorship and labeling, with Snoop Dogg often used as an example of violent and misogynistic musicians.[14] Doggystyle, much like The Chronic, featured a host of rappers signed to or affiliated with the Death Row label including Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg and others. Rolling Stone music critic Touré asserted that Snoop had a relatively soft vocal delivery compared to other rappers: "Snoop's vocal style is part of what distinguishes him: where many rappers scream, figuratively and literally, he speaks softly."[9]
A short film about Snoop Dogg's murder trial called Murder Was The Case, was released in 1994, along with an accompanying soundtrack. On July 6, 1995, Doggy Style Records, Inc., a record label founded by Snoop Dogg, was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity number C1923139.[15]
[edit] 1996–97: Tha Doggfather
After Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder charges on February 20, 1996, he and the mother of his son and their kennel of 20 pit bulls moved into a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) home in the hills of Claremont, California and by August 1996 Doggy Style Records, a subsidiary of Death Row Records, signed The Gap Band's Charlie Wilson as one of the record label's first artists.[16]
However, by the time Snoop Dogg's second album, Tha Doggfather, was released in November 1996, the price of living (or sometimes just imitating) the gangsta life had become very evident. Among the many notable hip hop industry deaths and convictions were the death of Snoop Dogg's friend and labelmate 2Pac and the racketeering indictment of Death Row co-founder Suge Knight.[7] Dr. Dre had left Death Row earlier in 1996 because of a contract dispute, so Snoop Dogg co-produced Tha Doggfather with Daz Dillinger and DJ Pooh.
This album featured a distinct change of style as compared to Doggystyle, and the leadoff single, "Snoop's Upside Ya Head", featured a collaboration with Gap Band frontman Charlie Wilson. While the album sold reasonably well, it was not as successful as its predecessor. However, Tha Doggfather had a somewhat softer approach to the G-funk style. The immediate aftermath of Dr. Dre's withdrawal from Death Row Records, realizing that he was subject to an iron-clad time-based contract (i.e., that Death Row practically owned anything he produced for a number of years), Snoop Dogg refused to produce any more tracks for Suge Knight, other than the insulting "Fuck Death Row", until his contract expired.[11] In an interview with Neil Strauss in 1998, Snoop Dogg stated that though he had been given lavish gifts by his former label they had withheld royalty payments to the artist.[17]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that after Tha Doggfather, Snoop Dogg began "moving away from his gangsta roots toward a calmer lyrical aesthetic":[7] for instance, Snoop participated in the 1997 Lollapalooza concert tour, which featured mainly alternative rock music. Troy J. Augusto of Variety noticed that Snoop's set at Lollapalooza attracted "much dancing, and, strangely, even a small mosh pit" in the audience.[18]
[edit] 1998–2000: No Limit, Top Dogg and Tha Last Meal
Snoop signed with Master P's No Limit Records (distributed by Priority/EMI Records) in 1998 and debuted on the label with Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told that year. His other albums from No Limit were No Limit Top Dogg in 1999 (selling over 1,503,865 copies) and Tha Last Meal in 2000 (selling over 1,000,000).[7] In 2001, his autobiography, Tha Doggfather, was published.
[edit] 2002: Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
In 2002 he released the album Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$, on Priority/Capitol/EMI Records, selling over 1,300,000 copies. The album featured the hit singles "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" and "Beautiful", featuring guest vocals by Pharrell. By this stage in his career, Snoop Dogg had left behind his "gangster" image and embraced a "pimp" image.
[edit] 2004–05: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
In 2004, Snoop signed to Geffen Records/Star Trak Entertainment both of which are distributed through Interscope Records; Star Trak is headed by producer duo The Neptunes, which produced several tracks for Snoop's 2004 release R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece. "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Pharrell), the first single released from the album, was a hit and became Snoop Dogg's first single to reach number one. His third release was "Signs", featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson, which entered the UK chart at #2. This was his highest entry ever in the UK chart. The album sold 1,724,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and most of its singles were heavily played on radio and television. Snoop Dogg joined Warren G and Nate Dogg to form the group 213 and released album The Hard Way in 2004. Debuting at No.4 on the Billboard 200 and No.1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, it included single "Groupie Luv". Together with fellow rappers Lil' Jon, Xzibit and David Banner, Snoop Dogg appeared in the music video for Korn's "Twisted Transistor".
[edit] 2006: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Snoop Dogg's appeared on two tracks from Ice Cube's 2006 album Laugh Now, Cry Later, including the single "Go to Church", and on several tracks on Tha Dogg Pound's Cali Iz Active the same year. Also, his latest song, "Real Talk", was leaked over the Internet in the summer of 2006 and a video was later released on the Internet. "Real Talk" was a dedication to former Crips leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams and a diss to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California. Two other singles on which Snoop made a guest performance were "Keep Bouncing" by Too $hort (also with will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas) and "Gangsta Walk" by Coolio.
Snoop's 2006 album, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, debuted on the Billboard 200 at No.5 and has sold over 850,000 copies. The album and the second single "That's That Shit" featuring R. Kelly were well received by critics. In the album, he collaborated in a video with E-40 and other West Coast rappers for his single "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)".
[edit] 2007–08: Ego Trippin'
In July 2007, Snoop Dogg also made history by becoming the first artist to release a track as a ringtone prior to its release as a single, which was "It's the D.O.G." On July 7, 2007, Snoop Dogg performed at the Live Earth concert, Hamburg.[19] Snoop Dogg has ventured into singing for Bollywood with his first ever rap for an Indian movie Singh Is Kinng; the title of the song is also "Singh is Kinng". He also appears in the movie as himself.[20] The album featuring the song was released on June 8, 2008 on Junglee Music Records.[21] He released his ninth studio album, Ego Trippin' (selling 400,000 copies in the U.S.), along with the first single, "Sexual Eruption". The single peaked at No.7 on the Billboard 100, featuring Snoop using autotune. The album featured production from QDT (Quik-Dogg-Teddy).
[edit] 2009–10: Malice n Wonderland and More Malice
Snoop was appointed an executive position at Priority Records. His tenth studio album, Malice n Wonderland, was released on December 8, 2009. The first single from the album, "Gangsta Luv", featuring The-Dream, peaked at No.35 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at No.23 on the Billboard 200, selling 61,000 copies its first week, making it his lowest charting album. His third single, "I Wanna Rock", peaked at No.41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Snoop features on the latest Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. The fourth single from Malice n Wonderland, titled "Pronto", featuring Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, was released on iTunes on December 1, 2009. Snoop re-released the album under the name More Malice.
[edit] 2011–12: Doggumentary
Snoop collaborated with Katy Perry on the first single from her second mainstream album, "California Gurls", which was released on May 11, 2010. Snoop can also be heard on the track "Flashing" by Dr. Dre and on Curren$y's song "Seat Change". He was also featured on a new single from Australian singer Jessica Mauboy, titled "Get 'em Girls" (released September 2010). Snoop's latest effort was backing American recording artist, Emii, on her second single entitled "Mr. Romeo" (released October 26, 2010 as a follow-up to "Magic"). Snoop also collaborated with American comedy troupe The Lonely Island in their song "Turtleneck & Chain", in their 2011 album Turtleneck & Chain.
Snoop Dogg's newest studio album is Doggumentary. The album went through several tentative titles including Doggystyle 2: Tha Doggumentary and Doggumentary Music: 0020 before being released under the final title Doggumentary during March 2011.[22] Snoop was featured on Gorillaz' latest album Plastic Beach on a track called: "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" with the The Hypnotic Brass, he also completed another track with them entitled "Sumthing Like This Night" which does not appear on Plastic Beach, yet does appear on Doggumentary. He also appears on the latest Tech N9ne album All 6's and 7's (released June 7, 2011) on a track called "Pornographic" which also features E-40 and Krizz Kaliko.
[edit] 2012–present: Reincarnated
On February 4, 2012, Snoop Dogg announced a new documentary alongside his new upcoming studio album entitled Reincarnated.[23] Snoop Dogg is set to headline the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada this summer. [24]
Other ventures[link]
Media appearances[link]
Snoop Dogg has appeared on television and in films throughout his career. In 1998, Snoop had a cameo appearance in the film Half Baked as the "Scavenger Smoker".[25] In 2000, Snoop (as "Michael J. Corleone") directed Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, a pornographic film produced by Hustler. The film, combining hip hop with x-rated material, was a huge success and won "Top Selling Release of the Year" at the 2002 AVN Awards.[26] Snoop then directed Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp in 2002 (using the nickname "Snoop Scorsese").[27]
In 2001, Snoop lent his voice to the animated show King of the Hill, in which he played a white pimp named Alabaster Jones.[28] He played a lead character in the movie The Wash with Dr. Dre. He portrayed a drug dealer in a wheelchair in the film Training Day, featuring Denzel Washington.[29] In 2001, Snoop starred in the horror film Bones, with him playing a murdered mobster who returns from the dead to exact his revenge against those who murdered him.
In 2002, Snoop hosted, starred in, and produced his own MTV sketch comedy show entitled Doggy Fizzle Televizzle. Snoop was filmed for a brief cameo appearance in the television movie It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), but his performance was omitted from the final cut of the movie.[30] On November 8, 2004, Snoop Dogg was starred in the episode "Two of a Kind" of NBC's series Las Vegas.[31]
In 2004, Snoop appeared on the Showtime series The L Word as the character "Slim Daddy". He also notably played the drug dealer-turned-informant character of Huggy Bear, in the 2004 remake film of the 1970s TV-series of the same name, Starsky & Hutch. He appeared as himself in the episode "MILF Money" of Weeds,[32] and made an appearance on the TV shows Entourage[33] and Monk,[34] for which he recorded a version of the theme, in July 2007.
Snoop founded his own production company, Snoopadelic Films, in 2005. Their debut film was Boss'n Up, a film inspired by Snoop Dogg's album R&G, starring Lil Jon and Trina.[35]
In December 2007, his reality show Snoop Dogg's Father Hood premiered on the E! channel.[36] Snoop Dogg joined the NBA's Entertainment League.[37] On March 30, 2008 he appeared at WrestleMania XXIV as a Master of Ceremonies for a tag team match between Maria and Ashley Massaro as they took on Beth Phoenix and Melina.[38]
On May 8 and May 9, 2008, Snoop appeared as himself on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, with a new opening theme recorded by the artist presented for both episodes. In the episodes, Snoop performs at the bachelorette party for character Adriana Cramer, and credits Bo Buchanan with helping him get his start in show business.[39][40] On February 24, 2010, Snoop Dogg reprised his role, performing his song "I Wanna Rock" from his new album, Malice n Wonderland, as well as once again performing a special remixed, vocal rendition of the show's opening theme.[41] In recent interviews he has explained that, as a child, One Life to Live was one of his favorite shows, and he still regards the show fondly. He has also stated that he has always been a particular fan of Robert S. Woods, who has portrayed the character of Bo Buchanan since 1979.
In 2009, Snoop Dogg appeared in Sacha Baron Cohen's film Brüno as himself performing a rap addition to the song "Dove Of Peace".[42] On October 19, 2009, Snoop Dogg was the guest host of WWE Raw.
In July 2009, Snoop revealed his desire to appear in the popular soap opera Coronation Street while touring in the UK. However ITV bosses were said to be less keen.[43]
In 2010, Snoop Dogg appeared in an episode of I Get That a Lot on CBS as a parking-lot attendant.
In June 2010, Snoop created a music video for True Blood accompanying a song he wrote for one of the main characters of the show entitled "Oh Sookie."[44][45]
In March 2011, Snoop participated in Comedy Central's Roast of Donald Trump with other comedians and media personalities.[46]
January 2, 2012, appeared on the The Price Is Right and raised $72,000 for his charity, Snoop Youth Football League.
Endorsements[link]
- St. Ides
- Snoop Dogg 40 Oz Malt liquor
- Adidas Originals
- Boost Mobile cell phone
- Chrysler 300
- Colt 45 Blast
- Metro PCS Samsung Galaxy 4G
- Orbit Gum
- AOL commercial with Jerry Stiller
- Cal Worthington's Ford dealership in Long Beach, California
- "Snoop Doggs" – foot-long hot dogs manufactured in Massachusetts, a joint venture with Platinum One Media[47]
- "Snoop Dogg Board Company (SDBC)" – skateboards and Luggage fabrication company (with Pentagon Distribution)
- "Snooperbowl" and "Snoop Youth Football league"[48]
- "Chronic Candy" – candy that tastes like marijuana (from Switzerland and is currently banned in some cities of US)
- Love Don't Live Here No More, Doggy Tales Vol.1 – love novel (co-written by David E. Talbert, published by Atria and Snoopadelic Films) ISBN 0-7432-7363-X[49]
- Tha Doggfather : The Times, Trials, And Hardcore Truths Of Snoop Dogg – autobiography (published by William Morrow) Hardcover ISBN 0-688-17158-3, Paperback ISBN 0-06-107607-4[50]
- Fear & Respect (project cancelled as of March 1, 2006) – PlayStation 2 video game (developed by Midway Games)
- "Doggy Biscuitz" – shoe brand (in partnership with Pony International)[51]
- "Snoop Dogg Clothing" – streetwear (distributed at Macy's)
- "WRFF" – unique design scooters (in cooperation with Salton, Inc.)[52]
- "Hip Hop Gaming League" – a celebrity online gaming competition (hosted by Global Gaming League)[53]
- "Snoop Dogg figures" (Vital Toys, SOTA Toys)[54]
- "Snoop Dogg Boxing" – mobile phone game (Sony Pictures Mobile)
- "Snoop Dogg Pet Accessory Line" (in conjunction with Jakks Pacific)[55]
- Snoop Dogg is a celebrity voice of a TomTom GPS navigation system.[56][57] He stated on George Lopez's talk show Lopez Tonight that he is tired of hearing directions from the same woman.
- In August 2008, Snoop Dogg announced the launch of a new streetwear line called Rich & Infamous, via a partnership with Robert Thorne Co. The line was unveiled during the Magic Tradeshow in Las Vegas.[58]
- "Hack is Wack" – Promoting Norton AntiVirus.[59]
- "Coffee Cup With A Cause" with 7 Eleven.[60]
- "Serious Pimp" clothing line.[61]
- "iFizzle" iPhone Application.[62]
- "Vybe Mobile"[63]
- "Pepsi Max" – Zero Calories[64]
Style and rap skills[link]
Kool Moe Dee ranks Snoop at No.33 in his book There's a God on the Mic, and says he has "an ultra-smooth, laidback delivery",[65] and "flavor-filled melodic rhyming".[66] Peter Shapiro describes Snoop's delivery as a "molasses drawl"[67] and Allmusic notes his "drawled, laconic rhyming" style.[7] Kool Moe Dee refers to Snoop's use of vocabulary, saying he "keeps it real simple...he simplifies it and he's effective in his simplicity".[68]
Snoop is known to freestyle some of his lyrics on the spot for some songs – in the book How to Rap, Lady of Rage says, "Snoop Dogg, when I worked with him earlier in his career, that's how created his stuff... he would freestyle, he wasn't a writer then, he was a freestyler,"[69] and The D.O.C. states, "Snoop's [rap] was a one take willy, but his shit was all freestyle. He hadn't written nothing down. He just came in and started busting. The song was "Tha Shiznit"—that was all freestyle. He started busting and when we got to the break, Dre cut the machine off, did the chorus and told Snoop to come back in. He did that throughout the record. That's when Snoop was in the zone then."
Peter Shapiro says that Snoop debuted on "Deep Cover" with a "shockingly original flow – which sounded like a Slick Rick born in South Carolina instead of South London"[70] and adds that he "showed where his style came from by covering Slick Rick's 'La Di Da Di'".[67] Referring to Snoop's flow, Kool Moe Dee calls him "one of the smoothest, funkiest flow-ers in the game".[66] How to Rap also notes that Snoop is known to use syncopation in his flow to give it a laidback quality,[71] as well as 'linking with rhythm' in his compound rhymes,[72] using alliteration,[73] and employing a "sparse" flow with good use of pauses.[74]
Snoop re-popularized the use of -izzle speak, particularly in the pop and hip-hop music industry.[75]
Personal life[link]
Broadus's father left the family when Broadus was three months old. Snoop married his high school sweetheart, Shante Taylor, on June 12, 1997. On May 21, 2004, he filed for divorce from Shante, citing irreconcilable differences.[76] The couple renewed their wedding vows on January 12, 2008.[77] R&B singers Brandy and Ray J are his first cousins.[78] In 2002, the rapper announced he was giving up marijuana, one of his image trademarks, for good.[79] According to his IMDb biography, Snoop is a fan of the thrash metal band Metallica[80] and performed their song "Sad But True" on the band's 2003 MTV Icon Special which is available on YouTube.[81] A DNA test read by George Lopez on Lopez Tonight revealed Snoop Dogg to be of 0% East Asian, 23% Native American, 6% European, and 71% African descent.[82]
Snoop is an avid fan of hometown teams Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Snoop is also an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan.[83] and is often seen wearing Pittsburgh Steelers apparel. Snoop has mentioned that his love for the Steelers began in the 1970s during the team's dynasty years while watching the team with his grandfather growing up in L.A.[84] In the 2005 offseason, Snoop mentioned that he wanted to be an NFL head coach, "probably for the Steelers".[85] The following year, he was in attendance for the Steelers' victory in Super Bowl XL and later in Super Bowl XLIII. He is also a fan of the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys, often wearing a No.5 jersey, and has been seen at Raiders training camps.[86] He did his own free style rap based on his similarities with Tony Romo.[87][88] He is also a fan of the USC Trojans Football team. He has also shown affection for the New England Patriots, as he has been seen performing at the Gillette Stadium and picked the Patriots as the favorite to win Super Bowl XXXIX against the Eagles.[89][90] On August 6, 2009, Snoop visited the training camp of the Baltimore Ravens at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.[91] He was invited by Ray Lewis the day after his concert at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
A certified football coach, Snoop Dogg has been head coach for his son's youth football teams and the John A. Rowland High School team.[92][93]
Snoop Dogg is an avid hockey fan; he sported a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey (with the name and number 'GIN AND JUICE' 94 on the back) and a jersey of the now-defunct Springfield (MA) Indians of the American Hockey League in his 1994 music video, "Gin And Juice". On the E! show, Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood, Snoop Dogg and his family received lessons on playing hockey from the Anaheim Ducks, then returning to the Honda Center to cheer on the Ducks against the Vancouver Canucks in the episode Snow in da Hood.[94]
In 2009, it was revealed that Snoop Dogg was a member of the Nation of Islam. On March 1, 2009, he made an appearance at the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day holiday, where he praised minister Louis Farrakhan. Snoop claimed to be a member of the Nation of Islam, but he declined to give the date on which he joined. He also donated $1,000 to the organization.[95][96][97]
Snoop claimed in a 2006 interview with Rolling Stone magazine that unlike other hip hop artists who've superficially adopted the pimp persona, he was an actual professional pimp in 2003 and 2004, saying "That shit was my natural calling and once I got involved with it, it became fun. It was like shootin' layups for me. I was makin' 'em every time." He goes on to say that upon the advice of some of the other pimps he knew, he eventually gave up pimping to spend more time with his family.[98]
Legal issues[link]
Shortly after graduating from high school, he was arrested for possession of cocaine.[7]
While recording Doggystyle in August 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested in connection with the death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was shot and killed by Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee; Snoop was charged with murder along with Lee as he was driving the vehicle from which the shooting had commenced. Snoop and Lee were defended by Johnnie Cochran.[99] Both Snoop and Lee were acquitted; Lee was acquitted on grounds of self-defense, but Snoop Dogg remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years.[100]
In July 1993, Snoop was stopped for a traffic violation and a firearm was found by police while conducting a search of his car. In February 1997, he pleaded guilty to possession of a handgun and was ordered to record three public service announcements, pay a $1,000 fine, and serve three years' probation.[101][102]
In May 1998, Snoop Dogg was fined and arrested for a misdemeanor of marijuana possession.[103]
In October 2001, Snoop Dogg was arrested again for a misdemeanor of marijuana possession.[103] In 2002 he pleaded no contest and was fined a total of $398.30 and received a suspended 30-day jail sentence.[104]
Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, and The Game were sued for assaulting a fan on stage at a May 2005 concert at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. The accuser, Richard Monroe, Jr., claimed he was beaten by the artists' entourage while mounting the stage.[105] He alleged that he reacted to an "open invite" to come on stage. Before he could, Snoop’s bodyguards grabbed him and he was beaten unconscious by crewmembers, including the rapper and producer Soopafly; Snoop and The Game were included in the suit for not intervening. The lawsuit focuses on a pecuniary claim of $22 million in punitive and compensatory damages, battery, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.[106] The concerned parties appeared in court in April 2009.
On April 26, 2006, Snoop Dogg and members of his entourage were arrested after being turned away from British Airways' first class lounge at Heathrow Airport. Snoop and his party were not allowed to enter the lounge because some of the entourage were flying first class, other members in economy class. After the group was escorted outside, they vandalized a duty-free shop by throwing whiskey bottles. Seven police officers were injured in the midst of the disturbance. After a night in jail, Snoop and the other men were released on bail on April 27, but he was unable to perform at the Premier Foods People's Concert in Johannesburg on the same day. As part of his bail conditions, he had to return to the police station in May. The group has been banned by British Airways for "the foreseeable future."[107][108] When Snoop Dogg appeared at a London police station on May 11, he was cautioned for affray under Section 4 of the Public Order Act for use of threatening words or behavior.[109] On May 15, the Home Office decided that Snoop Dogg should be denied entry to the United Kingdom for the foreseeable future due to the incident at Heathrow as well as his previous convictions in the United States for drugs and firearms offenses.[110][111] Snoop Dogg's visa card was rejected by local authorities on March 24, 2007 because of the Heathrow incident.[112] A concert at London's Wembley Arena on March 27 went ahead with Diddy (with whom he toured Europe) and the rest of the show. However the decision affected four more British performances in Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow[113] and Budapest (due to rescheduling).[114] As of March 2010, Snoop Dogg has been allowed back into the UK.[1]
On September 27, 2006, Snoop Dogg was detained at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California by airport security, after airport screeners found a collapsible police baton in Snoop's carry-on bag. The baton was confiscated but Snoop was allowed to board the flight. He has been charged with various weapons violations stemming from this incident. Donald Etra, Snoop's lawyer, told deputies the baton was a prop for a musical sketch. Snoop was sentenced to three years' probation and 160 hours of community service starting on September 20, 2007.[115]
Snoop Dogg was arrested again on October 26, 2006 at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California while parked in a passenger loading zone. Approached by airport security for a traffic infraction, he was found in possession of marijuana and a firearm, according to a police statement. He was transported to Burbank Police Department Jail, booked, and released on $35,000 bond. He faced firearm and drug possession charges on December 12 at Burbank Superior Court.[116]
He was again arrested on November 29, 2006, after performing on The Tonight Show, for possession of marijuana and a firearm.[117]
Snoop was arrested again on March 12, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden after performing in a concert with P. Diddy in Stockholm's Globe Arena after he and a female companion reportedly "reeked" of marijuana. They were released four hours later after providing a urine sample. The results on urine determined whether charges would be pressed. However the rapper denied all charges.[118][119]
On April 26, 2007, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship banned him from entering the country on character grounds, citing his prior criminal convictions. He had been scheduled to appear at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards on April 29, 2007.[120] Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship lifted the ban in September 2008 and had granted him visa to tour Australia. DIAC said "In making this decision, the department weighed his criminal convictions against his previous behaviour while in Australia, recent conduct – including charity work – and any likely risk to the Australian community ... We took into account all relevant factors and, on balance, the department decided to grant the visa."[121]
Snoop Dogg's many legal issues forced San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to withdraw his plan to issue a proclamation to the rapper.[122]
Snoop Dogg was banned from Parkpop, a festival in the Netherlands on June 27, 2010, where he was scheduled to perform. The mayor and law enforcement officials asked organizers of the festival to find an artist more “open and friendly” to play the event.[123]
Snoop Dogg was arrested again on January 7, 2012 for possession of Marijuana charge after Border control agents discovered a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus. Snoop Dogg was stopped at the same Sierra Blanca, Texas, checkpoint where country singer Willie Nelson was arrested for marijuana possession in 2010. The agents conducted a routine inspection of his tour bus at the U.S.– Mexico border checkpoint, east of El Paso, Texas and thought they smelled marijuana. Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, released and given a court date of Friday, January 20, 2012.[citation needed]
Discography[link]
Main article: Snoop Dogg discography
- Doggystyle (1993)
- Tha Doggfather (1996)
- Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told (1998)
- No Limit Top Dogg (1999)
- Tha Last Meal (2000)
- Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002)
- R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004)
- Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)
- Ego Trippin' (2008)
- Malice n Wonderland (2009)
- Doggumentary (2011)
- Reincarnated (2012)
Filmography[link]
Main article: Snoop Dogg filmography
- 1994: Murder Was the Case (Platinum)
- 1998: Caught Up
- 1998: Half Baked (cameo appearance)
- 1998: Da Game of Life
- 1998: Hot Boyz
- 1998: Ride
- 1999: Whiteboyz
- 1999: Urban Menace
- 2000: Tha Eastsidaz
- 2000: Up in Smoke Tour
- 2001: Baby Boy
- 2001: Training Day
- 2001: King of the Hill (voice)
- 2001: Bones
- 2001: The Wash
- 2003: Malibu's Most Wanted
- 2003: Old School
- 2004: Starsky & Hutch
- 2004: Soul Plane
- 2004: Volcano High
- 2005: Boss'n Up
- 2005: Racing Stripes (voice)
- 2006: The Tenants
- 2006: Weeds: Himself
- 2006: Hood of Horror
- 2007: Arthur and the Invisibles (voice)
- 2007: Monk
- During the opening credits, he covered the title song by Randy Newman "It's a Jungle out There".
- 2007: The Boondocks
- 2008: Singh Is Kinng (as Himself)
- 2008: Snoop Dogg's Father Hood (as Himself)
- 2009: Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (voice)
- 2009: Dogg After Dark: Himself
- 2009: Xavier: Renegade Angel (voice)
- 2009: Brüno (cameo appearance)
- 2009: Falling Up
- 2010: Down for Life
- 2010: One Life to Live as Calvin Broadus
- 2010: Straight Outta L.A. (as Himself)
- 2010: Freaknik: The Musical
- 2010: Malice n Wonderland as Malice
- 2010: Big Time Christmas as Himself
- 2011: 90210 (TV series) as Himself
- 2011: Roast of Donald Trump
Awards[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg was also a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.[124]
Further reading[link]
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- Snoop Dogg (1999). Tha Doggfather: The Times, Trials, and Hardcore Truths of Snoop Dogg. New York, N.Y., U.S.: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 0-688-17158-3
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