Actor/Director William "Bill" Paxton has had starring roles in
films such as Apollo 13 (1995), and Twister (1996). He also
appeared in Aliens (1986), and True Lies (1994).
Bill Paxton in Aliens
Paxton in True Lies
Bill Paxton as seen in Tombstone
NASA Astronaut Gordon Cooper
Cooper enters Faith 7 for his flight
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr., USAF piloted the longest and last
Mercury spaceflight in Faith 7 for 34 hours, 19 minutes and 49 seconds
for a total of 22 orbits to evaluate the effects of one day in space. The
Mercury project officially ended on June 12, 1963.
Cooper after the flight, becoming the last U.S. astronaut
to orbit the Earth alone.
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George Walton Lucas, Jr is 69 today
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James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno turned 63 today
