“The chemistry of the most ancient period had reached a point which we have never even approached.”
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John L. Phillips
John Lynch Phillips is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar, graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972. Phillips has also been awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal…
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science · American astronaut (born 1951) · military officer · astronaut · physicist · also John L. Phillips, John Lynch Phillips, Phillips
Born 15 April 1951 · Q448563
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“The best and greatest thing one is capable of doing, that is his sphere.”
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Phillips and Krikalev completed a five-hour spacewalk to retrieve several experiments and install a video camera for the new docking procedure
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Phillips became the first person to testify before Congress from the ISS, or outer space in general
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Phillips, along with his fellow crew-members Sergei Krikalev, and Roberto Vittori launched to the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-6
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Published “The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment” in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society — cited 22,128 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Phillips enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA
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1972· 1 entry
And was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1974, concurrent with his completion of an MS degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-04-15.
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1911· 1 entry
“The Secret of Efficient Expression”
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