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  Alfred J. Kwak - Deel 1 - Alles over Alfred Jodocus Kwak
Alfred is gelijk smoorverliefd op Winnie, en hij helpt de Wana's aan een verblijfsvergunning, maar Kwa, Winnie's vader, en Blanche, Winnie's moeder, willen terug naar Thuisland om daar het verzet te helpen.
Alfred redt hem, maar Snuif denkt dat hij ook lid is en bijt hem.
Hij is nogal een opvliegend persoon, maar lijkt er achteraf geen moeite mee te hebben wanneer Alfred hem verslagen heeft (aflevering 48).
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  Alfred Worden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971.
Worden was graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1955 and, after being commissioned in the Air Force, received flight training at Moore Air Base, Texas; Laredo Air Force Base, Texas; and Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966.
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 Alfred M. Worden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Worden, a United States astronaut, was the command module pilot on the Apollo 15 mission.
Worden was born in Jackson, Mich. He entered the Air Force after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1955.
Worden was an astronaut from 1966 until 1972, when he took an administrative job in the space program.
www.worldbook.com /features/apollo11/html/worden.htm   (144 words)

  
 The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Alfred M. Worden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Alfred M. Worden served as Command Module pilot on the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission, during which he orbited the moon and took a space walk 200,000 miles (321,869 km) from Earth.
Worden was born on February 7, 1932, in Jackson, Michigan.
Worden writes of rebirth at 39, of religious experience, the bitterness of public hero-worship, the loss of love, the incomparable joy of voyaging in space, and how the immensity of his solitude and distance from home made global arguments and politics seem trivial.
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 Alfred Worden - Definition, explanation
Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971.
Worden was graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1955 and, after being commissioned in the Air Force, received flight training at Moore Air Base, Texas; Laredo Air Force Base, Texas; and Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
During 1972-1973, Worden was Senior Aerospace Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, and from 1973 to 1975, he was chief of the Systems Study Division at Ames.
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 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Al M. Worden
Al M. Worden served as Command Module pilot on the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission, during which he orbited the moon and took a space walk 200,000 miles from Earth.
Worden was backup Command Module pilot on Apollo 12 before being named to the prime crew of Apollo 15, along with Commander David Scott and Lunar Module pilot Jim Irwin.
On the homeward journey, Worden took the farthest-out space walk, moving along handrails on the outside of "Endeavour" to the rear of the ship to retrieve film cassettes from the two moon-mapping cameras.
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 David Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His companions on the flight were Alfred M. Worden (command module pilot) and James B. Irwin (lunar module pilot).
Apollo 15 was the fourth manned lunar landing mission and the first to visit and explore the moon's Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains which are located on the southeast edge of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains).
The latter feat performed by Worden during three excursions to "Endeavour's" SIM-bay where he retrieved film cassettes from the panoramic and mapping cameras and reported his personal observations of the general condition of equipment housed there.
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 Alfred Worden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (A person trained to travel in a spacecraft) astronaut who was the command module pilot for the (Click link for more info and facts about Apollo 15) Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971.
Worden was graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1955 and, after being commissioned in the (The airborne branch of a country's armed forces) Air Force, received flight training at Moore Air Base, Texas; Laredo Air Force Base, Texas; and Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
During 1972-1973, Worden was Senior Aerospace Scientist at the NASA (Click link for more info and facts about Ames Research Center) Ames Research Center, and from 1973 to 1975, he was chief of the Systems Study Division at Ames.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_worden.htm   (557 words)

  
 Alfred J. Kwak - Deel 2 - Nog meer over Alfred Jodocus Kwak
Het nieuwe schip is zo geavanceerd dat het in staat is zonder kapitein bestuurd te worden.
Alfred en Henk zijn nog steeds onderweg naar de zuidpool, en ontmoeten daar vliegende vissen, maar komen in een zware storm terecht en spoelen aan op een onbewoond eiland waar ze een groep buitenaardse wezens ontmoeten die daar fruit (zij noemen het Marbo) verzamelen dat op hun planeet niet groeit.
Alfred haast zich terug naar Het Land van Twee en vertelt de Koning en zijn Twaalf Wijzen dat hij kan helpen de patiënten te genezen van het Mozons virus, maar dat de Koning wel het zuiden moet gaan steunen zodat ook zij meer welvaart krijgen, anders kan er zo weer een epidemie ontstaan.
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 Worden, Alfred Merrill (1932-)
American astronaut, one of 19 selected by NASA in April 1966, who served on the support crew of Apollo 9, on the backup crew of Apollo 12, and as Command Module pilot of Apollo 15.
Worden attended the Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1955.
Worden worked as a consultant to the Northwood Institute and the State of Florida, 1975-82, and later held executive positions with Maris-Worden Aerospace, Jet Electronics and Technology and BF Goodrich Corporation before retiring in 1996.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/W/Worden.html   (199 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Worden, Alfred M.
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Worden, Alfred M. Worden, Alfred M. United States astronaut.
He was pilot of the command module that orbited the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.
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 Astronaut Bio: Alfred Worden 1/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Born: The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born in Jackson, Michigan, on February 7, 1932.
In completing his three excursions to Endeavour's scientific instrument module bay, Worden retrieved film cassettes from the panoramic and mapping cameras and reported his personal observations of the general condition of equipment housed there.
Worden is currently president, Alfred M. Worden, Inc., an energy management services company, subsidiary of Bowmar Instrument Corporation, Palm Beach, Florida; director, Energy Management Programs, Northwood Institute, Midland, Michigan, and vice president, High Flight Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/worden.htm   (549 words)

  
 Worden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Apollo 15 launched on July 26, 1971, and Worden orbited the moon alone for three days in the command module Endeavour while Scott and Irwin explored a mountainous region on the edge of the Mare Imbrium.
On the homeward journey, Worden took the first deep space EVA moving along handrails on the outside of Endeavour to the rear of the Service Module to retrieve film cassettes from the two cameras.
While the lunar module was on the moon, astronaut Worden completed 34 lunar orbits in the CSM operating scientific instrument module experiments and cameras to obtain data concerning the lunar surface and environment.
www.friends-partners.org /mwade/astros/worden.htm   (1777 words)

  
 Alfred Worden Summary
The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born in Jackson, Michigan.
Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966.
Worden served as command module pilot for Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971.
www.bookrags.com /Al_Worden   (598 words)

  
 Apollo 15 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the same time Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden orbited the Moon, using a Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) to study the lunar surface and environment in great detail using a panoramic camera, gamma ray spectrometer, mapping camera, laser altimeter, mass spectrometer, and lunar sub-satellite that was launched at the end of the mission.
Worden had to operate the shutter and lenses on the camera and turn on and off the various instruments.
Worden undertakes an EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the Science Instrument Module.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apollo_15   (2901 words)

  
 Former Apollo astronaut Al Worden speaks at anniversary banquet.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Former Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred M. Worden relates his experiences in the Apollo Program during a banquet honoring the people who made it all possible.
Held on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which was launched July 16, 1969, and landed on the moon July 20, 1969, the banquet was held in the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
Worden served as command module pilot on the Apollo 15 mission.
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 Alfred Birney ~ weblog
Alfred Birney ziet in de antiquarische handel een aardige graadmeter voor de populariteit van zijn boeken.
Sokken en ondergoed dienen elke dag te worden verschoond, wij houden er geen oude Hollandse gewoontes op na.
Alfred Byrnye / Hoe spel je dat nou?
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 Apollo 15 - Exploration of Hadley-Appennine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
During this same period, Al Worden in the orbiting Endeavor found himself "trying to be three places at once in here" as he went about the job of flying the command module and, at the same time, keeping an eye on the equipment in the service module.
It was from that team that Worden got his first report on the performance of the experiments he was operating.
Worden's day in orbit included detailed visual observations of the features beneath him, but he managed time at one point to eat lunch and get a report on EVA 2.
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 Vereniging Oud-leerlingen SCJ
In 1934 ging hij naar het Juvenaat en keerde in 1940 terug naar huis.
Alfred is lange tijd een zeer verdienstelijk bestuurslid geweest van onze vereniging en wij zijn hem dan ook veel dank verschuldigd.
In het volgende nummer van de Loopmare zal aandacht geschonken worden aan Alfred in een “In Memoriam”.
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 Alfred Worden
Alfred Worden was an American astronaut who was born on February 7, 1932, in Michigan.
In 1971, Worden served as command module pilot of Apollo 15.
Worden spent three days orbiting the moon while fellow astronauts explored the lunar surface.
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 Worden
ROBERT3 WORDEN (WILLIAM2 WERDEN, ROGER1) was born 1538 in Clayton, Lancs, England, and died 11 Sep 1580.
PETER5 WORDEN II (PETER4, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2 WERDEN, ROGER1) was born 1609 in Clayton, Lancs, England, and died 11 Jan 1679/80 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.
The David C. Worden I have found and am not sure if he is a son was on a census in 1850 for Macomb Couty, Michigan with a James and Hannah Conges.
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 AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - Alfred M. Worden und Hello Earth Greetings From Endeavour
Worden was the pilot of the Endeavour, the command module for the Apollo 15 space mission in 1971.
During the nearly 67 hours his fellow astronauts Scott and Irwin were on the moon, Worden was in complete solitude, floating in space.
HB Illus w/diagrams and photos Fine with fine dj, SIGNED by Worden, 6x8.5 inches, 80pp The poetry of Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden.
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 Worden Family Genealogy Forum
WORDEN marriages in LaSalle Co.,Illinois,1860s - Pat Ralston 10/02/05
Mira Worden of Wyoming ~ sister of deceased ~ Louie (Hoskins) Martin/Kimler - Deborah Brownfield - Stanley 2/01/05
Worden's of Springboro, PA - Heather Casey 6/26/04
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Alfred M. Worden was the pilot of Endeavour, the command-module for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.
During the nearly 67 hours his fellow astronauts Scott and Irwin were on the moon, he was in complete solitude, floating in space.
Indeed, Worden's experience has changed his entire view of reality on earth, and he shares it beautifully in Hello Earth, Greetings from Endeavour.
www.premierespace.com /autobooks.html   (785 words)

  
 The Michigan Daily Online
In the second installment of an all-University member space crew, astronauts Alfred Worden, David Scott and James Irwin flew aboard Apollo 15, which landed Scott and Irwin on the Moon.
Worden received his masters degree from the University in 1963 and was selected as one of the new group of 19 astronauts in April, 1966.
Flying aboard Apollo 15 as command module pilot, Worden did not walk on the moon, but did complete the farthest spacewalk ever, when he left the orbiter at a distance of 200,000 miles from Earth.
www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1998/nov/11-20-98/news/news20.html   (2095 words)

  
 Nieuwspagina van Badmintonclub Pax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Gelukkig kon er voor de dames dubbel een dame bij BV Overbos worden ingehuurd, wat overigens een partij was die wij als BC-pax hebben gewonnen.
Over het algemeen kan worden gezegd dat beide verenigingen aan elkaar gewaagd waren wat ook tot uiting is gekomen in de einduitslag van 4-4.
Zaterdag 8 december hebben Alfred, Johan, Marco, Barbara en Hanneke in de Vespo hal tegen BV Nieuw-Vennep gespeeld.
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 APOLLO MISSION CONTROL PHOTO PLUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Al Worden, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 15 demonstrates the use of cameras planned for use during the mission.
The Apollo 15 Saturn V space vehicle stands poised at Complex 39A to launch Scott, Worden and Irwin on the seventh manned voyage to the Moon.
The Apollo 15 Command Module, with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end lunar landing mission.
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 apollo15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Astronaut Alfred M. Worden in; "All we did was fly to the Moon"
The surnames of the three names are centered in the wh ite band at the bottom of the insignia.
The Apollo 15 prime crew men are David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot.
www.angelfire.com /fl/Jacqmans/paap15.html   (383 words)

  
 Apollo 15
Twelve minutes later Scott, Irwin, and Worden were in orbit some 92 nautical miles above the earth, and after two revolutions their S-IVB stage reignited to send them on their way to the plain at Hadley.
In Endeavour's highly inclined orbit he was able to see features that no previous observers had laid eyes on, and he provided detailed descriptions each time he crossed the earth-facing side of the moon.
While the spacecraft was still nearly 200,000 miles (320,000 kilometers) from earth, Al Worden carried out the last extravehicular excursion of the mission, a 38-minute "space walk" to remove film cassettes from the cameras in the scientific instrument module.
www.astronautix.com /flights/apollo15.htm   (6877 words)

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