A family with recessive osteogenesis imperfecta has been reported to have a mutation in the TMEM38B gene on chromosome 9. This gene encodes TRIC-B, a component of TRIC, a monovalent cation-specific channel involved in calcium release from intracellular stores.
Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969. An accomplished test pilot, Armstrong also flew on the Gemini 8 mission in 1966. He retired from NASA in 1971 and remained active in the aerospace community, although he chose to keep mostly out of the public spotlight.
Command Module Columbia. The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic voyage to the Moon and back on July 16-24, 1969. During the mission, astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin became the first human explorers of another world.