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Michael J. Adams

1930 - 1967

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Michael James Adams (May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1967) (Maj USAF) was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. On November 15, 1967, Adams flew X-15 Flight 191 (also known as X-15 Flight 3-65-97) aboard the X-15-3, one of three planes in the X-15 fleet. Flying to an altitude above 50 miles, Adams qualified as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael J. Adams has received more than 334,002 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael J. Adams is the 190th most popular astronaut (down from 167th in 2019), the 7,623rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,438th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Astronaut.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Michael J. Adams ranks 190 out of 524. Before him are Samantha Cristoforetti, Akihiko Hoshide, Scott Kelly, Aleksandr Kaleri, James McDivitt, and Joseph P. Kerwin. After him are John E. Blaha, Gerald Carr, Yuri Baturin, Léopold Eyharts, Mamoru Mohri, and Robert A. Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Michael J. Adams ranks 415. Before him are Judit Temes, Geoffrey Holder, Herberto Hélder, Halszka Osmólska, Tony Trabert, and George Steinbrenner. After him are Eugen Meier, Jimmy McLane, Renato Ruggiero, Nathan Zach, Alberto Pellegrino, and Prawitz Öberg. Among people deceased in 1967, Michael J. Adams ranks 210. Before him are Oliverio Girondo, J. B. Lenoir, James Dunn, Max Taut, Marcello Bertinetti, and Pinto Colvig. After him are Donald Campbell, Ulderico Sergo, Billy Strayhorn, Anders Hylander, Gerald Patterson, and Ramón Zabalo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael J. Adams ranks 7,623 out of 18,182. Before him are Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Kitty Winn (1944), Eliza Dushku (1980), Judah Folkman (1933), and Samantha Fox (1950). After him are Katherine Neville (1945), A Martinez (1948), Jaye Davidson (1968), Sumner Paine (1868), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Julieta Venegas (1970).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Michael J. Adams ranks 76. Before him are Laurel Clark (1961), Robert Crippen (1937), John Oliver Creighton (1943), Scott Kelly (1964), James McDivitt (1929), and Joseph P. Kerwin (1932). After him are John E. Blaha (1942), Gerald Carr (1932), Robert A. Parker (1936), Mary L. Cleave (1947), William C. McCool (1961), and Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945).

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