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.
Neil Armstrong sits in the lunar module after a historic moonwalk. Credit: NASA. View full size image. Neil A. Armstrong was a NASA astronaut and the first man on the moon or, more accurately, the first man to set foot on the moon. Armstrong was the pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, launched March 16, 1966. 2  He performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space (Gemini 8 docked with a previously launched Agena rocket). 3  After his time as an astronaut, Armstrong was Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA Headquarters.