NASA PIONEER JOHN YOUNG DIES AT AGE 87
Houston, Texas (JFK+50) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced the death of John Young*, described as "one of its pioneers."
Young was "the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs."
Young was commander of Apollo 16 in 1972 and "became the ninth man to walk on the moon." His career with NASA, which spanned 42 years, was "longer than any other astronaut's."
Young was among the second class of astronauts selected by NASA in 1962. Others in that class were Neil Armstrong, Pete Conrad and James Lovell.
His Gemini mission came in 1965 when he and fellow Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom "made the first manned mission of the Gemini program."
Young orbited the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10. His mission aboard Apollo 16 was "the next-to-last manner lunar voyage." He was commander aboard the shuttle Columbia two years later.
*John Watts Young (1930-2018) was born in San Francisco & earned a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1952. He was commissioned in the US Navy & served in the Korean War. JWY served as a test pilot for 3 years before being selected in the second class of NASA astronauts. JWY died on Jan 5, 1918.
SOURCE
"NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died", by Marcia Dunn, Associated Press, The Knoxville News Sentinel, January 7, 2018.
John Young
Kennedy Space Center
July 4, 2006
Photo by George Shelton
NASA Image
Houston, Texas (JFK+50) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced the death of John Young*, described as "one of its pioneers."
Young was "the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs."
Young was commander of Apollo 16 in 1972 and "became the ninth man to walk on the moon." His career with NASA, which spanned 42 years, was "longer than any other astronaut's."
Young was among the second class of astronauts selected by NASA in 1962. Others in that class were Neil Armstrong, Pete Conrad and James Lovell.
His Gemini mission came in 1965 when he and fellow Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom "made the first manned mission of the Gemini program."
Young orbited the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10. His mission aboard Apollo 16 was "the next-to-last manner lunar voyage." He was commander aboard the shuttle Columbia two years later.
*John Watts Young (1930-2018) was born in San Francisco & earned a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1952. He was commissioned in the US Navy & served in the Korean War. JWY served as a test pilot for 3 years before being selected in the second class of NASA astronauts. JWY died on Jan 5, 1918.
SOURCE
"NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died", by Marcia Dunn, Associated Press, The Knoxville News Sentinel, January 7, 2018.
John Young
Kennedy Space Center
July 4, 2006
Photo by George Shelton
NASA Image
