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    December 1973. Charles " Pete " Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.

  2. Sep 28, 2023 · Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. Chosen as a member of the second group of NASA astronauts in 1962, Pete Conrad flew four missions for the Gemini, Skylab, and Apollo programs and spent more than 1,200 hours in space. Pete Conrad was well known among his fellow astronauts for his fun-loving personality and practical jokes.

  3. May 29, 2024 · Pete Conrad (born June 2, 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 8, 1999, near Ojai, California) was an American astronaut, copilot on the Gemini 5 spaceflight (1965), command pilot of Gemini 11, spacecraft commander of the Apollo 12 flight to the Moon, and commander of the Skylab 2 mission.

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  4. Jul 10, 1999 · Pete Conrad, who flew to the Moon nearly 30 years ago and became the third man to walk upon it, died Thursday evening after crashing his motorcycle near Ojai, Calif.

  5. Apr 4, 2013 · Charles 'Pete' Conrad commanded Apollo 12, and also went into space aboard Gemini 5, Gemini 12 and the second Skylab mission. (Image credit: NASA) Charles "Pete" Conrad was a true buccaneer of the ...

  6. Nov 19, 2009 · Charles "Pete" Conrad ’53 unfurls an American flag during his Nov. 19, 1969, moonwalk. On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad ’53 departed his landing craft and stepped onto the surface of the moon, becoming the third person — and the only Princetonian — to do so. His first words on the moon included an ecstatic tip ...

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  8. Pete Conrad. Charles "Pete" Conrad (1930-1999) was the third person, after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, to walk on the moon's surface. In November, 1969, he and Alan Bean made the second moon landing in history in their Apollo 12 lunar module Intrepid. Conrad was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1930, to a wealthy stockbroker.

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