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John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the 9th person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Jan 6, 2018 · Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87.
Jan 6, 2018 · John W. Young, who walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle mission and became the first person to fly in space six times, died on Friday at his home in Houston. He was 87.
Jan 6, 2018 · Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87. The space agency said Young died Friday night at home in Houston following complications from pneumonia.
Jan 6, 2018 · Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at the age of 87 from complications of pneumonia.
Jan 6, 2018 · John Young, who was one of NASA's most experienced astronauts and the first to fly in space six times, including a moon landing, died on Friday after complications from...
Jan 16, 2018 · Young served as pilot on Gemini III with Mercury veteran Gus Grissom. Launched on March 23, 1965, it was the first flight in which the astronauts could change their spacecraft’s orbit.
Dec 31, 2004 · John Young is the first person to fly in space six times from earth, and seven times counting his lunar liftoff. Young was on five backup space flight crews including: Gemini 6, the second Apollo mission, Apollo 7, Apollo 13, and Apollo 17. Young has had six space flights totaling 835 hours.
Jan 6, 2018 · John Young, the longest serving astronaut in the history of NASA, died Friday at the age of 87 following complications from pneumonia. Young was a vanguard of NASA’s space program in a career...
Jan 6, 2018 · Astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times, died Friday night at 87.
