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  1. 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 ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo command ...

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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  4. Dec 31, 2004 · John W. Young was the first person to fly in space six times from earth, and seven times counting his lunar liftoff. He flew on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, the first flight of the Space Shuttle (STS-1), and was the Spacecraft Commander of STS-9.

  5. Jan 6, 2018 · John Young was a pioneer of NASA’s space program who walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle flight and became the only astronaut to enter space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs. He died in 2018 following complications from pneumonia.

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  7. 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.

  8. Jan 16, 2018 · John Young was the only astronaut to fly in NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. He walked on the moon, commanded the first shuttle mission and advocated for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

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