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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 · 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 16, 2018 · The brief ceremony took place on the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2018. Young died Jan. 5, 2018, at the age of 87 in Houston. He was the only astronaut to fly in NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.
Jun 6, 2024 · John W. Young (born September 24, 1930, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died January 5, 2018, Houston, Texas) was a U.S. astronaut who participated in the Gemini, Apollo, and space shuttle programs. He was the first astronaut to make five—and later the first to make six—spaceflights.
Jan 6, 2018 · Legendary astronaut John Young -- who twice ventured into space in pioneering two-man Gemini capsules, orbited the moon and then walked on its cratered surface before commanding two space shuttle...
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...
Jul 12, 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.
