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    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.

  2. Jun 18, 2024 · As one of the best pilots in the astronaut corps, Pete Conrad flew on four space missions and became the third man to step onto the surface of the Moon with Apollo 12.

  3. Jul 4, 2024 · Pete Conrad 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. Learn more about Conrad’s life and accomplishments in this article.

  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. The former astronaut and Navy...

  5. Apr 4, 2013 · Pete Conrad overcame dyslexia to become one of NASA's most-traveled astronauts, logging four trips into space, including Apollo 12.

  6. Jul 9, 1999 · Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, the third human to walk on the moon, died late Thursday night in a hospital in Ojai, CA, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

  7. Nov 19, 2019 · Fifty years ago, astronaut Pete Conrad stepped out of the lunar module onto the surface of the moon. His first words were: "Whoopie!

  8. www.encyclopedia.com › encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps › pete-conradPete Conrad | Encyclopedia.com

    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.

  9. Nov 19, 2009 · 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.

  10. Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American test pilot, aeronautical engineer and astronaut. During the Apollo 12 flight he became the third man to walk on the Moon. On August 21, 1965, Conrad flew into space as pilot of Gemini 5. This was the third trip by astronauts in NASA's Project Gemini. The trip lasted ...

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