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Old January 7th, 2018 #1
Ray Allan
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Default Moonwalker astronaut John Young dies at 87

Astronaut John Young, Who Walked on the Moon and led 1st Shuttle Mission, Dies at 87



Young before Gemini 3 mission, March 1965



Jumping while saluting flag on Moon during Apollo 16, April 1972


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John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who walked on the moon and flew the first Gemini and space shuttle missions, has died. The first person to fly six times into space--seven, if you count his launch off of the moon in 1972--and the only astronaut to command four different types of spacecraft, Young died on Friday (Jan. 5) following complications from pneumonia. He was 87.

"NASA and the world have lost a pioneer," said NASA acting administrator Robert Lightfoot in a statement on Saturday (Jan. 6). "John Young's storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight, we will stand on his shoulders as we look toward the next human frontier."

"Young was at the forefront of human space exploration with his poise, talent, and tenacity. He was in every way the 'astronaut's astronaut,'" Lightfoot said.

Selected alongside Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell with NASA's second group of astronauts in 1962, Young flew two Gemini missions, two Apollo missions and two space shuttle missions. He was one of only three astronauts to launch to the moon twice and was the ninth person to [set] foot on the lunar surface.
https://www.space.com/39307-astronau...-obituary.html

Sad to see another Moonwalker pass on. As a kid I got an autographed picture from Young.
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