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. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions over the course of 42 years of active NASA service. He is the only person to have piloted and commanded four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command and Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
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Date of birth | 24 September 1930
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Place of birth | San Francisco, California, United States
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Date of death | 3 November 2011
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Age | 81 (age at death)
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Place of death | Houston, USA
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Cause of death | Pneumonia
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Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
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John Young is known for his role in the documentary Mercury 13 (2018) as Self - astronaut.
He is also known for his role in the TV series documentary Spaceflight (1985) as Himself.
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