John Young

John Young

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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 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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John Young was born on Wednesday, 24 September 1930 in San Francisco, California, United States. He was best known as an astronaut. Young's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Thursday, 3 November 2011 in Houston, USA at the age of 81. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Politically, he was affiliated with the Scottish Conservative Party. He had blue eyes and salt and pepper hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Libra.

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3 November 2011
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Houston, USA
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Pneumonia
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Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
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Naval Aviator, test pilot
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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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