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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 · US astronaut John Young, who flew to the moon twice and commanded the first ever space shuttle mission, has died aged 87, Nasa said.
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.
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 · NASA said he died Friday night following complications from pneumonia. He was 87. "Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer," NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said in a statement...
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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...
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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...
