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Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. [1]
Jun 6, 2024 · Richard F. Gordon, Jr., was an American astronaut who accompanied Charles Conrad on the September 1966 flight of Gemini 11. They docked with an Agena target on the first orbit and were propelled to a record altitude of 850 miles (about 1,370 km).
Sep 28, 2023 · Richard F. Gordon, Jr. climbing into a training simulator at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. Gordon orbited the Moon in the Apollo 12 Command Module in 1969 while his crewmates, Al Bean and Pete Conrad walked on lunar surface.
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RICHARD F. GORDON, JR. (CAPTAIN, USN, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born October 5, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Died on November 6, 2017. He is survived by his wife, five children and two stepchildren. EDUCATION: Graduated from North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo, Washington;
Jun 16, 1999 · Richard F. Gordon, Jr. Interviewed by Catherine Harwood Houston, Texas – 16 June 1999. Harwood: Okay. It’s June 16th, 1999. We’re at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. I’m Catherine Harwood, and we’re interviewing astronaut Dick Gordon.
Nov 7, 2017 · Richard Gordon, who undertook what became a harrowing and abortive spacewalk in a 1966 NASA mission, then orbited the moon three years later, but never achieved his dream of walking on the...
