Pete Conrad
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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk
Conrad in 1964
Conrad in the Princeton University yearbook, 1953
Conrad preparing for water egress training in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft
Conrad following his Gemini 5 flight
Apollo 12
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Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, la
Pete Conrad
…Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962. Conrad was born in…
Commander Pete Conrad studies the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which had landed two years previously; the Apollo Lunar Module, Intrepid, can be seen at top right.
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Conrad and Bean rehearse their lunar surface activities before the mission.
Conrad and Bean in the LM simulator