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
Skylab 2
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Skylab 2 was the first crewed mission to Skylab, the first American orbital space station. The mission was launched on an Apollo command and service module by a Saturn IB rocket on May 25, 1973, and c
Pete Conrad
…Pilot Gordon Cooper on his first spaceflight, Gemini 5. Later, Conrad commanded Gemini 11 in 1966, and Apollo 12 in 1969. After Apollo, he commanded Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission, in 1973. On the mission, he and his crewmates repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space station. For…
Skylab, seen from the departing Skylab 2 spacecraft
From left: Kerwin, Conrad and WeitzSkylab program← Skylab 1Skylab 3 →
Paul J. Weitz, (left) Charles Conrad Jr. (middle); and Joseph P. Kerwin (right); in front of Skylab station on its Saturn V
View during a "fly around" inspection