Richard F. Gordon Jr.
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Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, as command module
Gordon in 1964
Gordon poses in his Apollo 12 space suit
Gordon during his Gemini 11 flight
Gordon during his Gemini 11 EVA
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
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
…aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission. Gordon was born in Seattle…
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