Gemini 3, Astronaut Young, 1965
Astronaut Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, is shown suited up for GT-3 prelaunch test exercises. John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a retired American astronaut, naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer, who became the 9th person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission, 1972. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to make 6 space flights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service, and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, 4 different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, Apollo Command/Service Module, Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. In 1965, he flew on the first manned Gemini mission. In 1969, he became the first person to orbit the Moon alone during Apollo 10. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only 3 people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded 2 Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974-87. He retired from NASA in 2004.
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