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Young enjoyed one of the longest and busiest careers of any astronaut in the American space program. He was the first person to fly into space six times, twice journeyed to the Moon, and as of 2007, is the only astronaut to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft: Twenty-four astronauts have been on or near the Moon. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

1. Gemini spacecraft
2. Apollo Command/Service Module
3. Apollo Lunar Module
4. Space shuttle

Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the United States of America. ... Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America (NASA) using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. ... The Command/Service Module (CSM) was a spacecraft built for NASA by North American Aviation. ... Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America (NASA) using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. ... The LEM flight instrumentation panel and front windows. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...

Early life and Navy career

Born in San Francisco, California and raised in Orlando, Florida, Young became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and earned a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering with highest honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952. Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities predominantly in the United States and several in Canada. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering concerning aircraft, spacecraft and related topics. ... The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia and Metz, France. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After graduation Young entered the United States Navy. He Served as Fire Control Officer on the destroyer, USS Laws (DD-558) until June 1953 and completed a tour in the Korean Seas. He then became a fighter pilot, and in 1959, a test pilot. The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... USS Laws (DD-558), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Alexander Laws, who served in the Navy during the Quasi-War and First Barbary War in the early 19th century. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

NASA career

Project Gemini

Joining NASA in 1962, Young was the first of Astronaut Group 2 to fly in space. (He replaced Thomas Stafford as pilot of Gemini 3 when Alan Shepard, the original commander, was grounded.) Making the first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft with Virgil Grissom, Young scored another space "first" by smuggling a corned beef sandwich onto the spacecraft - a feat for which he was reprimanded. This article is about the American space agency. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... NASAs Astronaut Group 2, also known as The New Nine, was the second group of astronauts selected by NASA in September 1962. ... Thomas P. Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American astronaut and Air Force general. ... Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ... Gus Grissom in his Mercury spacesuit Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926–January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became one of the first American astronauts. ...

Young then trained as backup pilot for Gemini 6, but after the sandwich episode, for a time it seemed that NASA did not know what to do with Young. Other Group 2 astronauts with flight experience were quickly moved to Apollo, while other astronauts such as Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper had been sidelined for lesser infractions. The deaths of Charles Bassett and Elliott See the prime crew of Gemini 9 created a hole in the astronaut corps so that Young was confirmed as Commander of Gemini 10. The mission performed the first dual docking to two Agena Target Vehicles, and his pilot, Michael Collins, performed two spacewalks. Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter inspects the heat shield of his Aurora 7 space capsule Malcolm Scott Carpenter (born May 1, 1925) was one of the original seven astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury. ... Leroy Gordon Gordo Cooper, Jr. ... Astronaut Charles Bassett NAME: Charles A. Bassett , II (Captain, USAF) NASA Astronaut (Deceased) // Personal data Bassett was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 30, 1931, and died February 28, 1966, in St. ... Elliott See Elliott McKay See, Jr. ... Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. ...

Project Apollo

Young was assigned to the backup crew on Apollo 7 and later made the second manned flight to the Moon on Apollo 10 with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. While Stafford and Cernan flew the lunar module in lunar orbit for the first time, Young flew the command module solo - the first person to do so in lunar orbit. Young was backup commander of Apollo 13, the troubled mission in which the moon landing was aborted because of an explosion on the service module. Young had a central role in rescuing the Apollo 13 crew by leading the team that devised the makeshift carbon dioxide filters that kept the astronauts' air supply breathable. Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ... Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ... Eugene Cernan Gene in LM after EVA-3 Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former United States astronaut. ... Description Role: Lunar landing Crew: 2; CDR, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 20. ... Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of Project Apollo under the NASA in the United States. ...

By rotation, Young became commander of Apollo 16. Young became an enthusiastic student of geology while preparing for the moon mission. Apollo 16's lunar landing was almost aborted at the last moment when a malfunction was detected on the command module. On the surface, Young trod the Descartes Highlands with Charles Duke (making Young the ninth man to walk upon the surface of the moon), while Ken Mattingly flew the command module in lunar orbit. Young set a speed record with the lunar rover but was troubled by the effects of potassium in the orange juice they drank during the moonwalks. He carried with him the badge and flag of the Sigma Chi Fraternity; these are on display at Sigma Chi's headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Charles Moss Duke, Jr. ... Thomas Kenneth Ken Mattingly II, Rear Admiral, USN (retired) (born March 17, 1936) is an American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C missions. ... Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities predominantly in the United States and several in Canada. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ...

His final assignment in Apollo was as the backup commander on Apollo 17. This almost resulted in his second moon landing when Gene Cernan injured his knee playing softball a few months before the flight. The injury, had it been any more severe, would have resulted in Cernan being medically dropped from the flight and John Young commanding the last two moon landings of Apollo (as a note, fellow Group 2 astronaut Pete Conrad would have done the same if he would have commanded the cancelled Apollo 20 mission, but as he already flew as commander of Apollo 12, he would have been transferred to either Skylab or the Space Shuttle and Apollo 14 CMP Stuart Roosa would have flown on Apollo 20 as commander). Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. ... Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ... Apollo 20 was a cancelled flight within the Apollo Program. ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ... Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... Stuart Roosa (left) poses with Alan Shepard (middle) and Edgar Mitchell (right) Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 - December 12, 1994) was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. ...

Space Shuttle

After the Apollo program ended, Young stayed on as an astronaut and flew two missions of the Space Shuttle, including commanding the Shuttle's maiden flight, STS-1, and the flight STS-9 which used Spacelab for the first time. Young had been in line to make a record seventh flight to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope, but the Challenger Disaster thwarted NASA's schedule. NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... The first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, launched April 12, 1981, returned April 14. ... STS-9 (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter. ... Spacelab in payload bay during STS-90 Spacelab is a microgravity laboratory flown into space on the Space Shuttle. ... The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. ... STS-51-L was the 25th launch of a Space Shuttle and the tenth launch of the Challenger. ...

Young was openly critical of the administration following the disaster, and in April 1987 was taken out of the Astronaut Office and made special assistant of engineering, operations and safety to the center director Aaron Cohen. It was denied that his criticism of NASA triggered the move. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Retirement from NASA

Young worked for NASA for 42 years and announced his retirement on December 7, 2004. He retired on December 31, 2004 at the age of 74. December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While Young may have been overshadowed by other pioneering Astronauts, his career experience is massive. As a member of the second Astronaut intake, he would have had a contribution to all of the pioneering NASA projects. As the only commander of a Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle mission, John Young holds a unique place in the history of manned space exploration.

John still attends the Monday Morning Meeting in the Astronaut Office at JSC.^{[citation needed]}

Media portrayals

In the 1995 film Apollo 13 Young was played by Ben Marley. In the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon he was played by John Posey. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ...

Awards and honors

He was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1981. Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind. ...

John Young Parkway, a road in the Orlando, Florida area, was named after him. John Young Parkway is a four- and six-lane surface road from near Campbell, Florida through Kissimmee, Florida to northwestern Orlando, Florida. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...

He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and the Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honor Society. He is also a member of the Georgia Tech ANAK society (considered the highest distinction a student can receive). Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities predominantly in the United States and several in Canada. ...

External links

• NASA biography of John Young
• The Big Picture: Ways to Mitigate or Prevent Very Bad Planet Earth Events Essay by John Young
• Conversation With John Young Houston Chronicle (December 17, 2004)
• Website dedicated to John Young
• U.S. Spaceflight History