Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (born October 5, 1929) (Captain, USN, Ret.) is a retired NASA astronaut. Image File history File links RichardFGordon. ... Image File history File links RichardFGordon. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ...

Military and Flight Experience

Gordon was born in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo, Washington, then received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Washington in 1951. Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... North Kitsap High School is a high school in Poulsbo, WA in the Kitsap Peninsula External link North Kitsap High School Website Categories: School stubs ... Poulsbo is a waterfront city located in Kitsap County, Washington. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... // Introduction The fundamental component of chemistry is that it involves matter in some way (this explains its broad reach). ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

He received his wings as a naval aviator in 1953. He then attended All-Weather Flight School and jet transitional training and was subsequently assigned to an all-weather fighter squadron at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Florida. 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jet aircraft with condensation trail Jet aircraft are aircraft with jet engines. ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ...

In 1957, he attended the Navy's Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, and served as a flight test pilot until 1960. During this tour of duty, he did flight test work on the F8U Crusader, F11F Tiger, FJ Fury, and A4D Skyhawk, and was the first project test pilot for the F4H Phantom II. He served with Fighter Squadron 121 at the Miramar, California, Naval Air Station as a flight instructor in the F4H and participated in the introduction of that aircraft to the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. He was also flight safety officer, assistant operations officer, and ground training officer for Fighter Squadron 96 at Miramar. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Test pilots work on developing, evaluating and proving experimental aircraft. ... The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... F-8C digital fly-by-wire testbed (NASA) Two F-8 Crusaders Prepare to Launch from the USS Midway (CV-41). ... The Grumman F-11 Tiger is a one-seat, carrier based, United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. ... North American FJ-4 Fury. ... The A-4 Skyhawk is an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. ... The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... Miramar is a plateau in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California, USA. Newspaper publisher Edward Scripps is credited with naming Miramar in 1890. ... The Atlantic Fleet (USLANTFLT) of the United States Navy is the part of the Navy responsible for operations in around the Atlantic Ocean. ... The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is part of the US Navy. ...

He won the Bendix Trophy Race from Los Angeles to New York in May 1961, in which he established a new speed record of 869.74 miles per hour and a transcontinental speed record of 2 hours and 47 minutes. The Bendix Trophy is an aeronautical racing trophy. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages None. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was also a student at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California. The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, United States is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. ... The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in central California in the United States. ...

He has logged more that 4,500 hours flying time—3,500 hours in jet aircraft.

NASA Experience

Captain Gordon was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1959 April 9 - 1959... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Gordon served as backup pilot for the Gemini 8 flight. In September 1966, he made his first space flight as pilot of Gemini 11, alongside Pete Conrad - Gordon was already good friends with Conrad, who had previously been his roommate on the carrier "Ranger". On the flight, Gordon performed two EVAs, which included attaching a tether to the Agena and retrieving a nuclear emulsion experiment package. Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Gemini 11 (officially Gemini XI) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Pete Conrad, NASA File Photo Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ...

Gordon was subsequently assigned as backup command module pilot for Apollo 9, and in November 1969, he flew as command module pilot of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon. While his crewmates Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed in the Ocean of Storms, Gordon remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module, "Yankee Clipper," obtaining desired mapping photographs of tentative landing sites for future missions. Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ... Alan Beans NASA photo Alan Bean (born March 15, 1932 in Wheeler, Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut. ... The Ocean of Storms of the Moon. ... Yankee Clipper was: The name given to a particular style of clipper ships developed by New Englanders in the mid-19th Century. ...

Gordon was then backup commander of Apollo 15 and slated to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 18, but the mission was cancelled. In all, Gordon completed two space flights, logging a total of 315 hours and 53 minutes in space, 2 hours and 44 minutes of which were spent in EVA. Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 18 was a cancelled flight within the Apollo Program, which would have been the eighth attempted lunar landing. ...

Captain Gordon retired from NASA and the USN in January 1972. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

After NASA

Since leaving NASA, Gordon has served as Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Saints Professional Football Club in the National Football League (1972); was General Manager of Energy Developers, Limited (EDL), a Texas Partnership involved in a joint venture with Rocket Research Corporation for the development of a liquid chemical explosive for use in the oil and gas industry (1977); President of Resolution Engineering and Development Company (REDCO) which provided design and operational requirements for wild oil well control and fire fighting equipment onboard large semi-submersible utility vessels (1978); following REDCO merger with Amarco Resources, Gordon assumed the additional duties of Vice President of Marketing, Westdale, an oil well servicing subsidiary of AMARCO operating in North Central Texas and Oklahoma, and also served as Vice President for Operations, Texas Division (1980); served as Director, Scott Science and Technology, Inc., Los Angeles Division (1981-1983). In March 1982 he became President of Astro Sciences Corporation. This company provides a range of services including engineering, project management, project field support teams, to software and hardware system design for control room applications. In the Summer of 1984, Gordon was a Technical Advisor for and played the part of "Capcom" in the CBS mini-series Space by James A. Michener. Conference NFC Division South Year Founded 1967 Home Field Due to damage caused to the Louisiana Superdome by Hurricane Katrina, games are split between: Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge) Alamodome City New Orleans, Louisiana Team Colors Old Gold, Black, and White Head Coach Jim Haslett League Championships (0) Conference Championships (0... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... Look up gas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Gas may refer to: Gas, one of the phases of matter. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Oklahoma is a state of the United States, lying mostly in the southern Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Engineering applies scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Hardware is the general term that is used to describe physical artifacts of a technology. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Space Attempting to understand the nature of space has always been a prime occupation for philosophers and scientists. ... James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907? - October 16, 1997) was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans, Alaska, Texas and Poland. ...

He is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society, an associate fellow of Society of Experimental Test Pilots and a member of the Navy League. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... The American Astronautical Society logo Formed in 1954, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) is the premier independent scientific and technical group in the United States exclusively dedicated to the advancement of space science and exploration. ... The Society of Experimental Test Pilots was founded in 1955 as the Testy Test Pilots Society and had Scott Crossfield, Ray Tenhoff, Joe Ozier, Dick Johnson, Tom Kilgariff, John Fitzpatrick as its original members. ...

Awards and Honors

• NASA Distinguished Service Medal
• NASA Exceptional Service Medal
• Navy Distinguished Flying Crosses (2)
• Navy Astronaut Wings
• Navy Distinguished Service Medal
• Institute of Navigation Award for 1969
• Godfrey L. Cabot Award in 1970
• Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress, 1970
• Phi Sigma Kappa Merit Award, 1966
• NASA MSC Superior Achievement Award
• NASA Group Achievement Award
• FAI Record (1961; Transcontinental Speed Record)
• FAI World Record (Altitude Record, Gemini XI)
• Richard Gordon Elementary School, in Kingston, WA was named after him

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Technical Papers

• Gordon, R. F., F4H-1 Navy Preliminary Evaluation, Phase I, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, September 1958.

• Gordon, R. F., F4H-1 Navy Preliminary Evaluation, Phase I Supplement, October 1958.

• Gordon, R. F., FJ-4B Fuel Consumption and Performance Report, Flight Test, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, 1958.

• Gordon, R. F., F11F Fuel Consumption and Performance Report, Flight Test, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, 1958.

• Gordon, R. F., Revised Roll Performance Requirements for MIL-SPEC-F-8785. All Aircraft in Configuration PA, Flight Test, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, 1958.

• Gordon, R. F., F8U Spin Evaluation Report, Flight Test, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, 1959.

• Gordon, R. F., Gemini XI, Gemini Program Mission Report, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Report, October 1966.

• Gordon, R. F., Apollo XII Mission Report, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Report, December 1969.

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