Cosmonaut / Astronaut
John Young
Commander of STS-1. Already a veteran of Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, and Apollo 16 (on which he walked on the Moon), he became the only astronaut to fly Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle.
- Born
- 24 Sept 1930
- Died
- 5 Jan 2018
- Spaceflights
- 3
- Time in space
- ≈ 21 days
Missions
Spaceflights
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for the Moon landing in May 1969. Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to about 15 km above the surface, while Young remained in the Command Module in lunar orbit.
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Apollo 16
Apollo 16 landed in the lunar highlands in the Descartes region in April 1972. Young and Duke explored the plateau by rover, while Mattingly worked in lunar orbit.
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STS-1
The first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle system. In April 1981 Columbia, crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen, tested shuttle launch, orbital operations and runway landing for the first time.
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Timeline
Career at a glance
- 1930Born24 September 1930
- 1969Apollo 1018 May 1969
- 1972Apollo 1616 April 1972
- 1981STS-112 April 1981
- 2018Died5 January 2018
Crews
