John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He... 66 KB (7,142 words) - 22:31, 18 March 2024 |
John Young most commonly refers to: John Young (astronaut) (1930–2018), American astronaut John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), British diplomat... 9 KB (1,090 words) - 08:31, 7 November 2023 |
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed... 81 KB (7,684 words) - 21:23, 11 April 2024 |
Gemini 3 (category John Young (astronaut)) the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits... 16 KB (1,512 words) - 10:01, 16 March 2024 |
STS-1 (category John Young (astronaut)) Commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen were selected as the STS-1 crew in early 1978. Young stated that as the Chief of the Astronaut Office he... 47 KB (5,820 words) - 15:33, 12 April 2024 |
STS-9 (category John Young (astronaut)) scientist-astronaut Garriott had spent 56 days in orbit in 1973 aboard Skylab. Commanding the mission was veteran astronaut John W. Young, making his... 16 KB (1,502 words) - 23:33, 1 April 2024 |
Apollo 10 (category John Young (astronaut)) spacecraft reached lunar orbit, astronaut John Young remained in the Command and Service Module (CSM) while astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan... 67 KB (7,625 words) - 18:50, 14 April 2024 |
Bloomington YMCA in Illinois, started a club in a dinner meeting, to train young boys and men in speech, to face an audience, and to express their thoughts... 15 KB (1,152 words) - 07:21, 31 March 2024 |
Florida State Road 423 (redirect from John Young Parkway) John Young, a NASA astronaut and one of twelve men to walk on the Moon, who was from the Orlando area. SR 423 is signed north-south when named John Young... 9 KB (583 words) - 07:13, 14 March 2022 |
Apollo 16 (category John Young (astronaut)) April 27, 1972. John Young, the mission commander, was 41 years old and a captain in the Navy at the time of Apollo 16. Becoming an astronaut in 1962 as part... 102 KB (11,726 words) - 19:01, 10 April 2024 |
NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as... 46 KB (4,200 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024 |
Big Muley (category John Young (astronaut)) rim of Plum crater (Station 1) in the Descartes highlands of the Moon. Astronaut Charlie Duke said as he was picking up the sample, "If I fall into Plum... 5 KB (604 words) - 05:18, 20 March 2024 |
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (category John Young (astronaut)) (voice) John Travolta as James Irwin (voice) Morgan Freeman as Neil Armstrong (voice) Gary Hershberger as Astronaut Grace Scott Wilder as Astronaut Wallace... 8 KB (781 words) - 15:06, 10 February 2024 |
Gemini 10 (category John Young (astronaut)) nautical miles)). During the mission, flown by future STS-1 Commander John Young and future Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Collins became... 21 KB (2,320 words) - 06:43, 21 March 2024 |
From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries) (category John Young (astronaut)) 30 of the 32 astronauts who flew, or were preparing to fly, the twelve missions of the Apollo program. (The only two Apollo astronauts not portrayed... 35 KB (1,235 words) - 09:22, 4 April 2024 |
nine astronauts were Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim Lovell, James McDivitt, Elliot See, Tom Stafford, Ed White, and John Young. The Next... 47 KB (4,186 words) - 10:11, 17 April 2024 |
Jack Swigert (redirect from John Leonard Swigert) John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United... 31 KB (2,803 words) - 18:02, 17 April 2024 |
Worden. Veteran astronaut John Young christened this group the "Original Nineteen", in parody of the original seven Mercury astronauts. Roughly half of... 108 KB (11,209 words) - 13:28, 25 April 2024 |
Cygnus NG-10 (redirect from S.S. John Young) S. John Young. He was the only person to fly twice on each of three NASA programs which included Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle. John Young died... 15 KB (1,139 words) - 09:35, 2 January 2024 |
Countdown (Rush song) (category John Young (astronaut)) The song incorporates audio from voice communications between astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen and ground control, specifically Ascent CAPCOM... 6 KB (574 words) - 16:48, 18 March 2024 |
Hail Columbia (film) (category John Young (astronaut)) documentary then follows John Young and Robert Crippen, who would be the Commander and Pilot for STS-1. Robert Crippen was a rookie astronaut who had never been... 9 KB (994 words) - 19:29, 20 December 2023 |
The Astronaut Farmer is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael Polish, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Mark. The film stars Billy... 13 KB (1,646 words) - 19:35, 26 March 2024 |
Alan Shepard (category United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees) Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel... 91 KB (9,330 words) - 06:29, 25 April 2024 |
Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) refer to a pseudoscientific set of beliefs that hold that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and... 78 KB (8,590 words) - 14:31, 20 April 2024 |