Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American former naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 12 mission.[1] He was born in Seattle, Washington.
Gordon, Jr. died on November 6, 2017 at his home in San Marcos, California at the age of 88.[2]
Richard F. Gordon Jr. Media
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Gordon poses in his Apollo 12 space suit
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Gordon during his Gemini 11 flight
- Astronaut Richard Gordon attaches a tether line from his spacecraft to Agena.jpg
Gordon during his Gemini 11 EVA
- (Left to right) Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Al Bean pose with the Apollo 12 Saturn V.jpg
Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Alan Bean pose with their Apollo 12 Saturn V Moon rocket in the background on the pad at Cape Canaveral on October 29, 1969.
Grave of Capt. Richard Francis Gordon Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery
- Dick Gordon during a debriefing in the quarantine van aboard the Hornet.jpg
Gordon following his Apollo 12 flight
References
- ↑ "Biographical Data: Richard F. Gordon, Jr". NASA. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Richard Gordon, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut, Dies at 88
Other websites
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- Official website of Dick Gordon
- Gordon's official NASA biography
- Astronautix biography of Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
- Spacefacts biography of Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
- About Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
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