Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1966 to 1969.
2Flights
12d 23hTime in space
2h 41mEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American 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. He also flew in space in 1966 as the Pilot of the Gemini 11 mission.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Seattle
- Education
- University of Washington; Naval Postgraduate School; United States Naval Test Pilot School
- Awards
- National Aviation Hall of Fame; International Space Hall of Fame; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Saturn V | Apollo 12November 14, 1969
- Titan II GLV | Gemini XISeptember 12, 1966
Born 1929-10-05 · died 2017-11-06, aged 88