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- 18th person in space
- 5th person to make two spaceflights
- 3rd person to make three spaceflights
- 2nd person to make four spaceflights
- 1st person to make five and six spaceflights
Biography
Several biographies mention model aircraft and rockets as being a boyhood interests. In a recent (July 2000) interview, Capt. Young said that he began building model airplanes when he was about 6 years of age and continued to build them throughout high school. A quote from a former high school classmate states, "...in the 11th grade everybody had to make a talk on something... John chose rockets..."
Drawing is also listed as a childhood hobby, which reportedly has carried over to Mr. Young's astronaut days - several sources have stated that he likes to draw cartoons of his fellow astronauts in action. Mr. Young's father was quoted as saying, "[John] used to draw pictures of airplanes and rockets all the time."
Young is noted for his sense of humor and dry wit. He and Alan Shepard both had the nickname of "Jose" because of their impersonations of Jose Jimenez.
Mr. Young's statistics as listed in "One Small Step":
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John Young (astronaut)
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2018)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the 9th person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo command and service module, the Apollo Lunar Module and the Space Shuttle.
Before becoming an astronaut, Young received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and joined the U.S. Navy. After serving at sea during the Korean War he became a naval aviator and graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. As a test pilot, he set several world time-to-climb records. Young retired from the Navy in 1976 with the rank of captain.
In 1962, Young was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2. He flew on the first crewed Gemini mission (Gemini 3) in 1965, and then commanded the 1966 Gemini 10 mission. In 1969, he flew as command module pilot on Apollo 10, and became the first person to orbit the Moon alone. In 1972, he commanded Apollo 16 and spent three days on the lunar surface exploring the Descartes Hi