Young, John, 1930-2018

Person

Dates

Existence: 1930 September 24 - 2018 January 5
Usage: 1930 - 2018

Biographical Note

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 ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Young is the only person to have piloted and commanded four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command and Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.

Citation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)

Gender

male

Occupations

Places

California (Place of Birth)
Houston (Tex.) (Place of Death)
Texas (Place of Death)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information Files - Y

Sub-Group

Scope and Contents Individuals whose names begin with Y: Yakolev, A. S. [Soviet aviation designer] Photocopy of photograph Yamamoto, Isoroku, Admiral [Japanese admiral and war hero] "Yamamoto Mission Members Recall Fight," Friends Journal, Summer 2002"The Death of Admiral Yamamoto," The Retired Officer, November 1979 Yeager,...

Dates: circa 1900-2020s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Biographical Information Files

Charles L. Soellner NASA Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1992-04-03

Overview

The Charles L. Soellner NASA Collection documents the space programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The documents date from 1959 to 1975. The bulk of the materials are photographs and photomechancial prints mass-produced by NASA. The visual documentation and ephemera related to manned spaceflight missions were collected and assembled together in scrapbooks by Soellner.

Dates: 1959-1975

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Archives at The Museum of Flight