# Pete Conrad

> Third man on the Moon, first words allegedly off-script: "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." The wisecrack wasn't captured live, but the step was—Apollo 12's commander proving a lightning-struck Saturn V could still thread the needle.

*American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pete-conrad

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1930-06-02
- **Died:** 1999-07-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1930 and fought through dyslexia to earn an aeronautical engineering degree from Princeton, making him the first Ivy Leaguer to fly for NASA. He joined the Navy in 1954, flew fighters, became a test pilot, and tried out for Mercury in 1959 but didn't make the cut. NASA's second astronaut class took him in 1962. In 1965 he set an eight-day endurance record on Gemini 5 with Gordon Cooper; a year later he commanded Gemini 11. Apollo 12 came in 1969—the precision landing Armstrong's mission couldn't attempt. His last spaceflight, Skylab 2 in 1973, turned into an emergency repair job when the crew found their space station crippled at launch; they fixed it, and Jimmy Carter handed Conrad the Congressional Space Medal of Honor five years later. He left NASA and the Navy that same year, moved through executive posts at American Television and Communications and then McDonnell Douglas. A motorcycle crash killed him in July 1999; he was sixty-nine.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 51.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175616/ (@nm0175616)

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Other, #Space Exploration, #United States, #Americas, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213076)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pete%20Conrad)
- [تشارلز كونراد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [Charles Conrad](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Pete Conrad](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Чарлз Піт Конрад](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)
- [Чарлс Конрад](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)
- [পিট কনরাড](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1)
- [Charles Conrad](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [چارڵز کۆنراد](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%B5%D8%B2_%DA%A9%DB%86%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [Charles Conrad](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Pete Conrad](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Pete Conrad](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Charles Conrad](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Pete Conrad](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Charles Conrad](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [پیت کنراد](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [Charles Conrad](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Charles Conrad](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Charles Conrad](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Pete Conrad](https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [צ'ארלס קונראד הבן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9F)
- [Charles Conrad](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Conrad)
- [Wikiquote](https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [Πητ Κόνραντ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B7%CF%84_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84)
- [Pete Conrad](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad)
- [تشارلز كونراد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3098824)

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