Richard F. Gordon
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican astronaut (1929-2017)
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times.
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Gordon poses in his Apollo 12 space suit
Gordon during his Gemini 11 flight
Gordon during his Gemini 11 EVA
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
Gordon following his Apollo 12 flightAwards 5
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Eileen CollinsAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Svetlana SavitskayaAlso won International Space Hall of Fame
Robert CrippenAlso won United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
James McDivittAlso won United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Gus GrissomAlso won International Space Hall of Fame
Scott CarpenterAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission.
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