John Young

Born

September 24, 1930

Died

January 5, 2018 (aged 87)

Known as

naval officer, test pilot, astronaut, autobiographer, military aviator, military flight engineer

John Watts Young 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.

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