Richard F. Gordon Jr.

Born

October 5, 1929

Died

November 6, 2017 (aged 88)

Known as

military officer, test pilot, astronaut, screenwriter, aircraft pilot, chemist

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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