Tag: Dick Gordon
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Richard Gordon, Gemini and Apollo astronaut, dies at 88
Dick Gordon is photographed during a debriefing in the quarantine van aboard the USS Hornet, following the end of the Apollo 12 mission on Nov. 26, 1969. Credit: NASA Richard “Dick” Gordon, a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut who pioneered spacewalking procedures and orbited the moon, died at his home this week in California. He was 88.…
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Godspeed, Dick Gordon: Seattle-born Apollo 12 astronaut passes away at 88
Dick Gordon was command module pilot for Apollo 12 in 1969. (NASA Photo) The first Seattle-born astronaut to fly in space, Dick Gordon, passed away on Monday at his home in California at the age of 88, NASA and the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation reported. He flew into orbit in 1966 as pilot for the Gemini 11 mission.…