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Apollo 16 Commander John Young, just after leaving the simulator

John Young, Commander Apollo 16, and the ninth man to walk on the Moon, passed away Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 after complications from pneumonia.

 

www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/young

 

December 20, 1971, Image KSC-71PC-752 courtesy NASA Kennedy Space Center

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Uploaded on January 6, 2018
Taken in December 1971