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Człowiek i Astronautyka => Osobistości => Wątek zaczęty przez: mss w Września 24, 2011, 22:21
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W dniu dzisiejszym mija 81 lat życia astronauty amerykańskiego Johna Wattsa Younga (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/18.htm).
(http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/portraits/young.jpg)
Jest on żywą historią amerykańskiego podboju kosmosu od programu Gemini do Wahadłowca! Odbył 6 lotów z łącznym nalotem: 34 dni 19 godzin 41 minut 52 sekundy. Jest on 9. człowiekiem, który spacerował po Księżycu ponad 20 godzin 14 minut.
Oto fotografie załóg jego lotów kosmicznych:
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/g3crew.jpg)
z Virgilem Grissomem - lot Gemini III (1965rok)
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/g10crew.jpg)
z Michaelem Collinsem - lot Gemini X (1966rok)
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/a10crew.jpg)
z Genem Cernanem i Tomem Staffordem - lot Apollo 10 (1969rok)
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/a16crew.jpg)
z Charliem Dukem i Tomem Mattingly'm - lot Apollo 16 (1972rok)
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/sts1crew.jpg)
z Robertem Crippenem - lot Columbii STS-1
(http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/sts9crew.jpg)
z Brewsterem Shaw, Owenem Garriottem, Robertem Parkerem, Ulfem Merboldem i Byronem Lichtenbergiem - lot Columbii STS-9
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Jeden z moich ulubionych astronautów i jednocześnie jedna z kosmicznych legend :)
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Niesamowity astronauta, któremu dane było uczestniczyć w kilku najważniejszych momentach podboju kosmosu. Czy obecne i przyszłe pokolenia będą w stanie my dorównać? :)
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100 lat Panie Young!
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Hmm Szkoda, że nikt nie komentował 70 rocznicy urodzin naszego Hermaszewskiego :( Nawet nowy wątek po temu założyłem.
A tak przy okazji wszystkiego najlepszego Panie Young!!!
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Dziś 86 lat kończy John Young! Pozdrawiamy
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A nie 86 lat? Zob. http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/18.htm
Tym niemniej najserdeczniejsze życzenia 100 lat, a nawet więcej!
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Young is the only astronaut to pilot four different spacecraft: Gemini, Apollo 10 and 16 and Space Shuttle Columbia’s maiden voyage in 1981.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/go-for-launch/os-nasa-astronaut-john-young-turns-86-20160923-story.html
Chyba nieprecyzyjne ujęcie ilości rodzajów statków kosmicznych, którymi odbywał kosmiczne podróże.
Wg mnie to Gemini, Apollo, Orion i Columbia.
Poza tym jeden z 3. astronautów, którzy 2 razy odbyli podróże księżycowe.
Gdyby nie katastrofa Challengera to dowodziłby misją STS-61-J w 1986 , której zadaniem miało być wyniesienie teleskopu Hubble'a.
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24 września astronauta (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/18.htm) obchodził 87. urodziny.
Pozdrawiamy
18. (17) człowiek w kosmosie.
Odbył 6 lotów kosmicznych, które trwały łącznie 34d 19g 41m 52s.
Został pierwszym człowiekiem który odbył 5 i 6 lotów kosmicznych.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/young_john.pdf
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/young_john.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/y/young.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/y/young-j.php
https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00017.htm
http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/young-john-watts.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/crossroad/017.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/young18ru.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut))
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronauta) (https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronauta))
https://astronet.pl/loty-kosmiczne/n2926/
https://www.alamy.com/astronauts-bob-crippen-and-john-young-with-shuttle-image69495242.html?imageid=ECC58779-745A-48F4-BA03-CC9E2B284836&p=90011&pn=1&searchId=61d237aff4cdd96e9a9b5781acda91dd&searchtype=0
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-y/Young-John.html
https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/john-watts-young/
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-y/Young-John/Young-John-Text.html
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/sts-1/
https://www.americaspace.com/2016/08/13/__trashed/
To the Moon & Back: Reflections on the Apollo Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YEffEEguQ
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Official Portrait: John Young
Oct. 20, 2017
(https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jsc2002e43166.jpg)
John Young is the only astronaut to have flown during the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs. He was the pilot on the first Gemini mission and commander of the first space shuttle flight. He commanded the Apollo 16 mission and walked on the moon during it. He joined NASA in 1962 and retired in 2004.
Image Credit: NASA
Editor: Brian Dunbar
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/official-portrait-john-young
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1706012100118659572
Astronaut John Young was born on this day in 1930. Young flew in space six times (twice each during the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs), and served as an astronaut longer than anyone to date: 42 years (from 1962 to 2004): https://s.si.edu/3PwJ3Mh
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Dobrego zdrowia i samopoczucia - panie YOUNG!
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Moim zdaniem powinien polecieć jeszcze raz na orbitę - albo Dragonem albo CST-100. :)
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Moim zdaniem powinien polecieć jeszcze raz na orbitę - albo Dragonem albo CST-100. :)
Raczej Orionem, ma już doświadczenie :)
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Powinien polecieć BFR! A co! :D
A propos Pana Younga, to właśnie wczoraj oglądałem lądowanie STS 1 Columbia :)
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Też to oglądałem i zauważyłem, jak Young był podekscytowany , uśmiechnięty - nie czekając na Crippena, wyszedł pierwszy z Columbii i chodził wokół, przyglądał się jej, pokazywał innym różne miejsca na poszyciu, rozmawiał i gestykulował. Ten lot powrotny musiał na nim zrobić potężne wrażenie, jednocześnie widać było, że jest naprawdę zadowolony i szczęśliwy. Spełniony zawodowo astronauta weteran. Ciekawe, czy spisał swe wspomnienia?
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(https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/ap16-S71-51261.jpg)
John Young sits for his formal Apollo 16 portrait. 1 October 1971. Scan by Kipp Teague.
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Portrait of John in business suit. Scan by J.L. Pickering.
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John Young perpares to enter LM in the altitude chamber. 15 October 1971. Scan by J.L. Pickering.
(https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/ap16-S71-39828.jpg)
John Young during a geology field trip at Sudbury, Canada. 7-9 July 1971. Research by J.L. Pickering.
(https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/ap16-KSC-71P-554.jpg)
John Young stands at base of LM training vehicle as he narrates a video tape appeal for contributions to the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 2 September 1971. Scan by J.L. Pickering.
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John Young carries the tongs during geology training at the Rio Grande Gorge. 9-10 September 1971. Scan by J.L. Pickering.
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Conversation With John Young
Q & A
Ex-astronaut says moon's resources may help Earth
PATTY REINERT, Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Published 6:30 am, Friday, December 17, 2004
WASHINGTON - In more than four decades at NASA, astronaut John Young has flown in space six times — seven if you count his lunar liftoff. He smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard a Gemini capsule, walked the moon during Apollo and commanded the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Columbia.
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle two weeks before his retirement from the space agency, Young, 74, said he'll spend his time advocating for a return to the lunar surface and a human mission to Mars, convinced that life on Earth could depend on it.
Q: What were you thinking about and feeling when you first approached the moon on Apollo 10, and when you landed there to explore on Apollo 16?
A: I was flying the spaceship and we were breaking into lunar orbit, and we broke out over the highlands on the back side of the moon. It was completely dark ... so we were in the dark and then we broke out into sunlight and saw the back side of the moon. The impressive thing about the back side of the moon is how many darn craters it has. If the back side of the moon was facing us, I think human beings would be far more adaptive, far more educated, about (asteroid or comet) impacts on planet Earth. We're going to have a few of those before it's over with. ...
But one-sixth gravity on the surface of the moon is just delightful. It's not like being in zero gravity, you know. You can drop a pencil in zero gravity and look for it for three days. In one-sixth gravity, you just look down and there it is.
Q: Why should humans go back to the moon?
A: The moon has a lot of resources that we'll learn how to use in this century and that will be great. ... The technologies we need to live and work on the moon will save us right here on this planet.
Bad things are inevitably going to happen to us, like comet or asteroid impacts or super volcanoes. Flying in space is risky business, but just staying on this planet is risky business too.
The statistical risk of humans getting wiped out in the next 100 years due to a super volcano or asteroid or comet impact is 1 in 455. How does that relate? You're 10 times more likely to get wiped out by a civilization-ending event in the next 100 years than you are getting killed in a commercial airline crash.
The most dangerous thing we do in Houston, of course, is drive our automobiles to work every day, so you know how dangerous that is and how many people get killed doing that. But wiping out civilization. ...
It's not the point that we should move (to another planet). It's the point that the technologies that we need to live and work in other places in the solar system will help us survive on Earth when these bad things happen.
Q: You commanded the first flight of space shuttle Columbia in 1981, and you've also been a strong advocate for upgrading safety at NASA. How do you think the agency is doing with that, and how long do you think the space shuttle should be used?
A: You're going to need the shuttle to fly 28 missions in 10 years to build the space station. I think the only way to do that is to keep at the shuttle and look at every problem they have, and they're doing that right now. I wish we were flying right this minute.
Q: With Sean O'Keefe retiring, what do you think NASA needs in its next administrator?
A: I think they need to be looking at somebody who understands the business. It's a tough business, you know, doing things for science and technology and advancing the future and making real progress on the long term. It's tough to get people to want to do that.
The goal of going back to the moon and on to Mars — even though it would develop the technologies that over the long haul would save people on this planet — nobody wants to invest in it. You'd think people would be worried about their children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren, but we really don't worry.
We now have the ability to develop the technology to allow us to control our own destiny, and I think we should do that. I think it would be very important in the long haul to try to keep civilization going. It's a pretty important bunch, a great gang we all belong to — the human race ...
Q: What are your retirement plans?
A: I plan to keep advocating for developing the technologies we need to get off the planet and keep the shuttle going and build the space station and do all the things we need to do to make progress in science and technology. Over the long haul, doing that will certainly make things better for people all over the Earth.
You know, sooner or later, the Chinese and the Indians are going to want two cars in every garage, just the way we do. If they put fossil fuel cars in every garage, there isn't enough oil on the planet to do that.
I think going to alternative sources of energy is the key to the future of civilization on this planet, because we're gonna run out. ... Nobody's worried about that, but we should be very worried about that.
I think it's really important to get folks educated about these problems ... Earth's geologic history is pretty clear: It says, quite frankly, that single-planet species don't last. Right now we're a single-planet species. We need to fix that.
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Conversation-With-John-Young-1563092.php
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Book Review: Forever Young
Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk
From Ad Astra Summer 2013
Title: Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
Author: John W. Young with James R. Hansen
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Date: September, 2012
Retail Price: $29.95
If you have been waiting for a book from the only moonwalker without one, you will not be disappointed with Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space. John W. Young, with James R. Hansen, has written the epic story of his life not only of adventure, but service to his country and inspiration for the future.
He was born September 24, 1930 and grew up modestly in Cartersville, GA and Orlando, FL. He built model airplanes, played sports, worked at the local Piggly Wiggly, made straight A's, and graduated from high school in 1948. Young entered Georgia Tech on a Naval ROTC scholarship and graduated second in his class with a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering. He hoped to be rewarded with his first choice as a naval aviator, but was ordered to the destroyer USS Laws. Young was finally sent to flight training at Pensacola, Florida, on May 8, 1953 to begin his career soaring above the Earth, and was awarded his gold wings in December 1954.
After the heart-stopping business of carrier landing qualification and two cruises to the Mediterranean, he was sent to his dream job, the Navy test pilot school at Patuxent River, Md. In November 1959 he graduated second in his class and was assigned to armament tests of the all-weather F-4 Phantom. With all the right qualifications he was selected in the second group of nine NASA astronauts in September 1962.
With his assignment to Gemini III, Young was the first of his astronaut class to fly in space. Young's gripping account of the Titan rocket launch on March 23, 1965 almost makes the reader feel like they are sitting between Commander Gus Grissom and Young in the spacecraft. His vivid recollections nearly allow one to smell the corned beef as he offers Grissom the smuggled sandwich. He covers his three-day Gemini X mission with pilot Mike Collins in even greater detail as they took on a far more ambitious flight plan. The tasks included rendezvous and docking with an Agena target vehicle, which was used to boost Gemini X to a new record high orbit.
Aboard Apollo 10 in May 1969 he became the first human to fly solo around the Moon, as he piloted the command module Charlie Brown, in preparation for the Apollo 11 landing.
His next mission as commander of Apollo 16, which made him one of only 12 people to walk on the Moon, almost ended in a disappointing abort prior to landing. With brilliant procedures and a bit of daring from Mission Control, they worked around a problem with the command module thrust vector control. Young and Charlie Duke then landed the lunar module Orion at the Descartes highlands on April 20, 1972. His thorough descriptions help one imagine climbing down the ladder to the lunar surface for three moonwalks of scientific exploration, which helped to rewrite our understanding of the Moon.
Young stayed at NASA, and was appointed chief of the Astronaut Office in January 1974. He was then chosen to command the first-ever launch of the reusable Space Transportation System (STS). He relives the dynamic liftoff of Columbia on April 12, 1981 as he and Pilot Bob Crippen rode to orbit for an ambitious two-day workout of the spacecraft. At the 25-year anniversary of the mission, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin called STS-1 "the boldest test flight in history." He was again in command of Columbia on STS-9, November 28, 1983. Little noted in history, STS-9 could have ended in disaster when the general purpose computer (GPC) 1 and GPC 2 failed in orbit. The crew expertly restored GPC 2 and landed safely at Edwards AFB. But GPC 2 failed again at nose wheel touchdown and two auxiliary power units were on fire at landing.
Young discusses the Challenger tragedy at length and includes almost all of his testimony to the Rogers Commission, which was appointed by President Reagan to investigate the accident. Young also states unequivocally that the astronauts were not aware of the full history of problems with the solid rocket boosters and were not told of the recommendation from several engineers not to fly.
After the shuttles returned to flight, Young and others voiced concerns about debris strikes, but once again NASA minimized the concerns and continued to take risks. Space Shuttle Columbia was lost on February 1, 2003. NASA knew before reentry that foam from the external tank had hit the left wing of the orbiter, but the decision-makers thought there was no serious damage, and that nothing could be done if there was.
Young retired on December 31, 2004 after more than 42 years with NASA. Today he continues to advocate for a return to the Moon for exploration, a base for learning to live in space, and to solve problems on Earth such as power generation. He is also sounding the alarm to track near-Earth objects and devise tools and plans to deflect objects that will eventually be on a collision course with Earth.
What makes this book different than other astronauts' memoirs is the comprehensive technical detail he uses to describe each of his missions and his entire career at NASA. He not only describes the shaking of the mighty Saturn V at launch, but also tells why the oscillations occurred. The book has the depth of a NASA mission report, but reads like the smooth flowing prose of a novel. Everything one would expect to read about his life of adventure in air and space, and much more, is recorded for posterity in Forever Young.
© 2013 Steve Adamczyk
http://www.nss.org/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_131_foreveryoung.html
Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813042097/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=collectspace&linkId=a73a7ad0158c4d38236b49951566bd7a
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/002144.html
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8130-4209-1
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Astronauta Terry Virts napisał napisał na Twitterze:
Rest In Peace John Young. You were one of my heroes as an astronaut and explorer and your passion for space will be missed.
Bardzo smutna informacja! :(
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:( Już tylko pięciu żyje tych , co poznało zapach księżycowego pyłu.
Zostało już tylko przy życiu 13 uczestników lotów księżycowych :(
Tylko cała księżycowa załoga Apollo 8 żyje .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBb_iKZbGM
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Wspaniała cześć historii podboju kosmosu :(
https://www.nasa.gov/content/image-gallery-john-young
https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/young
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-remembers-agency-s-most-experienced-astronaut
Cześć jego pamięci...
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RELEASE 18-001 Jan. 6, 2018
NASA Remembers Agency’s Most Experienced Astronaut
The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of John Young, who died Friday night following complications from pneumonia at the age of 87. Young is the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times:
“Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer. Astronaut John Young's storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight; we will stand on his shoulders as we look toward the next human frontier.
“John was one of that group of early space pioneers whose bravery and commitment sparked our nation's first great achievements in space. But, not content with that, his hands-on contributions continued long after the last of his six spaceflights -- a world record at the time of his retirement from the cockpit.
“Between his service in the U.S. Navy, where he retired at the rank of captain, and his later work as a civilian at NASA, John spent his entire life in service to our country. His career included the test pilot’s dream of two ‘first flights’ in a new spacecraft -- with Gus Grissom on Gemini 3, and as Commander of STS-1, the first space shuttle mission, which some have called ‘the boldest test flight in history.’ He flew as Commander on Gemini 10, the first mission to rendezvous with two separate spacecraft the course of a single flight. He orbited the Moon in Apollo 10, and landed there as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission. On STS-9, his final spaceflight, and in an iconic display of test pilot ‘cool,’ he landed the space shuttle with a fire in the back end.
“I participated in many Space Shuttle Flight Readiness Reviews with John, and will always remember him as the classic ‘hell of an engineer’ from Georgia Tech, who had an uncanny ability to cut to the heart of a technical issue by posing the perfect question -- followed by his iconic phrase, ‘Just asking...’
“John Young was at the forefront of human space exploration with his poise, talent, and tenacity. He was in every way the 'astronaut’s astronaut.' We will miss him.”
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-remembers-agency-s-most-experienced-astronaut
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Rok - co do miesiąca - po Gene Cernanie :( R.I.P.
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Od 2016 już 4 księżycowych astronautów odeszło ( w tym trzech, którzy chodzili po Księżycu).
John Young jest po kolei siódmym, który odchodzi w wieku co najmniej 80 lat.
Ikona podboju kosmosu.
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John Young, ninth astronaut on moon, led first shuttle mission, dies
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January 6, 2018 — John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who walked on the moon and flew on the first Gemini and space shuttle missions, has died. (...)
On the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969, Young became the first person to orbit the moon alone. During the flight, which was a full-up dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing two months later, Young remained on board the command module "Charlie Brown" while his crewmates, Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan, flew "Snoopy," the Apollo 10 lunar module, to within 47,000 feet (14 km) of the moon's surface.
On their return to Earth, Young, Stafford and Cernan set a record for the highest speed achieved by astronauts aboard a spacecraft: 24,791 mph (39,897 km/h) on May 26, 1969. (...)
In 1974, Young was named the fifth chief of the Astronaut Office, after serving for a year as the office's space shuttle branch chief. For 13 years, Young led NASA's astronaut corps, overseeing the crews assigned to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the approach and landing tests with the prototype orbiter Enterprise, and the first 25 space shuttle missions.(...)
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010618a-astronaut-john-young-obituary.html
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Portrety John Younga w moim archiwum:
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Prawie 53 lata minęły od pierwszego lotu astronauty w kosmos i 34 od ostatniego.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqBgDsa9yUk
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Był jedynym astronautą, który brał udział w tylu programach kosmicznych. Zdecydowana większość astronautów programu Apollo odeszła z NASA wkrótce po ostatniej misji tego programu. John Young trwał na stanowisku bardzo długo. To zdecydowanie najbardziej doświadczona ikona podboju kosmosu. Wielki szacunek dla tego człowieka.
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Legendarna postać.
Bardzo wiele osób kibicowało mu, by wykonał jeszcze jeden lot wahadłowcem na koniec lat 90 / początek lat 2000.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLe6NCi4nSU
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Legendarna postać.
Bardzo wiele osób kibicowało mu, by wykonał jeszcze jeden lot wahadłowcem na koniec lat 90 / początek lat 2000.
Young początkowo miał też dowowdzić misją STS-61J, wysłanie teleskopu Hubbla. Katastrofa Challengera spowodowała, że Hubbla udało się umieścić na orbicie dopiero podczas lotu STS-31. Jedynie Young nie poleciał w pierwotnym składzie załogi.
http://www.spacefacts.de/cancelled/english/sts-61j.htm
http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-31.htm
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Remembering John Young, an 'Astronaut's Astronaut', Gone at Age 87
By Ben Evans January 6th, 2018
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An excited John Young stands with George Abbey, then-head of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD), and watch Bob Crippen descend the steps from Columbia. Photo Credit: NASA
(...) Within those five weeks of cumulative experience, he recorded 20 hours and 14 minutes of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon. Flying Gemini 3 in March 1965 and STS-1 in April 1981, Young was the only U.S. astronaut to be aboard the maiden voyage of two different piloted spacecraft. He conducted rendezvous and docking whilst orbiting both Earth and the Moon and continued to maintain a significant presence on astronaut selection panels, long after his final spaceflight. (...)
In the pre-Challenger era, Young was assigned to a record-setting seventh mission, STS-61J, planned for October 1986, to deploy NASA’s showpiece Hubble Space Telescope (HST). However, it was not to be. For reasons discussed elsewhere, he was transferred out of the headship of the Astronaut Office in April 1987 and went on to serve in a number of increasing senior managerial positions and acting as assistant to the director of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. He also sat on many selection panels for future astronauts and his retirement in December 2004 brought to a close more than four decades of remarkable service to the U.S. space program.
Renowned for his deadpan humor, Young flew with many astronauts over the years. Mike Collins, his Gemini X crewmate, went on to accompany Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on humanity’s first lunar landing. Gene Cernan became the last Moonwalker, Tom Stafford commanded a joint mission with the Soviet Union, Bob Crippen went on to head the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, whilst his STS-9 crewmates included Ulf Merbold, who later became the first German to record three space missions. And yet perhaps his most famous crewmate was Gus Grissom, whom everyone nicknamed “Gruss Gus”. When asked if he had any qualms flying with Gruss Gus, John Young replied: “Are you kidding? I’d have gone with my mother-in-law!”
http://www.americaspace.com/2018/01/06/remembering-john-young-an-astronauts-astronaut-gone-at-age-87/
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S69-32035 (26 April 1969) --- Astronaut John W. Young, command module pilot of the Apollo 10 prime crew, is seen at a press conference held at the Manned Spacecraft Center on April 26, 1969.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9352271908
S65-13391 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (left), Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot; and John W. Young, pilot, are shown discussing test plans prior to entering the Gemini-3 spacecraft for a communications test at the Merritt Island test area.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9352508726
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S66-39889 (1 Aug. 1966) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the prime crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, wear the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Exceptional Service Medal awarded them during ceremonies preceding the Gemini-10 press conference. Photo credit: NASA
S66-39897 (1 Aug. 1966) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Gemini-10 command pilot, uses a chalk drawing on a blackboard to illustrate how astronaut Michael Collins, Gemini-10 pilot, looked when he inspected the Agena Target Docking Vehicle during his extravehicular activity. Young was discussing the mission before a gathering of news media representatives in the Building 1 auditorium. Photo credit: NASA
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9508461135
S68-42906 (13 Nov. 1968) --- NASA has named these three astronauts as the prime crew of the Apollo 10 space mission. Left to right are Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, commander.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9349492763
S72-30160 (5 May 1972) --- The Apollo 16 prime crew relax aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever during water egress training activity in the Gulf of Mexico. They are, left to right, astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot; John W. Young, commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. The Command Module trainer was used in the training exercise.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-16-crew-during-water-egress-training
S81-30479 (April 1981) --- Astronauts John W. Young, second from left, and Robert L. Crippen, left, discuss photography from their recent STS-1 mission with astronauts Joe H. Engle, right, and Richard H. Truly during a post-mission debriefing session. Engle and Truly were backup crewmen for STS-1 and they have been named as prime crew members for STS-2, scheduled for a Sept. 30, 1981 liftoff. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Liftoff of Shuttle Columbia on STS-9 Mission, Nov. 28, 1983
Nov. 28, 2017 Editor: Sarah Loff Last Updated: Jan. 3, 2018
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The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a busy nine days in space for six crew members. Official launch time was 11:00:00:84 a.m. (EST), Nov. 28, 1983. Onboard the spacecraft are astronauts John W. Young, Brewster Shaw, Jr., Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. R. Parker; the European Space Agency's Dr. Ulf Merbold; and Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, biomedical engineer with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Image Credit: NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/liftoff-of-shuttle-columbia-on-sts-9-mission-nov-28-1983
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Legendary astronaut John Young, a veteran of Apollo and shuttle programs, speaks in Titusville along the Space Walk of Fame. Here, a bronze bust of John F. Kennedy that will be part of the monument to Apollo workers is in the background. (Photo: Provided to FLORIDA TODAY/file)
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2018/01/06/astronaut-john-young-who-walked-moon-dies-87/1010210001/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYXqsBEXtTk&t=17s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuO_DLHrkys
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Zmarł astronauta John Young. „Straciliśmy pioniera lotów kosmicznych”
07.01.2018
W wieku 87 lat zmarł w Houston w stanie Teksas słynny amerykański astronauta John Young, który chodził po Księżycu i kierował pierwszym lotem wahadłowca kosmicznego – poinformowała w sobotę amerykańska agencja kosmiczna NASA.
John Young zmarł w piątek w swym domu na skutek powikłań związanych z zapaleniem płuc. – Kariera Johna Younga objęła aż trzy generacje lotów kosmicznych. John był jednym z tej grupy, których odwaga i poświęcenie przyczyniły się do naszych pierwszych wielkich osiągnięć w kosmosie – powiedział przedstawiciel NASA Robert Lightfoot.
– Straciliśmy pioniera lotów kosmicznych – podkreślił Lightfoot.
Young był jedynym amerykańskim astronautą, który poleciał w kosmos w ramach trzech różnych programów: Gemini, Apollo oraz lotów wahadłowców. Był pierwszym człowiekiem, który poleciał w kosmos aż sześć razy, a także dziewiątym w historii człowiekiem na Księżycu. W kosmosie był on dwa razy z misją Gemini w połowie lat 60., dwa razy na Księżycu w ramach programu Apollo i kolejne dwa razy na pokładzie wahadłowca kosmicznego Columbia na początku lat 80.
Jego kariera w NASA trwała aż 42 lata, dłużej niż któregokolwiek z astronautów. W 2004 roku John Young przeszedł na emeryturę.
źródło: PAP
http://www.tvp.info/35506939/spoleczenstwo/zmarl-astronauta-john-young-stracilismy-pioniera-lotow-kosmicznych/
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John Young (1930-2018)
BY MICHAŁ MOROZ ON 7 STYCZNIA 2018
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John Young (1930-2018) / NASA
W wieku 87 lat zmarł John Young, legenda amerykańskiego podboju kosmosu.
Jeżeli mówić o niesamowitej astronautycznej biografii, to życie Johna Younga należało do najciekawszych w historii całej astronautyki. Stał się wręcz legendarną postacią za życia, które obejmowało praktycznie większość amerykańskich programów kosmicznych.
Urodził się w 1930 roku w San Francisco. Po ukończeniu licencjatu z inżynierii lotniczej na Georgie Institute of Technology wstąpił do amerykańskiej marynarki wojennej. Jako pilot uczestniczył między innymi w kampanii podczas wojny koreańskiej. Od 1959 roku służył jako pilot doświadczalny, oblatując myśliwce wojskowe, zaś w 1962 roku został wybrany do drugiej grupy astronautów NASA.
Pierwszy lot kosmiczny wykonał w 1965 roku z Virgilem Grissomem. Podczas misji Gemini III po raz pierwszy w locie załogowym przetestowany został nowy amerykański statek kosmiczny Gemini, posiadający zdolność manewrowania na orbicie z dwuosobową załogą. Podczas misji Young dostał dużą reprymendę. Przeszmuglował na pokład kanapkę dla dowódcy bez wiedzy kontroli lotów.
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Zdjęcie Younga przed lotem w Gemini III / NASA
Drugi raz poleciał w kosmos w 1966 roku w ramach Gemini X wraz Michaelem Collinsem. Wówczas przetestowano cumowanie do górnego stopnia rakiety Agena, symulując manewry cumowania do tworzonego lądownika księżycowego LM. Agena wyniosła pojazd Gemini na wyższą orbitę eliptyczną wynoszącą 294 x 763 km. Wówczas (do czasu misji Gemini XI) była to najwyższa orbita, na której znaleźli się ludzie. Następnie ponownie uruchomiono silniki Ageny, zmniejszając wysokość orbity statku Gemini. Sam pojazd zbliżył się jeszcze do niedziałającego, innego stopnia Agena, który doznał awarii podczas misji Gemini VIII, doprowadzając do przedwczesnego zakończenia misji. Michael Collins przeprowadził jeszcze dwa spacery kosmiczne, m.in. pobierając próbki z niedziałającej Ageny, po czym po niecałych trzech dniach w kosmosie astronauci wrócili na Ziemię.
Trzeci lot zabrał Younga w okolicę Ksieżyca. W maju 1969 roku podczas misji Apollo 10 wraz Thomasem Staffordem i Eugene Cernanem przeprowadzili ostatnie testy przed lądowaniem człowieka na Księżycu. Podczas gdy Cernan i Stafford zbliżyli się na 15 kilometrów od powierzchni Księżyca, Young po raz pierwszy samodzielnie pilotował statek Apollo na orbicie okołoksiężycowej. Podczas powrotu załogi pobity został kolejny rekord, kapsuła Apollo 10 uzyskała największą prędkość pojazdu załogowego w historii: 39 897 km/h .
Young ponownie wrócił na Księżyc podczas misji Apollo 16 w kwietniu 1972. Tym razem, jako dziewiąty człowiek w historii stanął na powierzchni Srebrnego Globu. Wraz z Charlesem Duke wykonał wówczas trzy spacery po jego powierzchni, kapsułą Apollo na orbicie księżyca sterował zaś trzeci członek załogi Thomas Mattingly.
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John Young na Księżycu / NASA
Jako jeden z niewielu astronautów programu Apollo John Young pozostał w NASA po zakończeniu programu księżycowego. W 1981 odbył piąty lot kosmiczny, jako dowódca misji STS-1, pierwszego lotu wahadłowca Columbia, testując całkowicie nową konstrukcję w przestrzeni kosmicznej i otwierając nowy rozdział lotów załogowych w NASA.
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Young podczas misji STS-1 / NASA
Ostatnim lotem Younga była misja STS-9, pierwsza międzynarodowa misja wahadłowca, w której przetestowano również modularne laboratorium Spacelab, które można było dostosowywać do poszczególnych potrzeb naukowych misji. W locie brał udział również Ulf Merbold z RFN, pierwszy astronauta Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej.
W 1986 został przydzielony do kolejnego lotu wahadłowca, który miał wynieść Teleskop Hubble’a. Po katastrofie Challengera głośno krytykował jednak NASA za nieprzestrzeganie procedur, aby spełnić bardzo napięty harmonogram lotów. Przydział Younga do lotu został odwołany i w kosmos już więcej nie poleciał, w agencji pracował jednak jako aktywny astronauta aż do 2004 roku.
Łącznie Young spędził 34 dni w przestrzeni kosmicznej. Jako pierwszy wykonał sześć lotów w kosmos. Pilotował cztery różne statki kosmiczne: Gemini, Apollo, lądownik LM oraz wahadłowiec Space Shuttle. Zmarł 5 stycznia 2018 roku.
Obecnie żyje jeszcze tylko pięciu z dwunastu uczestników misji Apollo, którzy chodzili po Srebrnym Globie.
http://kosmonauta.net/2018/01/john-young-1930-2018/#prettyPhoto
AA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3116.msg113682#msg113682
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W 2013 roku wydano biografię zmarłego kilka dni temu Johna Younga pt. "Forever Young. A Life of Adventure in Air and Space". Wspomnień astronautów w języku polskim jest niewiele (niedawno zakupiłem książkę Chrisa Hadfielda), dlatego myślę, że warto napisać do kilku wydawnictw propozycje wydania po naszemu biografii takich postaci jak Neil Armstrong, czy właśnie John Young ;) Kto by nie poczytał?
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W 2013 roku wydano biografię zmarłego kilka dni temu Johna Younga pt. "Forever Young. A Life of Adventure in Air and Space". Wspomnień astronautów w języku polskim jest niewiele (niedawno zakupiłem książkę Chrisa Hadfielda), dlatego myślę, że warto napisać do kilku wydawnictw propozycje wydania po naszemu biografii takich postaci jak Neil Armstrong, czy właśnie John Young ;) Kto by nie poczytał?
Bardziej wspomnienia niż biografia.
Obawiam się jednak, że grono tych , którzy biografiami astronautów wypełnią domowe biblioteczki może okazać się zbyt wąskie, by wydawcy na tym zarobili. Ale może się mylę.
Luki na polskim rynku wydawniczym są w tej mierze spore.
'Forever Young' – A Memoir of ‘The Astronaut’s Astronaut’
By Ben Evans December 30th, 2012
In the days before his first mission into space, way back in March 1965, John Young was asked by a journalist if he minded flying into orbit with the fiery Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom as his Gemini 3 crewmate. Without blinking, the 34-year-old Young replied: “Are you kidding? I’d go with my mother-in-law!” It was an indicator not only of Young’s intense dry wit, but of his equally intense devotion to the exploration of the final frontier—an exploration which consumes 400 pages in his long-awaited memoir, Forever Young, co-authored with Auburn University history professor and Neil Armstrong biographer James R. Hansen.
Long-awaited because Young has earned himself a reputation over the past five decades which cannot be surpassed. True, there are astronauts who have flown more times into space than him. True, there are other astronauts who have walked on the Moon, besides him. True, there are astronauts who have commanded more missions and flown longer in space than him. But for sheer longevity within the astronaut business, John Watts Young is unrivaled. Selected as a member of NASA’s second intake of spacefarers in September 1962—an intake which former chief astronaut Deke Slayton once described as “probably the best all-around group ever put together”—he spent more than 40 years with NASA and flew six times, across three separate programs: Gemini, Apollo, and the Shuttle. Even Jerry Ross, who became the first human to record a seventh voyage into space, has described Young as his hero.
http://www.americaspace.com/2012/12/30/forever-young-a-memoir-of-the-astronauts-astronaut/comment-page-1/
http://upf.com/book.asp?id=YOUNG001
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11.01.2018 na KSC visitor complex odbyło się pożegnanie z Johnem Youngiem:
krótki filmik pod adresem: https://www.facebook.com/KennedySpaceCenterVisitorComplex/videos/vb.96711692268/10156172043622269/
Wystąpili szef KSC Bob Cabana, były astronauta Jon McBride i Mike McCulley.
Parę fotek wg cS, credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
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Fellow astronauts remember John Young as crewmate, hero and 'great American'
January 9, 2018 — Astronauts who flew into space with John Young, and others who followed him into space, paid tribute to their late friend and colleague, who was the ninth person to walk on the moon and led the first space shuttle mission. (...)
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STS-9 crewmates Brewster Shaw and John Young, seen together at Shaw's induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2006. (collectSPACE)
"John was the kind of guy that every time he walked in the door, you knew what to expect. You knew what you were going to get in regards to what kind of human being you were going to deal with. He was very steady, and he was constant as a human being," Shaw said.
"When we were training together and I would make these huge bonehead mistakes in the simulator, John never got upset. He calmly said, 'Well, what do you think about what just happened? How could we have handled that better? Or what could we have done differently?'" Shaw described. "He would just talk to you through the scenario and the important things to pay attention to."
"John was just such an incredible, intuitive engineer," said Shaw. "He just had a sense of what was going on and what to do about it. So working with him and being trained by him was just an almost indescribable pleasure because he was such a great guy."
"That is what I would like people to know about John," he said, "what kind of human being he was. Not that he was a great American hero, but that he was a great American."
http://www.collectspace.com//news/news-010918a-john-young-remembered-astronauts.html
7:13 PM · Sep 23, 2024
Born 24 September 1930. John Watts Young, American astronaut, test pilot, naval officer and aeronautical engineer.
https://x.com/ron_eisele/status/1838265514826567761
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1705930089693679716
Happy birthday to the one and only John Young 🥳
Young was widely regarded as an “astronaut’s astronaut” for his innate abilities, technical competence, and generosity in teaching others. He served as an astronaut longer than anyone to date: 42 years. https://go.nasa.gov/3rnf0P8
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https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1729533380490932294
"A remarkable flying machine." - John Young, astronaut.
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1731342535753126026
Who was the only astronaut to fly on four classes of spacecraft?
Why John Young of course! 40 years ago today, this veteran of two Gemini and two Apollo missions including the Apollo 16 Moon landing, was commanding the last of his six spaceflights: STS-9. https://go.nasa.gov/46mk0Cc
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https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1743016065418818037
Died 5 January 2018. John Watts Young, American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. The ninth man to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
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https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1743016167835398232
"Anyone who sits on top of the largest hydrogen-oxygen fuelled system in the world; knowing they're going to light the bottom and doesn't get a little worried, does not fully understand the situation." John Young, commenting on the first Space Shuttle flight.
Remembering NASA Legend John Young on his Birthday 🇺🇸
https://x.com/LettersfromTim/status/1838605765487268108
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NASA History Office @NASAhistory
On his birthday, we honor John Young and his 42 years of service as a NASA astronaut.
Beyond his groundbreaking 6 space missions as part of the Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle programs, he worked for decades to mitigate the risks that @NASA_Astronauts
face. https://go.nasa.gov/4grvLxt
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1838586695324684556
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Z NASA grupa 2 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/nasa2.htm), powołanej 62 lata temu, żyje już tylko James Arthur 'Shaky' Lovell, Jr. (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5296.msg190398#msg190398).
Jest jednym z dwóch astronautów, którzy zmarli w wieku 87. lat (obaj z misji Apollo 16).
W tym wieku żyje obecnie sześciu.
W skład jego załóg wchodziło 13. astronautów (18 załogantów).
Obecnie żyją:
Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5518.msg187185#msg187185)
Robert Laurel Crippen (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4652.msg165886#msg165886)
Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, Jr. (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4597.msg164955#msg164955)
Robert Allan Ridley Parker (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5625.msg188426#msg188426)
Ulf Dietrich Merbold (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5377.msg185052#msg185052)
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5249.msg182033#msg182033)
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A true astronauts' astronaut, #HappyBirthday to the remarkable John Young, born September 24, 1930.
He flew Gemini 3. Commanded Gemini 10. On #Apollo10, he flew solo round the Moon. He drove the LRV during #Apollo16 & commanded the shuttle on STS-1 & STS-9
https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1838288608026841586
#OTD September 24, 1930 John Watt Young was born. Remember the astronauts’ astronaut, such a great man indeed.
https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1838289417158488411
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STS-61J (http://www.spacefacts.de/cancelled/english/sts-61j.htm)
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ＣＯＮＴＡＣＴ ＬＩＧＨＴ 。 ◯ *・@contactlight69
Remember Astronaut John Young, NASA’s longest-serving astronaut. He died on January 5, 2018
Young flew twice to the Moon, walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission He went to space six times in the Gemini, Apollo & Space Shuttle programs
http://contactlight.de
https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1875608671398588644
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Odyseja Butcha i Suni dobiega końca. {...} Są pierwszymi astronautami, którzy latali na czterech różnych typach pojazdów kosmicznych. {...}
Ale tymi, które służyły do startów i powrotów na Ziemię.
Po tym względem pierwszym astronautą, który dokonał 3. lotów w tej kategorii został 28.11.1983 John Young.
22.05.1969 Thomas Patten Stafford (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5493.msg186910#msg186910) odbywając lot LM Snoopy został pierwszym człowiekiem, który poza Ziemią latał 3. pojazdami.
John Young, a pioneer who flew four different spacecraft, has died
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/john-young-a-pioneer-who-flew-three-different-spacecraft-has-died/
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Need spectacles? As John Young remarked. "I guess we all get to wear them at some point."
https://x.com/ron_eisele/status/1909302672643310018
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24 września minęła 95. rocznica urodzin pierwszego człowieka, który poleciał w kosmos 6. razy.
Rocznik 1930 jest bogato reprezentowany przez uczestników lotów kosmicznych.
Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 12:03 AM · Sep 24, 2025
24 septembre
L'astronaute John W. Young (1930-2018) aurait eu 95 ans aujourd'hui.
https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2018/01/disparition-de-lastronaute-john-w-young.html
Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 6:33 PM · Jan 6, 2018
Très attristé par la disparition de John Young (1930-2018) qui est "mon idole spatiale" et à l'origine de mon envie de collection spatiale.
Un hommage lui sera rendu sur Space Quotes - Souvenirs d'espace dont il avait été un des premiers invités
https://spacemen1969.blogspot.fr/2009/12/rencontre-avec-john-young-astronaute-et.html?m=1
https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1970609872061202485