John W. Young Our country is filled with interesting people, one of these people is Astronaut John W. Young, also known as John Watts Young. John Young was selected by NASA to be an astronaut in the September of 1962, thus beginning his long career. Young has been on many flights including Gemini 3 on March Twenty-third, 1965 , this was the first Gemini mission to be manned.
On July 18, 1966, launched Gemini 10 carrying Young and another astronaut named Michael Collins. The primary purpose of Gemini 10 was to perform tests, they include studies on “zodiacal light, synoptic terrain, and synoptic weather photography, micrometeorite collections, UV astronomical camera, ion wake measurements, and meteoroid erosion.”(Nasa Mission Profile Gemini …show more content…
Everything was done the same they just did not perform the lunar landing, NASA wanted to see if everything could support a mission to the moon.
One of his most well known missions was Apollo 16, this mission’s purpose was lunar exploration. Apollo 16 launched on April 16, 1972 and landed on the moon on April 21, this was the fifth mission where people had walked on the moon. On this mission Young was Spacecraft Commander, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke were the other members of the crew. When they landed on the moon they set up equipment and explored the Descartes Lunar Highlands. When they came back they had brought two-hundred pounds of rock back with them, for further research of the lunar geology.(NASA Mission Profile Apollo 16 1)
Young was also on board the STS-1 known also as the Orbiter Columbia. “STS-1 was the first manned orbital test flight of the Space Transportation System with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen on board to verify the combined performance of the Space Shuttle vehicle. Mission duration was 54 hours 20 minutes 53 seconds.”(NASA Mission Profile STS-1 …show more content…
On his Gemini 3 mission with Gus Grissom, John displayed his irrepressible sense of humor, when he smuggled Grissom’s favorite sandwich on board the flight as a “secret experiment.” Wally Schirra had ordered a corned beef sandwich from Wolfie’s Delicatessen in Cocoa Beach, and secretly handed it off to Young. During the mission, John presented the sandwich to a pleased crewmate. NASA, however, was furious at the astronaut “contraband” and ordered Chief Astronaut Donald “Deke” Slayton to control his troops.” (National Aviation Hall of Fame 1)
There have been many Astronauts in history, some better known than others. John Young was an incredibly important man when it came to lunar exploration, piloting, and engineering. In his lifetime “He has logged more than 15,275 hours flying time in props, jets, helicopters, rocket jets, more than 9,200 hours in T-38s, and six space flights of 835 hours.” (NASA
On July 18, 1966, launched Gemini 10 carrying Young and another astronaut named Michael Collins. The primary purpose of Gemini 10 was to perform tests, they include studies on “zodiacal light, synoptic terrain, and synoptic weather photography, micrometeorite collections, UV astronomical camera, ion wake measurements, and meteoroid erosion.”(Nasa Mission Profile Gemini …show more content…
Everything was done the same they just did not perform the lunar landing, NASA wanted to see if everything could support a mission to the moon.
One of his most well known missions was Apollo 16, this mission’s purpose was lunar exploration. Apollo 16 launched on April 16, 1972 and landed on the moon on April 21, this was the fifth mission where people had walked on the moon. On this mission Young was Spacecraft Commander, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke were the other members of the crew. When they landed on the moon they set up equipment and explored the Descartes Lunar Highlands. When they came back they had brought two-hundred pounds of rock back with them, for further research of the lunar geology.(NASA Mission Profile Apollo 16 1)
Young was also on board the STS-1 known also as the Orbiter Columbia. “STS-1 was the first manned orbital test flight of the Space Transportation System with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen on board to verify the combined performance of the Space Shuttle vehicle. Mission duration was 54 hours 20 minutes 53 seconds.”(NASA Mission Profile STS-1 …show more content…
On his Gemini 3 mission with Gus Grissom, John displayed his irrepressible sense of humor, when he smuggled Grissom’s favorite sandwich on board the flight as a “secret experiment.” Wally Schirra had ordered a corned beef sandwich from Wolfie’s Delicatessen in Cocoa Beach, and secretly handed it off to Young. During the mission, John presented the sandwich to a pleased crewmate. NASA, however, was furious at the astronaut “contraband” and ordered Chief Astronaut Donald “Deke” Slayton to control his troops.” (National Aviation Hall of Fame 1)
There have been many Astronauts in history, some better known than others. John Young was an incredibly important man when it came to lunar exploration, piloting, and engineering. In his lifetime “He has logged more than 15,275 hours flying time in props, jets, helicopters, rocket jets, more than 9,200 hours in T-38s, and six space flights of 835 hours.” (NASA