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“cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). Rene Descartes.
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Apollo 16 Crew: Mattingly, Young, Duke
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Jan
17
An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #188 – Apollo 10 – Command Module Pilot John Young
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John Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut thus far. Over the course of 42 years of active NASA service he made six space flights and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
John Young training in the CM simulator
John Young looking at the flight plan
John Young suiting up
Dec
21
Space Rocket History #190 – Apollo 10 – The Launch
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On May 18th 1969, a king, some congressmen, other distinguished guests, and a hundred thousand other watchers waited at scattered vantage points around the Cape area. At 49 minutes past noon, Rocco Petrone’s launch team sent Apollo 10 on its way to the United States’s second manned rendezvous with the moon.
Apollo 10 crew on the way to Pad 39B
Launch of Apollo 10
Apollo 10
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Space Rocket History #188 – Apollo 10 – Command Module Pilot John Young
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John Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut thus far. Over the course of 42 years of active NASA service he made six space flights and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
John Young training in the CM simulator
John Young looking at the flight plan
John Young suiting up