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	Charles Conrad, third man to walk on moon, dies in accident at 69
		Conrad, who also flew two Gemini missions in the 1960s and commanded first Skylab mission in 1973, crashed on a turn Thursday on Highway 150 near Ojai and died five hours later at Ojai Valley Community Hospital.
		Conrad, who lived in Huntington Beach near Los Angeles, was on a trip to Monterey with his wife, Nancy, and friends, Ventura County Deputy Coroner James Baroni said.
		Conrad, who divorced his first wife, is survived by his second wife, three sons and seven grandchildren.
	www.freep.com /news/latestnews/qlatend10.htm (755 words)

	Conrad Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles CONRAD was born on 13 Mar 1803 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania.
		Charles William CONRAD was born on 7 Jun 1868 in Anderson, IN.
		Parents: Mathias CONRAD and Mary E. She was married to Mallie M. Harold Ernest CONRAD was born on 26 Oct 1894 in Madison County, IN (Lapel).
	conrad.cresimore.com /history/d3.htm (1380 words)

	Human Space Flight (HSF) - Space History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles P. (Pete) Conrad (Capt., USN, Ret.), the third human to walk on the moon, died late Thursday night in a hospital in Ojai, CA of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
		Conrad was on a trip to Monterey, CA with his wife, Nancy, and friends when his motorcycle crashed on a turn, according to the California Highway Patrol.
		Conrad and Bean proved that pinpoint landings could be made on the lunar surface and conducted the first significant science operations during their 31 hours on the Ocean of Storms.
	spaceflight.nasa.gov /history/apollo/apollo12/conrad/pete_conrad_obit.html (853 words)

	Beers: Conrad p. 1010 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HENRY CONRAD, proprietor of the only tin shop in Burgettstown, was born November 5, 1838, in Prussia, and is a son of Charles Conrad, whose father was born and reared in that country, being there married to a Miss Schules.
		Charles Conrad was born in 1798, in Prussia.
		Conrad started a small greenhouse, which has increased to his present magnificent collection of beautiful and varied vegetation, including both flowers and vegetables, which are kept in a large and elegant conservatory.
	www.chartiers.com /beers-project/articles/conrad-1010.html (525 words)

	Charles Conrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Joseph Conrad Foundation This extensive site on Conrad and his work includes book reviews, information on collecting editions of Conrad's works, and numerous links to Conrad-related resources (academic and otherwise) on the 'net.
		Conrad of Offida, Italian Franciscan, trusted by Brother Leo, on good terms with the Spiritual Franciscans, founded the Celestines but returned to the main branch of the Franciscans when a later pope suppressed the Celestines.
		Charles L. McNary, honored United States Senator of Oregon, candidate for Vice President in 1940 on the Republican ticket with Wendel Wilkie.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Charles_Conrad_.html (316 words)

	Apollo 12 Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Conrad jammed himself forward against his window as tightly as he could, probably wishing he had a rear window or at least a rear-facing mirror, and tried to peer as far around the back as possible.
		While Conrad and Bean were at Sharp, what did catch their attention was the bright, nearly white color of the fine ejecta and, as they approached the rim, the increasingly soft footing.
		Conrad even decided that the surface was firm enough that, had he known about it ahead of time, he might have been able to land Intrepid on the broad, flat bottom of the crater.
	www.planetscapes.com /solar/eng/apo12.htm (7570 words)

	The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Conrad was born in Philadelphia, June 2, 1930.
		Conrad was spacecraft commander of Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969.
		Conrad's fourth and final space flight occurred in 1973 as the Commander of the first crew to live and work on America's first space station, Skylab.
	www.spacefame.org /conrad2.html (465 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles Conrad, Jr.'s career in space began when he was among the hundreds of disappointed applicants after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected seven test pilots in 1958 for astronaut training for its "Project Mercury" manned space program.
		At this point Conrad and his crew activated the workshop and used the array of telescopes to observe solar flares and the earth and transmit their pictures to earth, marking a new era in astronomy.
		During man's first venture into space, Charles Conrad, Jr., made four flights, and spent nearly 1200 hours in space, of which almost 32 were on the moon.
	www.nationalaviation.org /website/index.asp?webpageid={F3401AC2-408C-42A7-AD0F-CDDC7942F110}&eID=409 (1655 words)

	Lunar Orbit - Charles Conrad
		Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962.
		Conrad was spacecraft commander of Apollo 12, November 14- 24, 1969.
		Conrad was also a member of the Board of Directors of ATC.
	lunarorbit.tripod.com /conrad.html (630 words)

	Guardian \| Charles Conrad
		Charles "Pete" Conrad, who has died in a motorcycle accident aged 69, was commander of the Apollo 12 space mission that touched down in the ocean of storms on November 19, 1969, in the second lunar landing.
		Conrad recorded the most detailed commentary of working conditions on the moon; he and Alan Bean were there for 32 hours.
		Conrad and Gordon were in the same crew again for Apollo 12, from November 14 to 24, 1969.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3882129-103616,00.html (680 words)

	Charles Conrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Conrad and command pilot Gordon Cooper were launched into orbit on Aug. 21.
		Conrad was spacecraft commander of Apollo 12, Nov. 14-24, 1969.
		In December 1973, Conrad retired from the U.S. Navy to accept a position as Vice President, Operations and Chief Operating Officer of American Television and Communications Corporation, or ATC, Denver, Colo. He had served 20 years in the navy, eleven of which were as an astronaut in the space program.
	holyghostexpress.com /edu/astronomers/charles_conrad.htm (718 words)

	Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Conrad, a United States astronaut, commanded the Apollo 12 mission that made the second manned moon landing.
		On Nov. 19, 1969, Conrad and astronaut Alan L. Bean landed in their lunar module, Intrepid, and stayed for about 31 hours.
		In 1973, Conrad was commander of the initial mission of the first manned U.S. space station, Skylab.
	www.worldbook.com /features/apollo11/html/conrad.htm (175 words)

	CNN - Moonwalker 'Pete' Conrad dies in crash - July 9, 1999
		Conrad, of Huntington Beach, near Los Angeles, was riding his 1996 Harley Davidson Thursday when the vehicle left the road on a curve and went into a drainage culvert.
		Conrad was a veteran of four space flights, but is best remembered for his role in the second lunar landing on November 19, 1969, during the Apollo 12 mission he commanded.
		Conrad was born in Philadelphia on June 2, 1930, and earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in New Jersey in 1953.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/09/conrad.obit.03 (943 words)

	Apollo 12 mission history - Detailed account of the second mission to land a man on the moon
		After Conrad and Bean entered and activated the lunar module, command module pilot Dick Gordon turned the spacecraft so that the long axis of the command and service module was perpendicular to the flight path with the lunar module outward from the moon.
		Conrad knew that people would not remember what was said by the third man to set foot on the moon but he also knew what he was going to say because he had a bet to win.
		Conrad later admitted he was fairly sure the sample was olivine, but "he wasn't about to say so," for fear of making a mistake.
	www.thespaceplace.com /history/apollo/apollo12.html (3171 words)

	Salon Obituary \| Astronaut Charles Conrad dies at age 69
		Conrad, who also flew two Gemini missions in the 1960s and commanded the first Skylab mission in 1973, crashed on a turn yesterday on Highway 150 near Ojai and died five hours later at Ojai Valley Community Hospital.
		Conrad's injuries didn't initially appear to be severe, but he got worse after arriving at the hospital.
		Conrad, an aeronautical engineer and Navy test pilot, as an astronaut in 1962, three years after the first seven astronauts were announced.
	www.salon.com /people/obit/1999/07/09/conrad/print.html (687 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Conrad, who divorced his first wife, is survived by his wife Nancy, three sons and seven grandchildren.
		Conrad entered the Navy and became a naval aviator.
		Conrad retired from the U.S. Navy to accept a position as Vice President - Operations and Chief Operating Office of American Television and Communications Corporation (ATC).
	vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/conrad-c.html (450 words)

	Charles 'Pete' Conrad Passes Away
		Conrad was undoubtedly most famous for his quote used when first landing on the Moon during Apollo 12.
		Conrad and his crew were the first to ever make contact with the station in space.
		Conrad was most famous for his quote used when he first landed on the Moon.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /headline_universe/conrad_death.html.backup_layout_change (895 words)

	Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
		Conrad uttered this statement as he stepped from the landing module Intrepid onto the lunar surface on November 19, 1969, four months after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon:
		Conrad died July 8, 1999 in an accident that reflected the exuberance with which he roared through life.
		The preceding is a composite of several articles written by Martin Merzer, Herald Senior Writer for the Miami Herald, that appeared on 9, 10, and 11 July 1999.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aerojava/ConradP.htm (617 words)

	Charles and John Conrad
		John Conrad was the ideal memorialist, first because he knew the whole county firsthand as well as its families, and second because he was like a bridge between the western and eastern sections.
		Charles Conrad is one of the Swedish-born American citizens who have easily adapted themselves to life in this country, succeeding by thrift and hard work.
		Conrad has lived in Skagit county since 1874 and whether as farmhand or as farmer has earned a reputation for earnestness, uprightness and energy of which he may well be proud.
	www.stumpranchonline.com /skagitjournal/SkagitCtyRiv/Library/Conrad/ConradIntro.html (3337 words)

	Conrad
		Conrad had said, "The LM is too sporty when in a light weight configuration." Minimum impulse was expected to produce about 0.3 degree per second rate, which was estimated to be about four times too fast.
		Conrad, shorter than Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon, July 20), had a little difficulty negotiating the last step from the LM ladder to the lunar surface.
		During the second EVA, Conrad and Bean retrieved the lunar module TV camera for return to earth for a failure analysis, obtained photographic panoramas, core and trench samples, a lunar environment sample, and assorted rock, dirt, bedrock, and molten samples.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/conrad.htm (4966 words)

	Conrad Mansion Museum
		The Conrad Mansion in Kalispell, Montana sits proudly today on the edge of the original townsite, atop a bluff overlooking the valley and the Swan mountain range.
		When Charles E. Conrad, a founder of Kalispell, arrived in the Flathead Valley in 1891, this lovely town with its tree-lined streets was still but a dream.
		Charles Conrad's youngest daughter, Alicia Conrad Campbell, actually lived in the home until 1964.
	www.conradmansion.com (148 words)

	CNN - NASA chief remembers Conrad as 'cutting-edge pioneer' - July 9, 1999
		Conrad, 69, was riding his Harley Davidson when it crashed on a turn Thursday near Ojai.
		Conrad, of Huntington Beach, near Los Angeles, was on a trip to Monterey with his wife, Nancy, and friends when he crashed, Ventura County Deputy Coroner James Baroni said.
		Officials said Conrad was wearing a helmet and was traveling under the posted 55-mph speed limit when he took the turn.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/09/conrad.obit.04 (974 words)

	Department of Communication•Texas A&M University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles Conrad and M. Scott Poole, "Introduction [to the Special Issue on Communication in the Age of the Displaced Worker]," Communication Research, 6 (1997): 581 - 592.
		Charles Conrad and Julie Haynes, "Key Constructs: Views from Varying Perspectives," in F. Jablin and L. Putnam, eds.
		Charles Conrad and Betty Webber Conrad, "The Moving Experience: Identity, Empowerment, and Self-Narratives," in G. Barnett, ed.
	www.tamu.edu /comm/people/profiles/conrad.html (849 words)

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		This dramatic fl and white photograph of Charles "Pete" Conrad on the Moon's Ocean of Storms has been personally hand-signed by Charles Conrad, Commander of the Apollo 12 mission and the Lunar Module Intrepid.
		Charles Conrad became the third human to set foot on the surface of the moon with the words.......
		Conrad is a veteran of four spaceflights, his three other flights being Gemini 5, Gemini 11, and Skylab 2.
	www.premierespace.com /conrad.html (173 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He then attended the Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, where he was assigned as a Project Test Pilot.
		Conrad then became Senior Vice President-Marketing in 1980.
		Conrad died July 8, 1999 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Ojai, California.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/conrad-c.html (450 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Charles Conrad, Jr., Captain, USN (Ret.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On September 18, 1966, Conrad occupied the command pilot seat for the three-day Gemini XI mission.
		Charles P. (Pete) Conrad (Capt., USN, Ret.), the third human to walk on the moon, died late Thursday night, July 8, 1999 in a hospital in Ojai, CA of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
		Conrad was on a trip to Monterey, CA with his wife and friends when his motorcycle crashed on a turn, according to the California Highway Patrol.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/conrad.htm (1398 words)

	APOD: July 15, 1999 - Charles P. Conrad Jr 1930 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, as commander of the Apollo 12 mission, was the third person to walk on the moon.
		Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." Born June 2nd, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1953 and went on to become a Navy test pilot.
		Tragically, Conrad died from injuries in a motorcycle accident on
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap990715.html (177 words)

	Charles "Pete" Conrad
		Conrad attended the Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, and was assigned as a Project Test Pilot.
		Charles "Pete" Conrad died on Thursday, July 8, 1999, from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident.
		The crew of Gemini 11, Astronauts Conrad and Gordon practiced docking, performed extravehicular activities, EVA's, and conducted a manuever called high apogee excursion, while docked with another Gemini rocket.
	home.comcast.net /~bfmuldrake/conrad.html (916 words)

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