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	Pete Conrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conrad was also one of the smallest of the astronauts in height and build so he found the confinement of the Gemini capsule less onerous.
		He was then back up Commander for Gemini 8 and commander of Gemini 11 in which a first orbit rendevous and docking was achieved as well as using the Agena to boost the crew to a new altitude record of 800 miles.
		Conrad was due to be back-up commander of the first flight of the full Saturn V/Apollo into high earth orbit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Conrad (564 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for
		Charles P. Conrad Jr., known to the world as the charismatic third astronaut to walk on the moon, died July 8th 1999 in Ojai California from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
		Conrad's ship was struck by lightning as it launched, and Conrad's considerable skills as both pilot and astronaut were brought to bear.
		Conrad, his wife and several friends were making a motorcycle trip to Monterey from their home in Huntington Beach, CA on July 8th, 1999 when the energetic retired astronaut lost control of his Harley Davidson.
	obits.com /conradpeter.htm (518 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 /aero/ConradP.htm (604 words)

	The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 (466 words)

	Pete Conrad
		Conrad passed away on July 8, 1999 of fatal injuries received in a motorcycle accident near Ojai, California.
		Conrad’s official memorial website states that shortly before his death he was made an honorary member of Panama's Choco Indian tribe.
		During his lifetime Conrad received literally dozens of awards and honors, most notably the Congressional Space Medal of Honor (1978), and he was enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame (1980).
	www.nndb.com /people/960/000043831 (423 words)

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		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 died July 8, 1999 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Ojai, California.
	freespace.virgin.net /p.thompson/astronautbios/charlesconrad.html (433 words)

	US Astronaut Conrad Killed In Motorcycle Accident
		Former Apollo astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., who became the third person to walk on the moon in 1969, was killed July 8 in a motorcycle accident near the town of Ojai, CA.
		Ojai, CA - Former Apollo astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., who became the third person to walk on the moon in 1969, was killed July 8 in a motorcycle accident near the town of Ojai, CA.
		Conrad was riding his 1996 Harley-Davidson when he ran off the road on a curve into a drainage culvert and was ejected into the pavement.
	www.wherethepoweris.com /news_article.asp?id=816 (136 words)

	Charles Conrad, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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)

	Darrow graduate 'Pete' Conrad remembered as 'cutting edge pioneer'
		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.
		Conrad is the third of the 12 original moon walkers to die.
	hultgren.org /darrow/conrad (2183 words)

	conrad
		Pete Conrad was selected as an astronaut in NASA's second class (1962).
		In November of 1969, as commander of the Apollo 12 mission, Pete Conrad became only the third man to walk on the moon.
		This was America's first space station mission during which Conrad and his crew were forced to make several repairs to the station which had been damaged during launch, the success of these repairs probably saved the Skylab program.
	www.geocities.com /richieb31619/conrad.html (246 words)

	Conrad
		Conrad was spacecraft commander of Apollo 12, November 14- 24, 1969.
		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.
	www.friends-partners.org /mwade/astros/conrad.htm (4934 words)

	Apollo 12 mission history - Detailed account of the second mission to land a man on the moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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)

	Alan L. Bean -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		He was a member of the 1969 Apollo 12 lunar landing mission with Charles Conrad, Jr.
		Charles Conrad, Jr., piloted the Lunar Module to a pinpoint landing on the Moon, while astronaut Richard F. Gordon, Jr., orbited overhead in the Command Module.
		He was a member of the 1969 Apollo 12 lunar landing mission with Charles Conrad, Jr., and Richard Gordon, Jr., and was commander of the 1973 Skylab 3 mission, with crew Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9317164?tocId=9317164 (791 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 ejected onto the pavement, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement.
		Conrad was the pilot for the Gemini 5 mission in 1965, and set an endurance record during the flight
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/09/conrad.obit.03 (943 words)

	Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Charles (Pete) Conrad, Jr.
		Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1962.
		On May 25, 1973, Conrad and Skylab 2 crewmates Paul Weitz and Joseph Kerwin flew to a rendezvous with the Skylab 1 space station.
		Conrad died July 8, 1999 in a motorcycle accident in California.
	www.astronautscholarship.org /conrad.html (382 words)

	Conrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., is the only astronaut to launch into space on Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions!
		Conrad was born in 1930, grew up in Pennsylvania, and then attended Princeton University.
		Conrad’s final flight was Skylab 2, the initial manned visit to America’s first space station.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/99bios/conrad99.htm (449 words)

	Conrad Mansion Museum
		Charles Conrad was born in 1850 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia near Front Royal.
		Like many young men, William and Charles worked at odd jobs around the country; and finally in 1868, four years after the war was over, the brothers decided that the only way they were ever going to prosper was to go West.
		Conrad's projects when he arrived in the Flathead Valley was establishing the Conrad buffalo herd.
	www.conradmansion.com /history/history.htm (756 words)

	Charles P. Pete Conrad, Captain, United States Navy
		Charles "Pete" Conrad, the Apollo 12 astronaut who was the third man to set foot on the moon, died Thursday night (July 8, 1999) after losing control of his motorcycle on a mountain road near Ojai, California, authorities said.
		Conrad's riding buddies, some of whom were bringing up the rear and came upon him seconds after the crash, said it appeared Conrad was traveling under the posted 55 mph speed limit when he took the turn, Baroni said.
		Conrad considered his 28-day Skylab mission the most challenging and satisfying of all because of repairs he and his crew made to salvage the space station, which was crippled during launch.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.com /cpconrad.htm (4406 words)

	EXN.ca \| Discovery
		Conrad’s career as a NASA astronaut spanned 12 years, with his first space mission as pilot of the Gemini 5 in 1965.
		The Skylab 2 mission required Conrad and his crew to perform risky space-walks to repair damage sustained by Skylab when it was launched.
		Conrad is survived by his wife, three of his four sons and seven grandchildren.
	www.exn.ca /stories/1999/07/09/53.asp (633 words)

	Charles Conrad Jr -- an Honorary Unsubscribe
		Charles Conrad Jr One of the earliest NASA astronauts, "Pete" Conrad was the third man to walk on the moon.
		Before joining NASA, Conrad was a flight instructor and test pilot at the Navy Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md. Lately, he was working on opening up space to civilians for vacation trips.
		Conrad died July 8 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in California.
	www.honoraryunsubscribe.com /charles_conrad_jr.html (293 words)

	Charles Conrad, Jr. -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		American astronaut, copilot on the Gemini 5 spaceflight (1965), command pilot of Gemini 11, spacecraft commander of the Apollo 12 flight to the Moon, and commander of the Skylab 2 mission.
		Conrad enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1953 and became a test pilot and flight instructor.
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	Astronaut Bio: Charles Conrad, Jr., Captain, USN (Ret.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		Conrad, who lived in Huntington Beach, CA, near Los Angeles, died later at the hospital of internal injuries.
	vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/conrad.htm (1398 words)

	Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: Chapter 12
		By CHARLES CONRAD, JR., and ALAN B. Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean examines Surveyor III's camera.
		Their landing site was about 1300 miles west of where Apollo 11 had landed, on a surface believed covered by debris splashed out from the crater Copernicus some 250 miles away.
		The Surveyor site was a natural choice: it was a geologically different surface, it would demonstrate pinpoint landing precision, and it would offer a chance to bring back metal, electronic, and optical materials that had soaked for many months in the lunar environment.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-350/ch-12-1.html (753 words)

	Space Frontier Foundation - Pete Conrad Dies
		His was the comforting arm around the young man's shoulder who blamed himself for a mistake that resulted in the loss of the DC-XA, and his were the soft spoken words of encouragement that these things happen – that we learn and move on.
		Conrad could have retired years ago and spent his life signing autographs, but this was not who he was.
		To many of us he was like a character from a Robert Heinlein science fiction story; a Renaissance man, engineer, space pilot, sailor and biker...combined with a poet's soul and the guts to take a stand for what he believed.
	www.space-frontier.org /PressReleases/1999/19990709peteconrad.html (770 words)

	07.09.99 NSS Mourns The Passing Of Charles Conrad
		The National Space Society (NSS) mourns the passing of former Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
		"Pete Conrad was a strong advocate for commercial space, and devoted his years since leaving NASA to helping the average citizen get into space," commented NSS Executive Director Pat Dasch.
		Conrad was a McDonnell Douglas engineer and flight controller during the DC-X test flights in 1993, 1994, and 1995.
	www.nss.org /news/releases/release76.html (287 words)

	APOD: July 15, 1999 - Charles P. Conrad Jr 1930 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 (169 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)

	SPACE.com -- Pete Conrad Act Tied to Threatening Asteroids
		The late Charles Conrad, a veteran astronaut who flew Gemini, Skylab, and Apollo missions, is recognized in a bill before the U.S. Congress that is tied to spotting celestial bodies that could harm Earth.
		Conrad was killed on July 8, 1999 in a tragic motorcycle accident in Ojai, California.
		"Charles Pete Conrad made history and today in his honor and in his memory, I am introducing a bill that could help protect the United States of America and, yes, the entire world," Rohrabacher said in detailing the legislation before the House of Representatives.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/astronomy/png_test_020514.html (841 words)

	Well Known Residents
		Charles Cajori, a Wayne native and Radnor High School Graduate, has become a nationally known contemporary artist.
		"Pete" Conrad was the third person to walk on the moon as a part of Apollo 12 in 1969.
		At 5'6", Conrad was one of the shortest astronauts, which prompted him to declare on the surface of the moon: "It may have been small for Neil but it was a big one for a little fella like me." Conrad also commanded the Gemini 11 flight in 1966 and went to Skylab 2 in 1973.
	www.waynepa.com /history/wellknown (2230 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Obituaries for January 20, 2005
		Charles Richard Conrad Jr., 54, of Las Vegas died Jan. 12 in Las Vegas.
		He is survived by his father, Charles Conrad Sr.
		She is survived by one daughter, April Nichols, and her parents, Doris and Herman Harper, all of Las Vegas; two brothers, Herman C. Harper Jr.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2005/jan/20/518155893.html (756 words)

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