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Young's fifth flight was as Spacecraft Commander of STS-1, the first flight of the Space Shuttle, April 12-14, 1981, with Bob Crippen as Pilot.
Young's sixth flight was as Spacecraft Commander of STS-9, the first Spacelab mission, November 28-December 8, 1983, with Pilot Brewster Shaw, Mission Specialists Bob Parker and Owen Garriott, and Payload Specialists Byron Lichtenberg of the USA and Ulf Merbold of West Germany.
Young was also on five backup space flight crews: backup pilot in Gemini 6, backup command pilot of the second Apollo mission (before the Apollo Program fire) and of Apollo 7, and backup spacecraft commander for Apollo 13 and 17.
www.astronautix.com /astros/young.htm   (6336 words)

  
  John W. Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972.
Young was back-up commander of Apollo 13, the troubled mission in which the moon landing was aborted because of an explosion on the service module.
Young set a speed record with the lunar rover but was troubled by the effects of potassium in the orange juice that drunk during the moonwalks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_W._Young   (742 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: John W. Young 5/2005
Young retired from the Navy as a Captain in September 1976, after completing 25 years of active military service.
Young was also on five backup space flight crews: backup pilot in Gemini 6, backup command module pilot for the second Apollo mission (before the Apollo Program fire) and Apollo 7, and backup spacecraft commander for Apollo 13 and 17.
In February 1996 Young was assigned as Associate Director (Technical), responsible for technical, operational and safety oversight of all Agency Programs and activities assigned to the Johnson Space Center.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/young.html   (1100 words)

  
 John W. McCormack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John McCormack's early hardships were genuine and very much in keeping with the Horatio Alger model of social advancement so prevalent among the ambitious climbers at the turn of this century.
And contrary to the tale, John was not the oldest sibling.
John was now Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and he had the remains of Donald, his youngest brother, flown to Boston and driven to Mt. Benedict Cemetery.
www.southboston200.com /John_McCormack.htm   (3401 words)

  
 John W. Young - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) was an astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972.
Born in San Francisco, California, Young earned a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering with highest honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952.
After graduation Young entered the United States Navy, becoming a fighter pilot, and in 1959, a test pilot.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /John_W._Young   (195 words)

  
 John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ruskin's Infatuation with Young Girls An alternative Ruskin biography from Lakestay, with emphasis on his enthusiasm for young girls, in particular Effie Gray and Rose La Touche.
John Brown's Raid In the winter of 1857-58, Brown collected a number of young men in that territory, including several of his sons, and, with the use of funds and arms that had been furnished for his Kansas operations, placed these men under military instruction.
Rupert Of Deutz On The Gospel Of John The Fourth Gospel In The Twelfth Century: Rupert Of Deutz On The Gospel Of John.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-John_W._Young.html   (549 words)

  
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Young's fifth flight was as spacecraft commander of STS-1, the first flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12-14, 1981, with Bob Crippen as pilot.
Young's sixth flight was as spacecraft commander of STS-9, the first Spacelab mission, November 28 - December 8, 1983, with pilot Brewster Shaw, mission specialists Bob Parker and Owen Garriott, and payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg of the USA, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany.
Young was also on five backup crews -- backup pilot in Gemini 6, backup command pilot of the second Apollo mission before the Apollo Program fire, and of Apollo 7, and backup spacecraft commander for Apollo 13 and 17.
science.ksc.nasa.gov /persons/astronauts/u-to-z/YoungJW.txt   (1079 words)

  
 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John W. Young is co-holder of a record for the most space flights, six.
Young and Duke explored the lunar highlands at Descartes, drove a Lunar Rover 16 miles and collected 200 pounds of moon rocks.
Young's fifth flight was as commander of the first space shuttle mission, STS-1, on April 12, 1981, a 54.5 hour flight during which he and Bob Crippen thoroughly tested the first reflyable winged spacecraft.
www.astronautscholarship.org /young.html   (450 words)

  
 John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Young reaches for tools in the lunar rover during the Apollo 16 mission in April 1972.
Young, Eugene A. Cernan, and Thomas P. Stafford went into orbit around the moon during the Apollo 10 space flight of May 18 to 26, 1969.
Young remained in orbit in the command module while Cernan and Stafford flew to within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the moon in the lunar module.
www.worldbook.com /features/apollo11/html/young.htm   (271 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was the first person to fly into space six times, twice journeyed to the Moon, and as of 2005, is the only astronaut to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft: Twenty-four astronauts have been on or near the Moon.
On the surface, Young trod the Descartes Highlands with Charles Duke, while Ken Mattingly flew the command module in lunar orbit.
John Young Parkway is a four- and six-lane surface road from near Campbell, Florida through Kissimmee, Florida to northwestern Orlando, Florida.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-W.-Young   (1806 words)

  
 Pu'ukohola Heiau NHS - John Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Young, a boatswain on the British fur trading vessel, Eleanora, was stranded on the Island of Hawaii in 1790.
Young also had coral blocks brought by canoe from the reef at Puako, dried them, and made a plaster of sand and burnt coral mixed with poi and hair.
Young's Hawaiian wife was known to have maintained a traditional lifestyle, living in a grass house apart from her husband.
www.nps.gov /puhe/young.htm   (290 words)

  
 USUSC CAINE MS26: John W. Young Papers
John W. Young served as a member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to his father's death as well as being a counselor to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The first deals with Young's business with, and complaints against, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. with whom Young contracted to grade and furnish timbers for their line running near the Mormon settlements in Arizona.
Young stating that the amounts due to him by the A. and P. Co., are correct as calculated by himself and his bookkeeper Rulon S. Wells, June 1883, 1 handwritten page.
library.usu.edu /Specol/manuscript/caine26.html   (1354 words)

  
 John Young
John Young is an American astronaut who was born on September 24, 1930, in California.
Young made his third spaceflight aboard Apollo 10.
In 1972, Young actually landed on the moon and walked its surface during the Apollo 16 mission.
www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/young.html   (180 words)

  
 Astronaut John W. Young - Why John Young?
Astronaut John Young learned, on his return from the moon, that a Georgia Tech professor had petitioned the university to erase a D he had given Young some 20 years ago and to replace it with an A, since the astronaut-to-be had had excellent grades otherwise.
If nothing else, this story is illustrative of John Young's integrity (how many people would refuse to have a D changed to an A on their transcript?!); but, at least to me, it goes beyond that.
Young on a talk show; during that interview, he was asked about the media coverage and "fame" that was part of the STS-1 mission.
www.johnwyoung.com /main/whyjohn.htm   (1305 words)

  
 Press Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The John W.W. Young Foundation in collaboration with the University of Belize and the Ministry of Health presents “Clinical Health Conference for Professionals”, which is being held at the Princess Hotel, Queens Room, from 16th to 17th May, 2002 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
John and Oliva Young, Belizeans residing in Los Angeles and the founders of the John W.W. Young Foundation, have been advocates for establishing a dialysis center in Belize.
The John W.W. Young Foundation, founded in 1997, is donating a dialysis machine and has established a Trust Fund to assist ‘less privileged’ persons who are unable to meet the full cost of the dialysis procedures.
www.belize.gov.bz /pressoffice/press_releases/15-05-2002-2046.shtml   (222 words)

  
 ABC News: NASA's Longest-Serving Astronaut to Retire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John W. Young, 74, announced Tuesday his plans to leave the space agency on Dec. 31.
Young was the first human to fly in space six times and the only astronaut to pilot four different spacecraft.
Young went back to the moon in 1972, when he and another astronaut collected more than 200 pounds of lunar samples.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=310366   (332 words)

  
 John Lennon and Neil Young
Those in the studio that night, reported that Young appeared to be on the verge of tears upon completing the song.
Young's point was to remove a small arrogance from the song, to confess that even he, the self- sufficient mountain man, may not be able to let go of the material world.
Young has performed "Imagine" twice since then at the Bridge School Benefit Concert on 10/20 and 21, 2001 at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA where they were finale encores featuring all performers.
www.thrasherswheat.org /jammin/lennon.htm   (1528 words)

  
 John W. Young
John W. Young joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1962 and is the first person to fly into space six times from Earth, and, in addition, have one lunar liftoff.
Young has served as Chief of the Space Shuttle Branch of the Astronaut Office as well as Chief of the Astronaut Office.
Young is married, is the father of two children and the grandfather of two.
www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/young.htm   (585 words)

  
 John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Young enjoyed one of the longest and careers of any astronaut in the American program.
He was the first person to into space six times and twice journeyed to the Moon.
Not only has he trail blazed a path for all of the inner-city youth struggling in the jungle of poverty, he has written a travelogue of hope for all the souls who may have lost sight of...
www.freeglossary.com /John_W._Young   (375 words)

  
 The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John W. Young was born in San Francisco, California, on September 24, 1930.
Gemini 10, July 18-21, 1966, with John Young, as commander, and Mike Collins, as pilot, completed a dual rendezvous with two separate Agena target vehicles.
On his third flight, May 18-26, 1969, John Young was command module pilot of Apollo 10.
www.spacefame.org /young.html   (701 words)

  
 Who_Is_Who?
He previously released a demo (summer 2002), John Young's Significance is about to hit the streets soon as a proper CD release.
The set will be a mixture of John Young solo stuff and tracks from his new album, which has the working title of Unknown Soldier.
Joining Young are Robin Boult (Fish) on guitars, John Jowitt (Jadis) on bass and vocals, and Dave Stewart (drums and vocals).
home.hetnet.nl /~nickgielkens/who_youngjohn.htm   (234 words)

  
 John Young - Spaceflight: Project Gemini to the Space Shuttle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Retired U.S. Navy Captain John W. Young is not only an accomplished naval aviator with more than 14,750 hours of flight time in props, jets and helicopters, he is also an experienced astronaut with more than 835 hours flown during six space flights.
John Young spoke to an audience of more than 300 space-minded people that gathered at the National Air and Space Museum on April 11th.
Young illustrated his talk with images from Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16 and two Space Shuttle missions, STS-1 and STS-9.
www.nasm.si.edu /getinvolved/membership/pevents/young.htm   (220 words)

  
 John W. Young
John Young was commander of the flight of Gemini 10, along with Mike Collins as pilot.
Astronauts Young, Stafford and Cernan demonstrated the performance of the Lunar Excursion Module, LM, and the Command/Service Module, CSM in the gravitational field of the Moon.
Young's fourth space flight, Apollo 16, with Astronauts Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke, was a manned lunar landing mission, with Young as spacecraft commander.
home.comcast.net /~bfmuldrake/young.html   (2000 words)

  
 John W. Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born in San Francisco, California, Youngearned a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering with highest honors from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952.
After graduation Young entered the United States Navy, becoming a fighter pilot, and in 1959, a testpilot.
He joined NASA in 1962, and flew on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, and two space shuttle missions, STS-1, the firstshuttle mission, and STS-9, the first shuttle flight with the Spacelab laboratory.
www.therfcc.org /john-w.-young-58747.html   (158 words)

  
 John Young Wildlife Enterprises - Home
John Young Wildlife Enterprises is a company dedicated to the conservation of nature in Australia, with a strong focus on the protection and recovery of rare and endangered species.
The first 2 weeks of July were packed full of excitement for the JYWE team as John Young and his apprentice James Hardy ventured into the magnificent rainforests of Northern New South Wales in search of the Superb Lyrebird.
The male Superb Lyrebird is renowned for its spectacular courtship display and John and James were certainly not disappointed in the performance of one particular bird.
www.johnyoungwildlife.com   (543 words)

  
 John YOUNG - Interview index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Young Interview : conducted by egroup member Alfonso Algora in April 2000 for the Spanish progVisions website.
John Young talks to United-Fishfans about Fish, Genesis covers, bands and equipment he likes and why you should buy Significance.
John Young Interview - BBC Radio Derby - February 7th 2003.
www.youngjohn.co.uk /index-interview.html   (244 words)

  
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George W. was the son of Samuel Carmack (1823-1875) and Nancy Keen (1827-1871) and the grandson of Isaac and Sarah Carmack.
John W. Harty and Theodosia A. Higgins were married in 1884 in Young County.
John Hartwell Reedy was born 9 August 1851 in Dallas County, Texas, the son of John Reedy and Rebecca Matilda Tarpley.
www.rootsweb.com /~txyoung/1tyra.htm   (12074 words)

  
 Window Geology
John and I had gotten in the centrifuge in Houston and they'd attached a hydraulic sling onto the end of the centrifuge arm.
John Young achieved an average speed on 6.5 km/hr for 2 hours and 43 minutes, while Charles Duke averaged 5.5 km/hr for 3 hours 18 minutes.
The potassium-fortified "orange drink" that John and Charlie are drinking to prevent a recurrence of the heart arrhythmias experienced by the Apollo 15 crew was similar to Gatorade but, here, Tony is probably trying to correct the impression that he has just given a commercial endorsement to that specific product.
www.hq.nasa.gov /alsj/a16/a16.window.html   (11521 words)

  
 John Young aviation artist
John Young, a founder member of the current chairman of the Guild of aviation artists.
Low Flying Mosquito by John Young Flying over the flat lands of Holland, the amazing Mosquito just catches the sunlight re-emerging from the clouds after the heavy shower, the sky brightened further with an as yet incomplete rainbow.
D-Day, A New Dawn for Europe by John Young The ever-popular and ubiquitous Spitfire is shown landing somewhere in Europe, bearing its invasion strips on the fuselage and wings.
www.militaryartcompany.com /john_young.htm   (1225 words)

  
 John 12:14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it.
John 12:14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it.
Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it.
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,
www.bible.cc /john/12-14.htm   (144 words)

  
 John Young
John Young's superb range of low cost signed limited editions of the RMS Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Elizabeth I are available direct form Cranston Fine arts.
RMS Queen Mary (1906) The Voyage Ahead by John Young In 1936 the Queen Mary, on her sixth voyage out, won the Blue Riband of the Atlantic from the French Line's Normandie by making the run from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose Lighthouse in 4 days, 27 minutes at a speed of 30.14 knots.
RMS Queen Elizabeth (1938) mid Atlantic by John Young The Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the world.
www.militaryartcompany.com /john_young1.htm   (1287 words)

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