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	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)

	Pete Conrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conrad was due to be back-up commander of the first flight of the full Saturn V/Apollo into high earth orbit.
		Conrad had a cameo role in the 1991 TV movie Plymouth.
		On Valentine's Day, in 1996, Conrad was part of the crew on a record breaking around the world flight in a Lear jet owned by cable TV pioneer, Bill Daniels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pete_Conrad (679 words)

	Conrad
		Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962.
		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.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/conrad.htm (4934 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 (429 words)

	CNN - Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad killed in motorcycle accident - July 9, 1999
		Conrad commanded the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, becoming the third person to walk on the moon.
		Conrad, who was an aviator in the U.S. Navy after graduating from Princeton University, also flew in the first manned Skylab mission, in 1973.
		Conrad is survived by his wife, four sons and seven grandchildren.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/09/conrad.obit.02/index.html (344 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 is the third of the 12 original moon walkers to die.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/09/conrad.obit.03/index.html (943 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, 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.
	www.rense.com /ufo4/astrod.htm (971 words)

	Charles P. Pete Conrad, Captain, United States Navy
		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.
		Pete Conrad was one of the most colorful of the early astronauts, one of the most fun to be around, and he was in many ways their minstrel — the man who had an inexhaustible supply of stories about the space age.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cpconrad.htm (4497 words)

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		Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon, was killed in a motorcycle accident Thursday, July 8, 1999, in Southern California, at the age of 69.
		Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon, was killed July 8 when he crashed his Harley-Davidson motorcycle along a winding road in Southern California.
		Conrad, an Apollo 12 astronaut, stepped onto the moon on Nov. 19, 1969 _ four months after Armstrong's historic moonwalk and his ``one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.'' Tuesday is the 30th anniversary of Armstrong's feat.
	www.ojc.org /NL/july99/conrad.html (737 words)

	Engology, Engineer Pete Conrad, Astronaut, NASA, 3rd. Man to Walk on the Moon, Professional Engineering, Chartered ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.engology.com /eng5conrad.htm (781 words)

	Pete Conrad Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Conrad was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1930, to a wealthy stockbroker.
		Conrad and Bean spent 7 hours and 45 minutes walking on the surface of the moon, in two separate excursions outside of their spacecraft.
		Conrad died on July 8, 1999 in Ojai, California, after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding on a winding highway.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/pete-conrad (1248 words)

	Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Charles (Pete) Conrad, Jr.
		Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1962.
		Conrad died July 8, 1999 in a motorcycle accident in California.
		Pete Conrad was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on March 19, 1993.
	www.astronautscholarship.org /conrad.html (397 words)

	Pete Conrad
		Charles "Pete" Conrad was an American astronaut who was born on June 2, 1930, in Pennsylvania.
		Conrad became the third person to walk on the moon in 1969.
		Conrad and his crew set another endurance record of 28 days during this mission.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/conrad.html&edu=high (261 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)

	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)

	Online NewsHour: Remembering an Explorer -- July 9, 1999
		Remembering the life of Charles "Pete" Conrad — the commander of the second lunar landing in 1969 and the third man to walk on the moon.
		Conrad died at the age of 69 from injuries received in a motorcycle accident yesterday in Southern California.
		Conrad commanded the second Lunar landing in 1969 and became the third man to walk on the Moon.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/remember/july-dec99/conrad_7-12.html (319 words)

	Charles "Pete" Conrad
		Pete Conrad graduated from Princeton University in 1953.
		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.
	home.comcast.net /~bfmuldrake/conrad.html (916 words)

	Pete Conrad - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pete Conrad - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Conrad, Pete (1930-1999), United States astronaut, who twice set American space endurance records.
		Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924), Polish-born English novelist, considered to be among the great modern English writers, whose work explores the...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Pete_Conrad.html (99 words)

	TooManyColors:People:Pete Conrad
		On 8 July 1999, Pete Conrad died, riding his motorcycle, at the age of 69.
		Pete Conrad had a serious side, too, of course.
		Pete Conrad was greatly excited by the promise of this, and looked forward to his return to space.
	www.hipsmart.com /TMC/people/conrad.html (402 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)

	Pete Malinverni
		Pete Malinverni deserves to be much better known for he plays piano as well as nearly anyone in today's jazz scene, stretching and moving ahead the mainstream of jazz piano.
		Pete is mainly his own man and well worth checking out - his playing has a certain quirkiness, particularly on his originals "Let The Sea Roar", "Twelve" and the title piece.
		The jazz world is full of pianists and composers with formidable chops, but it's rare to find musicians as accomplished as Pete Malinverni who write with his level of insightful straightforwardness or play with his kind of elegant approachability.
	www.petemalinverni.com /reviews.aspx (723 words)

	Conrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Conrad was born in 1930, grew up in Pennsylvania, and then attended Princeton University.
		In late 1969, during the Apollo 12 mission, Conrad became the third man to walk on the moon.
		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, Charles“Pete”Jr. (1930-1999)
		Veteran American astronaut, selected by NASA in September 1962, who served as pilot on Gemini 5 (becoming the first tattooed man in space – he had a blue anchor and stars on his right arm), command pilot on Gemini 11, commander on Apollo 12, and commander on Skylab 2.
		In December 1973, after serving for 20 years (including 11 during which he was also an astronaut), Conrad retired from the United States Navy to become vice president of operations and chief operating officer with American Television and Communications Corporation in Denver, Colorado.
		Conrad died on Jul. 8, 1999, following a motorcycle accident.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/Conrad.html (194 words)

	Hibiscus International #8
		Pete was elected President of the Sunrise Chapter in 1981-2 and served as National President of the American Hibiscus Society 12 years ago.
		Pete feels it is one of the best flowers ever, and having owned 800 varieties in the past, he should know.
		Pete also advised to fertilize plants around the edge of the pot and not right at the base of the plant.
	www.internationalhibiscussociety.org /hiv1n8-2.htm (5811 words)

	Brightsurf: Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond by Nancy Conrad, Howard A. ...
		Based on interviews conducted with Conrad by his wife before his untimely death, Rocketman is the amazing-but-true, surprisingly candid insider's view of the greatest ride in history, America's glorious race to the stars, as seen through the eyes of the real Space Cowboy: Pete Conrad, the Rocketman.
		This book is only for the Pete Conrad fan who wants more about the man than you can find in excellent books such as From the Earth to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin or, of course, the Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.
		Conrad briefly before he passed away in 1998 - to screw-up his biography with minor errors (easily checked in many print and online publications) is an embarrassment.
	www.brightsurf.com /item.php?ASIN=0451215095 (2101 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 (815 words)

	Amazon.com: Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond: Books: Nancy Conrad,Howard A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Pete Conrad was one of the most colorful and therefore interesting astronauts of the Gemini-Apollo era.
		How wrong I was, because Pete Conrad emerged as one of the finest, boldest and sharpest of the early astronaut corps, with a wry, devlish sense of humour that even renowned astronaut punster Wally Schirra conceded he could never match.
		Nancy Conrad and Howard Klausher honour us with this marvellously warm and exquisitely-told biography of an extraordinary, likable, passionate and sadly-missed man. Their love and admiration for the Rocketman in the title shines through in every page, and it's a journey all readers will find as amazing, enthralling and wonderful as the man himself.
	www.amazon.com /Rocketman-Astronaut-Conrads-Incredible-Beyond/dp/0451215095 (2262 words)

	Pete Conrad's contribution to Auto Racing - collectSPACE: Messages
		One day Pete told me about a temperature-resistant material NASA was using to protect space capsules as they re-entered the earth's atmosphere.
		I asked Pete how I might be able to acquire some of the stuff, and he gave me the name of a person who could help.
		Of course, in 1967, Pete Conrad was familiar with the Gemini suits, which had a Nomex out layer (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Spacesuit), and of course, the suits worn on the Block I version of Apollo, which were practically the same as the Gemini suits.
	collectspace.com /ubb/Forum38/HTML/000367.html (783 words)

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