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Richard Francis Gordon, Jr.
"Dick"

Richard Gordon

Born: 5 October 1929, Seattle, Washington, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 6 November 2017

Group: NASA Group 3 (17 October 1963)

Status: Deceased

 

FAI Flights:
1
12 September 1966
2 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes, 8 seconds
2
14 November 1969
10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes, 24 seconds

 

EVA's:
1
13 September 1966
43 minutes
2
13 September 1966
4 minutes
3
14 September 1966
2 hours, 10 minutes

Education
  BS (Chemistry), University of Washington, 1951

Gordon was a Naval aviator with a degree from the University of Washington.

He was the Command Module Pilot on Apollo 12 and did not descend to the lunar surface with crew mates Conrad and Bean.

Dick Gordon has a website with descriptions of his missions.

 


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