American Hero Astronaut John Young Passes Away
December 09, 2018
December 09, 2018
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, Dec. 9 -- The New Mexico Museum of Space History issued the following news:
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- International Space Hall of Fame Inductee was 87
The only man to fly on Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle missions has passed away at 87 from complications of pnuemonia. John W. Young is being hailed by fellow astronauts as the "astronauts' astronaut" and former President George H.W. Bush called him "a fearless patriot whose courage . . .
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- International Space Hall of Fame Inductee was 87
The only man to fly on Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle missions has passed away at 87 from complications of pnuemonia. John W. Young is being hailed by fellow astronauts as the "astronauts' astronaut" and former President George H.W. Bush called him "a fearless patriot whose courage . . .