| Full Name: | John Watts Young |
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| Birthdate: | September 24, 1930 - San Francisco, California |
| Death: | January 5, 2018 - Houston, Texas |
| Education: | Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Military Service: | Captain, United States Navy |
| Selection: | NASA Group 2 (1962) |
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| Gemini 3 | Gemini X | Apollo 10 | Apollo 16 | STS-1 | STS-9 |
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CSM Casper LM Orion |
Columbia | Columbia |
| March 23, 1965 | July 18-21, 1966 | May 18-26, 1969 | April 16-27, 1972 | April 12-14, 1981 | November 28-December 8, 1983 |
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| John Young is the only astronaut to have piloted four different spacecraft (Gemini; the Apollo CSM; the Apollo LM; and the Space Shuttle) |
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| John Young in the Gemini spacecraft prior to the launch of the Gemini 3 mission |
John Young jumps and salutes the United States flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 16 mission |
John Young in the space shuttle Columbia during the STS-1 mission |
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