John Young (astronaut)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

fourth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program

fifth Moon landing and tenth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in 1975. STS-1 was also the maiden test flight of a new American spacecraft to carry a crew, though it was preceded by atmospheric testing (ALT) of the orbiter and ground testing o

1965 American crewed space mission

1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

STS-9 (also referred to Spacelab 1) was the ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on November 28, 1983, the ten-day mission carried the first Spacelab laboratory module into orbit.

TV miniseries

cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station

2005 film

Senior leadership position in NASA