Pete Conrad
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Pete Conrad was an American astronaut who traveled to the Moon and explored its surface during the Apollo program in the late 1960s. He is remembered as a pioneering figure in space exploration during a pivotal era when humans first began traveling beyond Earth.
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- Born
- 1930-06-02
- Died
- 1999-07-08
- Works
- 5
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- Arbiters
- Going Home
- Suicide Flowers
- Survival of the Sparrows
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- Apollo: The Forgotten Films — Self (archive footage)2019
- Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon — Self2003
- Beverly Hills, 90210 — Charles Conrad1990
- For All Mankind — Self - Narrator - Apollo 12 (voice)1989
- It's Garry Shandling's Show — Charles Conrad1986
- Stowaway to the Moon — Himself1975
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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.
Conrad was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite having dyslexia, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University—which later made him the first Ivy League astronaut—and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1954, Conrad received his naval aviator wings, served as a fighter pilot and, after graduating from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (Class 20), as a project test pilot. In 1959, he was an astronaut candidate for Project Mercury.