Fwd: [New post] Forever Young – A Memoir of ‘The Astronaut’s Astronaut’

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Date: December 30, 2012 5:02:20 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Forever Young – A Memoir of 'The Astronaut's Astronaut'

Ben Evans posted: "[caption id="attachment_29154" align="aligncenter" width="461"] In April 1972, John Young became the ninth man to set foot on the Moon. It was an incredible achievement for a man who rose from humble beginnings in Depression-era Cartersville, Georgia. Pho" New post on AmericaSpace Forever Young – A Memoir of 'The Astronaut's Astronaut' by Ben Evans In the days before his first mission into space, way back in March 1965, John Young was asked by a journalist if he minded flying into orbit with the fiery Virgil 'Gus' Grissom as his Gemini 3 crewmate. Without blinking, the 34-year-old Young replied: "Are you kidding? I'd go with my mother-in-law!" It was an [...] Read more of this post Ben Evans | December 30, 2012 at 6:00 am | Tags: aerospace, Al Shepard, Apollo, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Apollo 17, Astronaut, Bob Crippen, Deke Slayton, Ed White, Exploration, Explore, Frank Borman, Gemini, Gemini 3, Gemini X, Gene Cernan, Gus Grissom, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, John Young, Johnson Space Center, Joseph LaMantia, Lunar, Mars, Mike Collins, Moon, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Project High Jump, rocket, Rockets, Roger Chaffee, Shuttle, Space, space exploration, space shuttle, Spacelab, STS-1, STS-9, Tom Stafford, USS Coral Sea, USS Forrestal, USS Laws | Categories: Apollo, astronaut, Ben Evans | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7Ad Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=29153