Pioneering Astronaut John Young Dies At 87

Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—U.S. astronaut John Young, whose flight career spanned the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, died from pneumonia-related complications in Houston Jan. 5, NASA said in a statement. He was 87. In September 1962, NASA unveiled its second group of astronauts, naming...

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