Died walked on the moon, NASA astronaut John young

Died walked on the moon, NASA astronaut John young

NEW YORK, January 6. /TASS/. American astronaut John young, vyshivaniya on the moon, has died on 88-m to year of life. This was announced by the National office of the USA on Aeronautics and space research (NASA) on Saturday in the Twitter.

“We are saddened by the loss of astronaut John young, he was 87 years old,” said at the space Agency. It recalled that Yang twice flew to the moon, walked on its surface, and was also the commander of the space Shuttle Columbia, the first manned flight which was made in 1981. “He [young] six times, went into space in programmes for the Apollo, Gemini and Shuttle — said in a statement.

We remember our most experienced astronaut, John Young.

“Today, NASA and the world have lost a pioneer.” Full statement from our Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of Young: https://t.co/WI6BDpbQ7e pic.twitter.com/WeRxkBGAZB

— NASA (@NASA) January 6, 2018.

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In the biography of Yang, published on the NASA website notes that he was “the first man flew into space six times from Earth, and seven times if you count the start from the moon”.

We mourn the loss of naval aviator, test pilot, and astronaut’s astronaut John Young. May generations of explorers walk in his footsteps. pic.twitter.com/Q9ubhbBsl1

— SmithsonianAirSpace (@airandspace) on 6 January 2018.

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He was selected for the astronaut corps in 1962 and was closed by NASA in 2004. As noted by the space Agency, then “he continued to advocate for the development of technologies that will allow us to live and work on the moon and Mars.”

Saddened rated for the loss of former astronaut colleague John Young – the astronauts’ astronaut, a true legend. Fair winds and following seas, Captain. #RIP pic.twitter.com/cn79DctK6C

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) on 6 January 2018.

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According to estimates of NASA, in his career, Yang was in space for approximately 835 hours. Where he died, NASA did not specify.

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