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Apollo 12: Richard Gordon

Astronaut in spacecraft simulator.
Image Credit: NASA
Published: November 7, 2017

Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., Apollo 12 command module pilot, participates in simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Apollo 12 was NASA's second lunar landing mission. The other two crew were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot.

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