Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018
John Young, a legendary US astronaut who went into space six times, orbited the moon and then walked on its craggy surface, has died, NASA announced Saturday.
He was 87 and died late Friday of complications from pneumonia, the space agency said. He lived in a Houston suburb just minutes from the NASA Space Center.
“NASA and the world have lost a pioneer,” agency administrator Robert Ligh
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