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If you mean the final retirement, then no, he's alive and probably kicking. You may be thinking of Gene Cernan. Young's Apollo 16 crew is the only moon-landing
by interfixus 9y ago
If you mean the final retirement, then no, he's alive and probably kicking. You may be thinking of Gene Cernan.
Young's Apollo 16 crew is the only moon-landing team still intact. Apollo 8 is also still fully manned. They were the first, and took the iconic pictures, but they didn't land.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoJohn Young died 3 days ago.
- interfixus 9y agoYes, sorry, I see that now.
- jacquesm 9y agoHN Thread about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154
- antsar 9y ago> Young died on January 5, 2018, at his home in Houston of complications from pneumonia. He was 87. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)
- interfixus 9y agoSo strange. I doublechecked on Wikipedia before posting my comment, just to be sure. Nothing, "John Young is". Now, an hour later, it's there, "John Young was". Apologise for the misinformation. Offline weekend, the news passed me by.