Young, a native of Orlando, Fla., is a retired U.S. Navy Captain and test pilot. He joined NASA in 1962, and his initial mission was as pilot of the first manned flight of the Gemini Program in 1965.

The Houston Hall of Fame showcase for veteran NASA astronaut and moonwalker John Young, a Houston resident for 40 years, will be unveiled by Mayor Lee P. Brown in a ceremony to formally dedicate th… ...

NASA astronaut John Young, who flew the agency's first Space Shuttle mission and walked on the surface of the Moon, has died. He was 87.

U.S. astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon in 1972 and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during a career that made him the only person to fly with three NASA space programs ...

Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87. The space agency said Young ...

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The sneaky astronaut tucked a corned beef sandwich on rye bread into his spacesuit without informing NASA, a move which the space giant (and Congress) wasn't happy about once the secret was uncovered.

John Young On the C-SPAN Networks: John Young is a Commander for Space Shuttle in NASA with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1986 video as an Astronaut for NASA ...