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Gordon, Richard F., Jr., 1929-2017

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Personal name headingGordon, Richard F., Jr., 1929-2017
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Birth date1929-10-05
Death date2017-11-06
Place of birthSeattle (Wash.)
Place of deathSan Marcos (Calif.)
Field of activityAeronautics, Military Naval aviation Space flight Manned space flight Business
AffiliationUnited States. Navy United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Apollo 12 (Spacecraft)
Profession or occupationAir pilots, Military Astronauts Businesspeople
Found inFor all mankind, 2009: title frame (narrator, Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Apollo 12))
Wikipedia, via WWW, August 31, 2022 (Richard Francis Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, NASA astronaut, and football executive; born October 5, 1929, in Seattle, Washington; joined the US Navy in 1953; served as a navy test pilot, 1957-1960; named an astronaut by NASA in October 1963; flew as command module pilot of Apollo 12 in November 1969; after retiring from the US Navy and NASA in 1972, entered business as an executive in various business ventures, including the New Orleans Saints football club, and in energy- and space-related industries; died in San Marcos, California, on November 6, 2017)
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