Following his graduation from the University of Washington in 1951 with B.S. Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut who accompanied Charles Conrad on the September 1966 flight of Gemini 11. They docked with an Agena target on the first orbit and were propelled to a record altitude of 850 miles (about 1,370 km).

in Chemistry, Gordon received his wings as a Naval Aviator in 1953. Selected by NASA in October 1963 as one of the third group of astronauts, Richard F. Gordon Jr. served on both Gemini and Apollo Programs. Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret. Richard Francis Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and an American football executive. ), was an American former naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.He was one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 12 mission. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as the command module pilot of the 1969 Apollo 12 mission which o

During a 45-minute space walk, Gordon … Interviewed by Michelle Kelly Houston, Texas – 17 October 1997. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Edited Oral History Transcript Richard F. Gordon, Jr.