John W. Young

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NASA astronaut human naval officer test pilot

John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.

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Label	Occurrences
John W. Young canonical	18
John W. Young walked on the Moon on Apollo 16	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering ⓘ
almaMater	Georgia Institute of Technology ⓘ
awarded	Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
birthDate	1930-09-24 ⓘ
birthPlace	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
commanded	Apollo 16 ⓘ STS-1 ⓘ STS-9 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2018-01-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Georgia Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ
familyName	Young ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aeronautics ⓘ human spaceflight ⓘ
firstShuttleFlight	STS-1 ⓘ
fullName	John Young ⓘ surface form: John Watts Young
givenName	John ⓘ
heldPosition	Chief of the Astronaut Office ⓘ
lunarLandingSite	Descartes Highlands ⓘ
lunarModule	Orion ⓘ
lunarSurfaceEVAs	3 ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Captain ⓘ
moonLandingMission	Apollo 16 ⓘ
NASAGroup	NASA Astronaut Group 2 ⓘ
notableFor	commanding the first Space Shuttle mission ⓘ walking on the Moon ⓘ
numberOfSpaceflights	6 ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ naval officer ⓘ test pilot ⓘ
performedEVA	true ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
raisedIn	Orlando, Florida, United States ⓘ
roleInApollo10	Command Module Pilot ⓘ
roleInApollo16	Commander ⓘ
roleInGemini10	Command Pilot ⓘ
roleInGemini3	Pilot ⓘ
roleInSTS-1	Commander ⓘ
roleInSTS-9	Commander ⓘ
selectionYear	1962 ⓘ
servedAs	Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA ⓘ
spaceMissions	Apollo 10 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Gemini 10 ⓘ Gemini 3 ⓘ STS-1 ⓘ STS-9 ⓘ
spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown	Columbia ⓘ
totalTimeOnLunarSurface	about 71 hours ⓘ
walkedOn	Moon ⓘ
yearsActiveAtNASA	1962–2004 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 17 → backupCommander → John W. Young ⓘ

Apollo 16 → commander → John W. Young ⓘ

Apollo 16 → crewMember → John W. Young ⓘ

Gus Grissom → Gemini3Crewmate → John W. Young ⓘ

Apollo 10 → commandModulePilot → John W. Young ⓘ

Apollo 10 → crewMember → John W. Young ⓘ

OV-102 → firstFlightCommander → John W. Young ⓘ

Spacelab 1 → crewMember → John W. Young ⓘ

STS-9 → crewMember → John W. Young ⓘ

STS-9 → commander → John W. Young ⓘ

Columbia → firstMissionCommander → John W. Young ⓘ

Descartes Highlands → astronautVisitor → John W. Young ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → carriedAstronaut → John W. Young ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → missionCommanderCarried → John W. Young ⓘ

OV-102 Columbia → firstFlightCommander → John W. Young ⓘ

NASA Astronaut Group 2 → member → John W. Young ⓘ

NASA Astronaut Group 2 → notableMemberAchievement → John W. Young ⓘ

this entity surface form: John W. Young walked on the Moon on Apollo 16

Gemini 10 → commander → John W. Young ⓘ

Gemini 10 → crewMember → John W. Young ⓘ