John Young Biography and Timeline

Gemini X

During Gemini X American astronauts Mike Collins and John Young make two rendezvous and docking maneuvers with Agena target vehicles, plus complete a complex EVA

Apollo 10 CSM-LM Docking

Pilots the command module during transposition and docking with lunar module Snoopy.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Lunar Orbit Insertion

Remains aboard the command module as Apollo 10 enters lunar orbit.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Command Module Solo Orbit

Pilots Charlie Brown alone while Stafford and Cernan fly Snoopy close to the lunar surface.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Lunar Landmark Tracking

Conducts lunar observations and tracking from Charlie Brown during the lunar module's independent flight.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10

Pilots the command module during Apollo 10.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Active Rendezvous

Pilots command module Charlie Brown during the active rendezvous and redocking with Snoopy.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Lunar Module Redocking

Pilots Charlie Brown during the final docking with Snoopy after the landing rehearsal.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 10 Splashdown

Returns with Stafford and Cernan after completing the full lunar landing rehearsal except touchdown.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 16 Launch

Commands Apollo 16, the fifth crewed lunar landing mission.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Lunar Landing

Commands Orion to a landing in the Descartes Highlands after Mission Control clears the delayed descent.

Role range: 1972-1972

Descartes Landing

Pilots Orion to the Descartes Highlands after a delay caused by command-module propulsion concerns.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 First EVA

Begins the first surface excursion, deploying equipment and exploring the Descartes landing area.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Heat Flow Cable Break

Accidentally breaks the heat-flow experiment cable while moving near the ALSEP site.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Rover Grand Prix

Performs the planned Lunar Roving Vehicle Grand Prix exercise to evaluate rover handling.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Solar Wind Composition Deployment

Participates in deploying the Apollo 16 Solar Wind Composition experiment near the lunar module to collect solar-wind particles on exposed foil.

Role range: 1972-1972

Lunar Rover

Uses the lunar rover during Apollo 16 exploration.

Role range: 1972-1972

Stone Mountain Traverse

Drives the rover toward Stone Mountain during Apollo 16’s second surface EVA.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Lunar Module Liftoff

Commands Orion's ascent stage as it leaves the Moon for rendezvous with Casper.

Role range: 1972-1972

Apollo 16 Guidance Workaround

Continues toward the Moon after a programming change neutralizes an erroneous guidance-system gimbal-lock indication.

Role range: 1972-1972