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Richard Gordon (I)

Richard Gordon was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy. He was passed by for the 1962 astronaut selection, but was accepted for the 1963 selection. Flew in space the first time as the Pilot of Gemini XI in September of 1966, with Pete Conrad as the Command Pilot. Gordon made two space walks, while he and Conrad set an altitude record of 850 miles during the course of the three day mission... See full bio »

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1985 Space (TV mini-series)
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2010 Moonbug (documentary) (as Richard Gordon)
 
2003 Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon (video documentary)
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1989 For All Mankind (documentary)
Narrator (Apollo 12) (voice) (as Richard F. Gordon Jr.)
 
1987 Heaven (documentary)
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2009 The Apollo Years (video)
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2008 When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Secrets of the Moon Landings (TV documentary)
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2003 Failure Is Not an Option (TV documentary)
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(1 January 1970) Grand Marshal, Tournament of Roses parade

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Richard F. Gordon Jr. | Dick Gordon
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He flew with Pete Conrad twice. On Gemini 11 they docked with the Agena target vehicle immediately after achieving orbit as in a lunar mission. In Apollo 12 he, Alan Bean and Richard Gordon conducted the second trip to the moon bringing back lunar rocks and pieces of the Surveyor 3 probe. On the Apollo... See more »

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