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Pete Conrad
Third person to walk on the Moon, commanding Apollo 12, then led the Skylab 2 crew that repaired America's first space station and saved the program.
49d
Days in Space
4
Missions
4
EVAs
13h
EVA Time
Biography
Third person to walk on the Moon, commanding Apollo 12, then led the Skylab 2 crew that repaired America's first space station and saved the program. He died in 1999.
Before NASAU.S. Navy fighter pilot and test pilot who graduated from the Naval Test Pilot School in 1958 and logged over 6,500 flight hours despite battling severe dyslexia that had led to his expulsion from prep school.
Mission Timeline
- Pilot
Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 5
Launch: Aug 21, 1965Landing: Aug 29, 1965Duration: 8 days- Record eight-day endurance flight
- Commander
Gemini spacecraft
Gemini 11
Launch: Sep 12, 1966Landing: Sep 15, 1966Duration: 3 days- Set a crewed Earth-orbit altitude record of 1,369 km
- Commander
Apollo CSM Yankee Clipper / LM Intrepid
Apollo 12
Launch: Nov 14, 1969Landing: Nov 24, 1969Duration: 10 days- Third person to walk on the Moon; pinpoint landing beside Surveyor 3
- Commander
Apollo CSM / Saturn IB
Skylab 2
Launch: May 25, 1973Landing: Jun 22, 1973Duration: 28 days- Repaired the damaged Skylab station, saving the program
Beyond the Mission
Hobbies & Interests
golfwater skiingauto racing
Languages
English
Fun fact
When Conrad became the third person to walk on the Moon, he deliberately quipped "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me" — a line he had bet journalist Oriana Fallaci $500 he could say on the lunar surface to prove astronauts weren't scripted.
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