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Explanation:
Known for his sense of humor and infectious grin,
Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, as commander of the
Apollo 12
mission,
was the third person to walk on the moon.
Not a tall man, Conrad stepped down onto the lunar
surface in November of 1969 and
gleefully
commented, "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but
that's a long one for me."
Born June 2nd, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from
Princeton University in 1953 and went on to become a Navy test pilot.
Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962, Conrad is
seen here in 1965 during
a suiting up activity in preparation for his
first space flight - the endurance record setting
Gemini 5 mission.
His final space flight was to Skylab in 1973.
Tragically, Conrad died from injuries in a motorcycle accident on
Thursday, July 8.
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