“Apollo 12” Pete Conrad Signed 8.75x6 Magazine Photo COA For Sale

Up for sale "Apollo 12” Pete Conrad Hand Signed 8.75x6 Magazine Photo. This item is certified authentic by

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Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 –

July 8, 1999) was an engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot,

and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he

became the third person to walk on the Moon.

Conrad was selected in NASA's second astronaut class in 1962. Before

becoming an astronaut, Conrad earned his bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University—being the first Ivy League astronaut—and

joined the U.S. Navy. In 1954 he received his naval aviator wings, served as

a fighter pilot and, after graduating from

the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (Class

20), as a project test pilot. In 1959 he was an astronaut candidate for Project

Mercury. He set an eight-day space endurance record in 1965 along

with his Command Pilot Gordon Cooper on

his first spaceflight, Gemini 5. Later, Conrad commanded Gemini 11 in

1966, and Apollo 12 in 1969. After Apollo, he commanded Skylab 2,

the first crewed Skylab mission, in 1973. On the mission, he and his crewmates

repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space station.

For this, President Jimmy Carter awarded

him the Congressional

Space Medal of Honor in 1978. After he retired from NASA and

the Navy in 1973, he became a vice president of American Television and

Communications Company. He went on to work for McDonnell Douglas, as a vice

president. During his tenure, he served as vice president of marketing, senior

vice president of marketing, staff vice president of international business

development, and vice president of project development. Conrad died on July 8,

1999, from internal injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

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