Pete Conrad
Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.,, was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with his Command Pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission. After Apollo, he commanded the Skylab 2 mission, on which he and his crewmates repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth2 June 1930
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Pete Conrad quotes about
Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but it's a long one for me.
The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.
Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.