Bettmann/CORBIS/Getty Images, FILE — -- Legendary astronaut John Young died today. He was 87. Young was the first astronaut to command the Space Shuttle. He flew to the moon twice.

John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who flew in space six times, walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle and became the conscience of the astronaut corps, advocating for ...

Former astronaut John Young, a NASA trailblazer whose six journeys into space included a walk on the moon and commanding the first space shuttle flight, died Friday after complications from ...

Astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times, died Friday night at 87. In a statement, acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said Young died ...

He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. “Astronaut John Young’s storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight,” NASA administrator Robert Lightfoot said in a statement.

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The astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and flew the first space shuttle mission, has died aged 87. He visited space six times including on Apollo and Gemini missions, Nasa said.