This file photo taken on May 12, 2009 shows U.S. astronaut John Watts Young who walked on the Moon on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission. Astronaut John Young passed away Jan. 6, 2018 at ...

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 from ...

In this undated photo made available by NASA, STS-1 crew John Young, left, and Robert Crippen, hold a model of the space shuttle. NASA says Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the ...

Waiting inside the Gemini 3 capsule on March 23, 1965, John Young was about to embark on the first of six voyages into space —seven if you count Apollo 16's liftoff from the moon.

Apollo 16 astronauts (L-R) Charles M Duke, John W Young, and Thomas K Mattingly II take a break during a training exercise in preparation for the Lunar Landing mission, US, 6th February 1972.

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.