Astronaut Dick Gordon, a member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, attends a 2009 event at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA/Jim Grossmann hide caption toggle caption NASA/Jim Grossmann The Two-Way NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon Has Died At Age 88 November 7, 2017 As a child in the Great Depression, he never dreamed of being a pilot — let alone an astronaut who would be one of just 24 people to fly to the moon. He had two of the early spacewalks. NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon Has Died At Age 88 Listen · 2:52 2:52 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/517135258/562619893" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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