Richard Gordon, Who Flew to Moon With Apollo 12, Dies at 88
- Naval aviator was one of only 24 astronauts to fly to the moon
- After retiring, he was an executive with New Orleans Saints
Richard Gordon Jr. in 1969.
Source: NASA/Archive Photos
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Richard Gordon Jr., the Apollo 12 astronaut who orbited the moon as command-module pilot during NASA’s second manned moon-landing mission, has died. He was 88.
He died Monday at his home in California, according to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s website. No cause was given.