Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Young (astronaut)
John Young (astronaut)[edit]
- This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.
The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 21, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:05, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He flew on four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo command and service module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. Young served joined the US Navy aviator, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. He set several world time-to-climb records, and was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2 in 1962. He flew on the Gemini 3 mission in 1965, and then commanded the 1966 Gemini 10 mission. In 1969, he flew as the command module pilot on Apollo 10. After that, he commanded Apollo 16, and spent three days on the lunar surface exploring the Descartes Highlands with Charles Duke. Young also commanded STS-1 in 1981, the Space Shuttle program's first launch, and STS-9 in 1983. He retired from NASA in 2004. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Apollo 5 on February 9; Apollo 16 on April 16 (presumed)
- Main editors: Balon Greyjoy
- Promoted: December 26, 2020
- Reasons for nomination: 50th anniversary of Young walking on the moon.
- Support as nominator. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Leaning oppose; two hooks for the same spaceflight within about a week seems a touch overkill. Willing to be talked out of this oppose, though. (not watching, please ping if needed). Hog Farm Talk 16:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)