Charles+Pete+Conard

Charles peter Conard jr. was born on June 2 1930. He was known as the very first astronaut to fly on Gemini, Apollo and Skylab. He was also a member of the first successful space station mission. Charles Conard was a very successful man, he achieved many accomplishments throughout his life, and in September of 1962 Charles was chosen to be an astronaut of NASA. In August 1965 Chalres was put on his first spaceship out into space as the pilot of his crew on Gemini V. On September 18 1966 he then flew on Gemini XI as the commander pilot of the shuttle. From November 14-24 Charles was the spacecraft pilot of Apollo 12. As spacecraft commander on his fourth flight, Conrad flew the first Skylab mission, which launched on May 25 and terminated on June 22, 1973. In December 1973 Charles retired from his position as an astronaut of 20 years. He then accepted the position of Vice president, Operations and Chief Operating Officer of American Television and Communications Corporation. In October 1978, was promoted to Vice President, Marketing, of the Douglas Aircraft Company. In October 1980, Conrad was promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing, of the Douglas Aircraft Company. Just ten years later Charles Conard died of a motorcycle crash.

I chose Charles Conard because I found that his story was interesting, although he may not have been the first of second person to walk on the moon, third is just as good. I think that he deserved to be an astronaut he worked hard and did his part. Although he grew up in a wealthy family (unlike Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova  ) he still worked as hard as anyone else to get his his title!

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