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November 6, 2017
Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission.
November 6
November 6 is the 310th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.