Pete Conrad

Commander, Apollo 12

1930-1999

Life as an astronaut: Led the second lunar-landing mission; flew aboard Gemini 5 and 11 and commanded the first Skylab crew

Life as a civilian: Was vice president at McDonnell Douglas, where he worked on developing a booster that could fly to orbit using a single stage

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