Actor
Active 2019–present · Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Patron’s Medal, National Aviation Hall of Fame, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
John Watts Young 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.