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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2901606, member: 28299&quot;]Dick was a friend of mine.&nbsp; He was selected in NASA&#039;s 3rd group of astronauts, in 1963.&nbsp; He was a pilot on Gemini 11, in 1966, where he became the 4th American to walk in space.&nbsp; On that flight he and mission commander, Pete Conrad, also docked multiple times with 2 Agena target vehicles, and achieved the first (planned) artificial gravity in space, by connecting a tether from the Gemini spacecraft to the Agena, disconnecting the Gemini from the Agena, and then spinning up the two attached spacecraft.&nbsp; They also essentially doubled the altitude record to ~ 850 miles by using the rocket in one of the Agenas (it is still the highest record for a spacecraft orbiting the Earth).</p><p><br /></p><p>In November 1969 Dick flew on Apollo 12 on the second manned lunar landing.&nbsp; He was the Command Module pilot, the guy who orbited the Moon while the other two astronauts landed.&nbsp; He was the backup commander for Apollo 15 in 1971, and was the commander of Apollo 18, which unfortunately got cut due to budgetary constraints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dick was a naval aviator and had a GREAT sense of humor.&nbsp; One example of this occurred on the Apollo 15 flight.&nbsp; As mentioned, Dick was the backup commander.&nbsp; The prime crew of Apollo 15 were all Air Force personnel.&nbsp; On the cover of the Apollo 15 Flight Plan (THE checklist for the entire mission) just under the printed words FLIGHT PLAN is a small blue and yellow sticker that says &quot;Fly Navy&quot; that was put there by Dick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post a coin that either was minted in 1929, 1966 or 1969 or one that has a nautical motif on it, in memory of Richard Gordon.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]699029[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]699030[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]699031[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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