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| Astronaut, born in Gary, Indiana, USA. He trained at West Point, and became an air force pilot (1951–6). He studied aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, then taught at West Point and the Aerospace Research Pilots School. In 1962 NASA selected him for astronaut training. He was crew member of two historic missions: the Gemini 7 space endurance flight (1965) and the first manned flight around the Moon in Apollo 8 (1968). He worked for NASA until 1970, when he joined Eastern Airlines, becoming chairman of the board of directors in 1976. |
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