Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962, Conrad is seen here in 1965 during a suiting up activity in preparation for his first space flight - the endurance record setting Gemini 5 mission . His final space flight was to Skylab in 1973. Tragically , Conrad died from injuries in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, July 8 .
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