death_date status nationality birth_date alma_mater death_place othername rank image time name occupation birth_place mission insignia selection type eva article_title
08 july 1999 deceased american 02 june 1930 princeton university , b.s. 1953 ojai , california , u.s. charles conrad , jr. . captain , usn conrad-c . jpg 49d 03h 38 m charles `` pete '' conrad , jr. . naval aviator , test pilot philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. gemini skylab 2 5 , gemini 11 , apollo 12 , 40px 40px 40px 40px 1962 nasa group 2 nasa astronaut 4 12 hours 44 minutes pete conrad

pete conrad

charles `` pete '' conrad , jr. -lrb- june 2 , 1930 -- july 8 , 1999 -rrb- -lrb- capt , usn -rrb- , was an american naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and nasa astronaut , and during the apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the moon .
he set an eight-day space endurance record along with his command pilot gordon cooper on the gemini 5 mission , and commanded the gemini 11 mission .
after apollo , he commanded the skylab 2 mission -lrb- the first manned one -rrb- , on which he and his crewmates repaired significant launch damage to the skylab space station .
for this , president jimmy carter awarded him the congressional space medal of honor in 1978 .
