John W. Young Letter
Object Details
- Creator
- Young, John, 1930-2018
- Topic
- Astronautics
- stars
- Provenance
- George Peabody, Gift, 2022, NASM.2023.0017
- Creator
- Young, John, 1930-2018
- Summary
- This collection consists of a 1981 letter, signed by Astronaut John Young, to George Peabody answering his question about whether stars can be seen from the Moon or space.
- Biographical / Historical
- John Young (1930 – 2018) had a long and illustrious career at NASA, serving as an astronaut for 42 years. Young was the first person to fly in space six times (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, and STS-9), the first person to circle the Moon alone, and the first Space Shuttle mission commander.
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet (One legal folder)
- Date
- November 25, 1981
- Archival Repository
- National Air and Space Museum Archives
- Identifier
- NASM.2023.0017
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Correspondence
- Citation
- John W. Young Letter, NASM.2023.0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- One item.
- Processing Information
- Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2023.
- Rights
- Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence
- Scope and Contents
- This collection consists of a 1981 letter, signed by John Young, to George Peabody (possibly of the Southside Topnotch Astronomy Club), answering his question about whether stars can be seen from the Moon or space.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Record ID
- ebl-1678891200712-1678891200972-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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