Astronaut John Young has died at age 87. Young flew to the Moon twice and walked on its surface. He went to space six times in the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. Young died last night following complications from pneumonia. Former President George H.W. Bush issued a statement today, saying Young was "a good friend and represented the best in the American spirit." Young first became an astronaut in 1962, walking on the Moon in 1972 and flying the Space Shuttle in 1981.
Photo: US Astronauts Robert Crippen (L) and John Young (R) are seen in the flight deck of Columbia of the space shuttle Columbia before the first shuttle flight at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 12, 1981. (AFP/Getty Images)