We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon
in this decade and do the other things, not because they are
easy, but because they are hard.
John F. Kennedy
Sept. 12, 1962
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Stuart Allen Roosa
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
August 16, 1933 |
| Place of Birth: |
Durango, Colorado |
| Died: |
December 12, 1994 in Falls Church, Virginia |
| Cause of Death: |
Natural (complications of pancreatitis) |
| Joined NASA: |
April 4, 1966 |
| Left NASA: |
February 1, 1976 |
| Space Flights: |
1 |
| Time in Space: |
9 days, 1 minute |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Gemini 12
Assignment: Capcom
Apollo 9
Assignment: Capcom
Apollo 14
January 31 - February 9, 1971
Assignment: Command Module Pilot
Flight Duration: 9 days, 1 minute
Apollo 16
Assignment: Back-up CMP & Capcom
Apollo 17
Assignment: Back-up CMP & Capcom
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1953
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Joined USAF in 1953 graduating from the Aviation Cadet Program at Williams AFB, Arizona.
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1953-1955, Chief of Service Engineering at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan.
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1956-1961, Fighter pilot at Langley AFB, Virginia.
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1962-1964, Maintenance Flight Test Pilot at Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania.
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1965, Graduated USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School and was assigned as an experimental test pilot at Edwards AFB, California until his selection by NASA.
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November 1966, became the only member of his 1966 astronaut class to be assigned in the Gemini program when he acted as Capcom for the Gemini 12 mission.
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January-February 1971, Command Module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission, assisting in the successful landing at the Fra Mauro highlands originally planned for the aborted Apollo 13 flight.
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1976-1977, Corporate Vice-President, International Operations, U.S. Industries(USI) Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois and President of USI's Middle East Development Co. Ltd., Athens, Greece.
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1977-1981, Vice-President of Advanced Planning, Charles K. Campbell Investments Ltd.
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1981 until his death in 1994, owner and President of Gulf Coast Coors Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. Attained his Coors dealership through his association with his Apollo 14 CDR Alan Shepard who was a senior executive of the Coors Brewing Co.
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