Charles 'Pete' Conrad Jnr Signed Photo Astronaut 3rd Person to Walk on the Moon

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This is a hand signed autograph & dedicated 'To John With Best Wishes Charles Conrad' signed in black marker pen. Colour NASA photograph 10" x 8" by the late American Astronaut who during the Apollo mission became the third person to walk on the surface of the Moon.

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 - July 8, 1999) was a U.S. Navy officer 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 (the first manned one), 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