Sentence examples for command pilot from inspiring English sources

On March 23 , 1965 Grissom became the first man to return to space as he (as command pilot) and Lieutenant Commander John W. Young made three orbits in the first manned Gemini flight, Gemini 3.

American astronaut, copilot on the Gemini 5 spaceflight (1965), command pilot of Gemini 11, spacecraft commander of the Apollo 12 flight to the Moon, and commander of the Skylab 2 mission.

Brand was backup command module pilot for Apollo 15 and backup commander for the Skylab 3 and 4 missions prior to being named command pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).

And now Professor Brand is appealing to Cooper to be mission commander to accompany three other specialists to include his daughter, and to be command pilot.

World War II air transport command pilot in North Africa.

second U.S. astronaut to travel in space and the command pilot of the ill-fated Apollo 1 crew.

Like everyone else, she started as a third pilot or flight engineer, maintaining fuel systems and cabin temperature before moving up to the co-pilot chair and, ultimately, an upgrade to commanding pilot.

In an effort to save the space station, Kerwin, along with commander Charles Conrad, Jr., and command module pilot Paul Weitz, were launched on May 25, 1973, from Cape Kennedy to rendezvous with Skylab.

Scott served as command module pilot of the Apollo 9 flight with commander James McDivitt and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart; their mission was launched on March 3 , 1969

Mr. Collins was the command module pilot and remained in orbit during the mission.

Aboard Apollo 11 were Armstrong, Aldrin, and command module pilot Michael Collins.