Apollo-era Astronaut Pete Conrad dies at 69.

CHARLES P. (PETE) CONRAD, the third man to walk on the moon, died late Thursday of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Ojai, Calif. He was 69. A Navy test pilot who was selected for the second class of NASA astronauts in 1962, Conrad commanded Apollo 12 and also few on Gemini 5 and 11 and...

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