About
Command module pilot for Apollo 14, the third mission to land astronauts on the moon.
Before Fame
He was a smokejumper with the U.S. Forest Service before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1953.
Trivia
He conducted experiments in the moon's orbit while his fellow Apollo 14 crew members walked on the surface below.
Family Life
He had four children with his wife Joan.
Associated With
He was portrayed by George Newbern in the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon.
