Addition to NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: July 9, 1999
Media Advisory m99-138a

Summary:

News Release: 

THIRD MAN TO WALK ON MOON DIES IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

NASA ADMINISTRATOR DANIEL S. GOLDIN'S STATEMENT ON THE DEATH 
OF CHARLES "PETE" CONRAD

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THIRD MAN TO WALK ON MOON DIES IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

     Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, the third human to walk on the 
moon, died late Thursday night in a hospital in Ojai, CA, of 
injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.  He was 69. Conrad 
made history on Nov. 19, 1969, when, as commander of the Apollo 12 
mission, he and Astronaut Alan Bean set their lunar module 
"Intrepid" down on the moon's Ocean of Storms, the second of six 
Apollo landings.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Brian Dunbar 
202/358-1600.

For full copy of press release see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-079.txt


NASA ADMINISTRATOR DANIEL S. GOLDIN'S STATEMENT ON THE DEATH 
OF CHARLES "PETE" CONRAD

     NASA Administrator remembers Pete Conrad as lost one of the 
great aviators and explorers of the 20th century."

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Peggy Wilhide 
202/358-1898.

For full copy of press release see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-080.txt


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