John Young piloted the command module. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov remembered ... John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke of Apollo 16 and Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo ...

He later took on the role of command module pilot on the Apollo 16 mission and was the spacecraft commander in two Space Shuttle missions. "TK's contributions have allowed for advancements in our ...

The Skylab 4 mission holds the distinction of being the longest mission conducted by any Apollo command module, spanning from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974, for a total of 84 days in space.