I am currently thinking about the giant EVA-helmet sized baseball cap Pete Conrad tried and failed to smuggle onto Apollo 12
Armstrong’s first words on the lunar surface are among the most famous ever spoken and then here’s Pete on the very next mission following it up with a short joke about himself
Absolute legend
#Never forget his heart rate barely rising on launch when most people spike to 150bpm experiencing it
NOT EVEN WHEN HIS DAMB ROCKET WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING JUST MOMENTS AFTER LIFTOFF
dude's real shit
Survive multiple space flights, including Skylab 2 where you went on a dangerous EVA to repair the station, barely breaking a sweat
Manage after this to die Bat-Out-Of-Hell style after missing a turn on your bike in your late sixties
Classic Pete
The fact that the early astronauts were all hot shot Air Force test pilots reallllly comes through in some of these stories
