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John W. Young/Ellen S. Baker

Retired Navy Capt. John W. Young and Ellen S. Baker at the Hall of Science, Queens, NY, 30 September 2004.

 

Six spaceflights for Young: Gemini III and X; Apollo 10 and 16 (walking on the moon on the latter); and STS-1 and 9. Was named to command Mission 61J to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope when the Challenger accident happened.

 

Baker flew three shuttle flights: STS-34/Atlantis; STS-50/Columbia; and STS-71/Atlantis. She is the daughter of Claire Schulman, boro president of Queens from 1986 to 2002.

 

Neither signed autographs. Young not for anyone and Baker only for the children.

 

 

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Uploaded on April 7, 2011