John Watts Young is a retired American astronaut. He was the ninth person to walk on the Moon.In 1962 he was signed to travel in the Gemini spacecraft along with Gus Grissom. In 1965 he went into his space mission and he was able to score a “first” by being the first man who ever smuggled a corned beef sandwich onto the spacecraft.
This sandwich incident had repercussions since NASA started doubting about sending to future missions into space. However, he was able to enjoy a lot more trips into space and took lead on many exciting missions in outer space.After working for NASA for 42 years he finally retired on December 31st of 2004, at the age of 74, allowing him to start a new life with no more outer space adventures.