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Dick Gordon, NASA astronaut who walked in space and flew to moon, dies at 88 [i]Richard "Dick" Gordon, an Apollo-era NASA astronaut who became the fourth American to walk in space and one of 24 humans to fly to the moon, died on Monday (Nov. 6) at the age of 88. Gordon's death was confirmed by NASA and the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. A cause of death was not stated. "We lost a good friend and former director," Tammy Sudler, president and CEO of the scholarship foundation, wrote in an email to supporters on Tuesday afternoon. "Dick always did everything in style and his way. He was loved by many and will be missed by all."[/i]
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