Gemini 11 and Apollo Astronaut 
Richard Gordon visits Seattle several times

 

Visit to Seattle, Blessed Sacrament School, 1967

NASA Astronaut Richard Gordon visiting Seattle in 1967. Shown with Jack Gordon.

Gemini 11 Astronaut Richard Gordon (visit coordinator Jack Gordon is in background) as Gordon visits Seattle's Blessed Sacrament Grade School, where Jack Gordon's children attended.

NASA Astronaut Richard Gordon visiting Seattle in 1967. John R. Gordon is in background.

Here's a close-up of Astronaut Gordon, with a young John R Gordon in the background. Gordon has flown in Gemini 11 the previous fall with Astronaut Pete Conrad. On the flight, Gordon performed two Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVA)s, including attaching a tether to the Agena and retrieving a nuclear emulsion experiment package.

Gordon Visited Again in 1970

NASA Astronaut Richard Gordon visiting Seattle in 1970. Shaking hands with Boeing's T. A. Wilson, U.S. Senator Magnuson

In this picture (scanned from the January 8, 1970, edition of the Boeing News), Richard Gordon is shaking hands with T.A. Wilson, Boeing president. U.S. Senator Warren G. "Maggie" Magnuson is partially hidden at Gordon's right; while Mary, Ann, and John Gordon (children of Jack Gordon) are at Wilson's right.
 

Note: As far as we know, the Richard Gordon family and the Jack Gordon family are not related.

 

 

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