Is this really a picture of John Young?

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This article from the Smithsonian Air and Space magazine is about eyeglasses for astronauts. The following quote about legendary astronaut John Young is immediately followed by a picture:

Even Apollo veteran John Young took his reading glasses along on STS-1.

The picure file is named "John-Young-glasses-400.jpg", but it doesn't look at all like other pictures of Young. (Maybe it's a picture of whatever guy ran the Shuttle simulator.) Is this really a photo of John Young?

For comparison, here is Young's official Apollo portrait:

obliquely related: answers to Can astronauts wear eyeglasses inside their helmets during launches and landings? — uhoh, Feb 26 '21 at 05:09
Downvoted for lack of prior research. A search for John Young on the NASA image page turns up the picture. https://images.nasa.gov/details-S81-30419 — Organic Marble, Feb 26 '21 at 14:50
@OrganicMarble: No, I certainly did perform a search for pictures of Young. So any claim of "lack of research" is simply not true. But your search was more successful. It looks like you could post an answer, so why not please do that? — DrSheldon, Feb 26 '21 at 15:45
There are some great photos from that trip. What a ride! https://images.nasa.gov/details-S81-30422 — user2705196, Feb 26 '21 at 22:03
Another picture showing only the right half of the face is needed for comparison. — Uwe, Feb 27 '21 at 22:45
That's John...looks like he's got a good case of "launch face" going on... — Digger, Feb 28 '21 at 05:22
One point of similarity between the two photos in the question are the eyebrows. A second point could possibly be the nose. — Fred, Mar 27 '21 at 17:12

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '21 at 16:25

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That's John...looks like he's got a good case of "launch face" going on...

Sorry, I cannot back up my answer with any specific citations (beyond what Organic Marble offered in a comment to the original post)...

answered Mar 27 '21 at 16:25

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Is this really a picture of John Young?

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