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David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15 , the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living ...
Apr 22, 2024 · David Scott (born June 6, 1932, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut who was the commander of the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. After graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1954, Scott transferred to the U.S. Air Force and took flight training.
Jan 24, 2018 · David Scott flew in space three times, including one mission to the moon. He survived a harrowing spin aboard Gemini 8, piloted the command module on Apollo 9 for the first docking of the...
Feb 28, 2023 · Retired astronaut David Randolph Scott has survived a Gemini VIII space capsule in a manic roll. He has logged 546 hours and 54 minutes in space and was the first person to drive on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. But the 90-year-old U.S. Air Force colonel now has one more cool entry on his voluminous resume.
Mar 7, 2024 · Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6, 1969. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph of Scott while also performing a spacewalk.
Jun 6, 2017 · On June 6, 1932, American engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut David Randolph Scott was born. Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing. Moreover, he was the first to drive a wheeled vehicle on the moon on 31 July 1971. “Man must explore.
Jul 27, 2021 · NASA. Most lunar samples returned to Earth by the final Apollo missions never would have been collected if the astronauts had not brought a car with them. NASA. David R. Scott, commander of...
