Young finally retired from NASA after 42 years of service in 2004. Young was also scheduled for another space shuttle flight in 1986, which was delayed after the Challenger disaster, so the veteran astronaut never made his seventh flight. Young was also commander of the first space shuttle flight in 1981 and returned for shuttle flight 9 in 1983, which deployed the first Spacelab module. He orbited the moon on the Apollo 10 mission, then was commander of the Apollo 16 mission and became the ninth person to walk on the moon. But Young went on to complete a total of six space missions in the Gemini, Apollo, and the space shuttle programs. He achieved some notoriety at that time by smuggling a corned beef sandwich onto the flight, angering NASA. He was selected as an astronaut in 1962 and his first space flight was in 1965 aboard Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom. John Young is so far the longest serving astronaut in NASA history. James Irwin died on August 8, 1991, of a heart attack. He notably took several groups on expeditions to Mt. Irwin retired from NASA and the Air Force (with the rank of Colonel) in 1972 and founded the High Flight Foundation in order to spread the Christian gospel during the last twenty years of his life. Irwin's heart rhythm was normal by the time Apollo 15 returned to Earth, but he had a heart attack a few months later. As he was breathing 100% oxygen and under lower gravity than on Earth, mission control decided he was in the best environment possible for such irregularity -under the circumstances. The astronauts' medical conditions were being monitored from Earth, and they noticed Irwin developing symptoms of heart trouble. His 18.5 hours of lunar surface exploration included gathering many samples of rocks. He was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 15 in 1971. IrwinĪir Force test pilot James Irwin became an astronaut in 1966. He also wrote a book with former cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Two Sides of the Moon : Our Story of the Cold War Space Race.ĭavid Scott is 87 years old.
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Scott retired from NASA in 1977 and served as a consultant for several movies and TV shows about the space program. NASA had turned a blind eye to such activities before, but publicity over the matter caused them to discipline Scott and he never flew again. Scott became famous for the "postage stamp incident," in which he took unauthorized postage stamp covers to the moon with the intent to sell them afterwards. Scott and Jim Irwin spent 18 hours exploring the lunar landscape in the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the first mission to use such a vehicle to travel on the moon. It was the first mission to land near mountains. Scott then went to the moon on Apollo 15, which landed on the lunar surface on July 30, 1971. Selected as an astronaut in 1963, he flew with Neil Armstrong on the Gemini 8 mission and was command module pilot on Apollo 9. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrinĭavid Scott joined the Air Force after graduating from West Point. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.” 2. “For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. His family released a statement that concluded: Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012, at age 82. Armstrong served on the boards of many corporations and foundations, but gradually withdrew from publicity tours and autograph signings. He resigned from NASA in 1971 and became a professor of of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati for eight years. Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle.Īrmstrong along with his crew were honored with parades, awards, and acclaim after their return to Earth, but Armstrong always gave credit to the entire NASA team for the Apollo moon missions. Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying. Although the first steps on the moon are what he will always be known for, Armstrong considered the mission's biggest accomplishment was landing the lunar module. Armstrong was selected to be the first man to walk on the moon, as the Apollo 11 mission was planned, for several reasons: he was the commander of the mission, he didn't have a big ego, and the door of the lunar lander was on his side. Armstrong was assigned as an astronaut in 1962, and flew on the Gemini 8 mission in 1966, where he performed the first successful space docking procedure. He worked as an experimental test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) beginning in 1955, which evolved into NASA. Navy test pilot, engineer, and Korean War veteran Neil Armstrong left the Navy in 1952, but continued in the Naval Reserve.
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