James Irwin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 33 years ago |
Date of birth | March 17,1930 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 8,1991 |
Died | Glenwood Springs |
Colorado | |
United States | |
Education | US Air Force Test Pilot School |
United States Naval Academy | |
University of Michigan | |
East High School | |
Books | The It's Just Lunch Guide to Dating in Pittsburgh |
A Thing of Two about Golf | |
Destination Moon | |
More Than Earthlings | |
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Apollo 15 Technical Crew Debriefing with Unique Observations about the Fourth Lunar Landing - Astronauts Scott, Irwin, Worden | |
Awards | NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal | |
Space missions | Apollo 15 |
Spouse | Mary Ellen Monroe |
Rank | USAF |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Other name | Jim Irwin |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 425707 |
James Irwin Life story
James Benson Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Apollo Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.