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David Scott
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Born
| David Randolph Scott
(
1932-06-06
)
June 6, 1932
(age 92)
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Status
| Retired
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Nationality
| American
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Alma mater
| University of Michigan
USMA
, B.S. 1954
MIT
, M.S. and E.A.A. 1962
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Occupation
| Test pilot
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Awards
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Space career
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Rank
| Colonel
,
USAF
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Time in space
| 22d 18h 53m
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Selection
| 1963 NASA Group 3
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| 5 (Stand up EVA on Apollo 9, 4 EVAs on Apollo 15: 1st EVA was a stand-up, while 3 EVAs were on the moon surface)
[1]
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Total EVA time
| 20 hours 35 minutes
[2]
[3]
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Missions
| Gemini 8
,
Apollo 9
,
Apollo 15
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Mission insignia
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Retirement
| October 30, 1977
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David Randolph
"
Dave
"
Scott
(born June 6, 1932), (
Col
,
USAF
, Ret.), is an American former
NASA
astronaut
, retired
U.S. Air Force officer
and former
test pilot
. He belonged to the
third group of NASA astronauts
, selected in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the
seventh person
to
walk
on the
Moon
.
As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into
space
as pilot of the
Gemini 8
mission, along with
Neil Armstrong
, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in
low Earth orbit
. Scott then spent ten days in orbit as
Command Module
Pilot aboard
Apollo 9
, his second spaceflight, along with Commander
James McDivitt
and
Lunar Module
Pilot
Rusty Schweickart
.
During this mission, Scott became the last American to fly solo in Earth
orbit
(not counting subsequent
untethered
EVAs
). Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the
Apollo 15
mission, the fourth human lunar landing, becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to
drive on the Moon
.
[3]
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