David Scott was an American NASA astronaut and United States Air Force officer who flew on Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and commanded Apollo 15 in 1971. On Apollo 15 he became the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first to drive a Lunar Roving Vehicle on the lunar surface, greatly extending the range astronauts could explore. Scott also famously demonstrated Galileos hammer-and-feather experiment on live television from the Moon, dropping both objects to show they fell at the same rate in a vacuum.
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David Scott was a NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 15.
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Members: David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, James B. Irwin
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Scott was born June 6, 1932
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is an American retired test pilot
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commanded Apollo 15
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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 commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.
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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.
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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 commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.
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The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.
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