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David Scott

United States

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.

Facts
Birth Date
1932-06-06 3
Birth Year
1932 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
Apollo 15 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1963 2
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David Scott was a NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 15.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Missions Crewed

Apollo 15, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Apollo 9, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • David Scott, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    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.
  • Missions Crewed: Apollo 9, Apollo 9
    The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.
  • Missions Crewed: Apollo 15, Apollo 15
    Members: David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, James B. Irwin
  • Associated With: NASA, Wikipedia: David Scott, lead section
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2. David Scott (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia David Scott lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. David Scott - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1932-06-06
  • Early life and education
    Scott was born June 6, 1932
  • Lead, sentence 1
    is an American retired test pilot
  • Lead, sentence 1 [notable-mission]
    commanded Apollo 15
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Wikidata: David Scott
Wikidata Q278656, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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