1991day.year
James Irwin
(1930 - 1991)
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
American colonel
pilot
and astronaut
American astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who walked on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission.
James B. Irwin was born in 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an Air Force pilot.
In 1971, he flew aboard Apollo 15 and became the eighth person to walk on the Moon.
Irwin conducted scientific experiments and collected lunar samples during the mission.
After NASA, he founded the High Flight Foundation, a Christian-based space-research organization.
Irwin remained an advocate for space exploration and later devoted his life to theology.
1991
James Irwin