astronaut David R. Scott

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David R. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the commander of Apollo 15 and the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

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instanceOf NASA astronaut
U.S. Air Force officer
aerospace engineer
human
test pilot
university professor
almaMater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States Military Academy
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
birthDate 1932-06-06
birthPlace San Antonio, Texas, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
degree Bachelor of Science in Military Science
Engineer’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics
Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States Military Academy
employer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
linked to: NASA

United States Air Force
familyName Scott
fullName David Randolph Scott
gender male
givenName David
lunarLandingDate 1971-07-30
lunarMission Apollo 15
lunarSurfaceEVAcount 3
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 3
militaryBranch United States Air Force
militaryRank colonel
missionRole command module pilot of Apollo 9
commander of Apollo 15
pilot of Gemini 8
notableAchievement first person to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon
seventh person to walk on the Moon
performedExperiment Galileo’s hammer-and-feather free-fall demonstration on the Moon
postNASAcareer consultant in aerospace and technology fields
director of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center
selectedAsAstronaut 1963
servedAs backup commander of Apollo 12
backup commander of Apollo 17 (initially)
spaceMission Apollo 15
Apollo 9
Gemini 8
spacewalks 5
totalTimeInSpace about 22 days 18 hours
totalTimeOnLunarSurface about 18 hours 33 minutes
walkedOn Moon

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USS Leonard F. Mason recovered astronaut David R. Scott