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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astronaut David R. Scott canonical 1

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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 ⓘ