James Irwin
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | James Benson Irwin March 17, 1930 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 1991 (aged 61) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
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USNA, B.S. 1951 University of Michigan, M.S. 1957 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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12d 07h 12m |
| Selection | 1966 NASA Group 5 |
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Total EVAs
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4 (3 EVAs were on the moon, while his 4th EVA was a stand-up) |
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Total EVA time
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18 hours 35 minutes |
| Missions | Apollo 15 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | July 31, 1972 |
| Awards |  |
James Benson "Jim" Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) (Col, USAF) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.
Irwin was born March 17, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Scottish and Irish descent, to parents James Irwin (1896–1979) and Elsa Mathilda Irwin (née Strebel; 1899–1993). Irwin's grandparents emigrated to the U.S. from Altmore Parish at Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) around 1859. He graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Science from the United States Naval Academy in 1951, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1957.
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