Jim McDivitt
| James A. McDivitt | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born |
June 10, 1929 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Other names
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James Alton McDivitt |
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Previous occupation
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Test pilot, business executive |
| University of Michigan, B.S. 1959 | |
| Rank | Brigadier General, USAF |
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Time in space
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14d 02h 56m |
| Selection | 1962 NASA Group 2 |
| Missions | Gemini 4, Apollo 9 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | June 1972 |
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James Alton "Jim" McDivitt (born June 10, 1929), (Brig Gen, USAF, Ret.), is an American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Edward H. White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.
McDivitt was born on June 10, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. He is of Irish descent. He was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Tenderfoot Scout. He graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1947; Jackson Junior College (now known as Jackson College), Jackson, Michigan, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan (graduated first in class) in 1959.
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