James McDivitt
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United StatesLived 1929 to 2022 · aged 93James Alton McDivitt Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. S.
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James McDivitt in his Air Force uniform as a colonel
Patricia McDivitt (right) visits Mission Control in Houston during the Gemini 4 mission.
McDivitt (right) and White in their space suits for the Gemini 4 mission
McDivitt inside Command Module Gumdrop during Apollo 9 mission
The Apollo 9 crew, McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart. Apollo 8 is on the launch pad behind them.
Jim McDivitt, February 2009Awards 16
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Berry GordyAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Michigan
Mikhhail FradkovAlso won Order of Military Merit
Julie PayetteAlso won NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Chuck YeagerAlso won Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Scott CarpenterAlso won United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Walter CronkiteAlso won International Space Hall of FameAbout this person
James Alton McDivitt Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. In 1959, after graduating first in his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan through the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) program, he qualified as a test pilot at the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School and Aerospace Research Pilot School, and joined the Manned Spacecraft Operations Branch. By September 1962, McDivitt had logged over 2,500 flight hours, of which more than 2,000 hours were in jet aircraft. This included flying as a chase pilot for Robert M. White's North American X-15 flight on July 17, 1962, in which White reached an altitude of 59.5 miles (95.8 km) and became the first X-15 pilot to be awarded Astronaut Wings.
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