First name and last name | James Irwin |
Date of birth | 17.03.1930 |
Date of death | 08.08.1991 |
Nationality | USA |
Space Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Status | Dead |
Type of astronaut | Government agency |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Irwin |
Apollo 15
James Benson "Jim" Irwin 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. Following his retirement from NASA, he became a prominent born-again Christian. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.