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James Irwin
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James Irwin |
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Born on: |
17 Mar 1930 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Died 8 Aug 1991 |
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Spaceflight |
Position |
Date |
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Apollo 15 |
LMP |
26.07. - 07.08.1971 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Colonel Irwin was one of the
19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He was crew
commander of lunar module (LTA-8)-this vehicle finished
the first series of thermal vacuum tests on June 1, 1968.
He also served as a member of the astronaut support crew
for Apollo 10 and as backup lunar module pilot for the
Apollo 12 flight.
Irwin served as lunar module pilot for Apollo, July 26 to
August 7, 1971. His companions on the flight were David R.
Scott, spacecraft commander and Alfred M. Worden, command
module pilot. Apollo 15 was the fourth manned lunar
landing mission and the first to visit and explore the
moon's Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains which are
located on the southeast edge of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of
Rains). The lunar module, "Falcon", remained on the lunar
surface for 66 hours, 54 minutes-setting a new record for
lunar surface stay time-and Scott and Irwin logged 18
hours and 35 minutes each in extravehicular activities
conducted during three separate excursions onto the lunar
surface. Using "Rover-l" to transport themselves and their
equipment along portions of Hadley Rille and the Apinnine
Mountains, Scott and Irwin performed a selenological
inspection and survey of the area and collected
approximately 180 pounds of lunar surface materials. They
deployed an ALSEP package which involved the emplacement
and activation of surface experiments, and their lunar
surface activities were televised in color using a TV
camera which was operated remotely by ground controllers
stationed in the mission control center located at
Houston, Texas. Other Apollo 15 achievements included:
largest payloads ever placed in earth and lunar orbits;
first scientific instrument module bay flown and operated
on an Apollo spacecraft; longest distance traversed on
lunar surface; first use of a lunar surface navigation
device, mounted on Rover 1; first subsatellite launched in
lunar orbit; and first extravehicular activity (EVA) from
a command module during transearth coast. The latter feat
was accomplished by Worden during three excursions to "Endeavour's"
SIM bay where he retrieved film cassettes from the
panoramic and mapping cameras and reported his personal
observations of the general condition of equipment housed
there.
Apollo 15 concluded with a Pacific splashdown and
subsequent recovery by the USS OKINAWA.
In completing his first flight, Irwin logged 295 hours and
11 minutes in space-19 hours and 46 minutes of which were
in EVA
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