David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15

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David R. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and Air Force officer best known for commanding the Apollo 15 lunar mission and becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut
United States Air Force officer
aerospace engineer
human
test pilot
astronautGroup NASA Astronaut Group 3
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
coCrewMember Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-06-06
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States Military Academy
employer NASA
familyName Scott
fieldOfWork aerospace engineering
astronautics
givenName David
hasNationality American
lunarMissionCommanded Apollo 15
lunarSurfaceEVAsOnApollo15 3
militaryBranch United States Air Force
militaryRank colonel
missionLandedSite Imbrium Basin ejecta zone
surface form: Hadley–Apennine region of the Moon
notableAchievement first person to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon
seventh person to walk on the Moon
notableEvent performed hammer-and-feather Galileo demonstration on the Moon during Apollo 15
notableWork Apollo 15
surface form: Apollo 15 mission
occupation astronaut
test pilot
participantIn Apollo 15
surface form: Apollo 15 lunar landing

Apollo program
Gemini program
performedExtravehicularActivityOn Moon
placeOfBirth San Antonio, Texas, United States
positionHeld command module pilot of Apollo 9
commander of Apollo 15
retiredFromNASA 1977
selectedAsAstronautIn 1963
sexOrGender male
spaceMission Apollo 15
Apollo 9
Gemini 8
spacewalksCount 5
totalTimeInSpace 22 days 18 hours 54 minutes

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Gemini 8 pilotLaterMission David R. Scott commanded Apollo 15