David Scott
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David Randolph Scott is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space
Scott in 1971
Scott in 1964
Scott (right) and Neil Armstrong (center) train for water egress.
The prime and backup crews for Apollo 1. Scott is standing at left.
Gemini 8
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Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was launched on March 16, 1966, and was the 14th crewed American flight and the 22nd crewed spaceflight overall. The mission cond
David Scott
…with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time. As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut…
(L-R) Scott, ArmstrongProject Gemini← Gemini 6AGemini 9A →
Location of Gemini OAMS and Reaction Control System thrusters
Scott (L) and Armstrong (R) await USS Leonard F. Mason
The Gemini 8 crews answer questions at an MSC press conference.