Product ID: 020905-083
James Irwin Signed Photo (Walking on the Moon!) PSA/DNA.

The following picture is personalized to Diane and Richard and signed by astronaut James Irwin. Here is a small bio on this great American Icon! James Irwin (Colonel - USAF - Ret.) NASA Astronaut (Deceased) Born March 17 - 1930 - in Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania. Died August 8 - 1991 of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Mary Ellen and their five children. 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.

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