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Name: James Benson Irwin
Variant Name: Jim Irwin
Birth Date: March 17, 1930
Death Date: August 8, 1991
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Place of Death: Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: astronaut

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In 1971, during the U.S. Apollo 15 space mission, James Irwin (1930-1991) became the eighth person to walk on the moon. During the first-ever use of the lunar roving vehicle, or "moon buggy," he and mission commander David Scott found a...


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1930-1991 American astronaut who was one of the first to drive the lunar rover on the moon. Irwin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned an engineering master's degree from the University of Michigan before completing Air Force test...
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James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and the eighth man to walk on the...


 

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