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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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Biography of James Benson Irwin
1,221 words, approx. 4 pages
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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James B. Irwin Summary
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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 Irwin Information
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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...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
Astronaut James Irwin Dies; Walked on Moon
08/10/1991: 537 words, approx. 2 pages
James B. Irwin, 61, a former astronaut who walked on the moon in 1971 and later became a minister who searched for Noah's Ark, died Aug. 8 at a hospital here after an apparent heart attack. Col. Irwin, who had a history of...
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The Boston Globe
James B. Irwin, 61; astronaut who walked on the moon in 1971
08/10/1991: 391 words, approx. 1 pages
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- Former astronaut James B. Irwin, who walked on the moon in 1971 and later became a minister who searched for traces of Noah's Ark, died at Valley View Hospital here Thursday night, apparently of a heart attack. He was 61....
 


 

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