James Benson Irwin 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 four-billion-year... more
James B. Irwin 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 pilo... more
