David Scott
Also known as David Randolph Scott
American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut (born 1932)
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- Born
- 8 Dec 1951
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- 74
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- Armstrong — Himself2019
- The Armstrong Tapes — Himself2019
- First Man on the Moon — Himself2012
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 — Self - Apollo 15 Commander1996
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David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) 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 three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time.