David Scott

David Randolph "Dave" Scott (born June 6, 1932), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Air Force officer and former test pilot. He belonged to the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

David Scott
Born	David Randolph Scott (1932-06-06) June 6, 1932 (age 93) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Status	Retired
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan USMA, B.S. 1954 MIT, M.S. and E.A.A. 1962
Occupation	Test pilot
Awards
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Time in space	22d 18h 53m
Selection	1963 NASA Group 3
Total EVAs	5 (Stand up EVA on Apollo 9, 4 EVAs on Apollo 15: 1st EVA was a stand-up, while 3 EVAs were on the moon surface)[1]
Total EVA time	20 hours 35 minutes[2][3]
Missions	Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
Mission insignia
Retirement	October 30, 1977

As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. Scott then spent ten days in orbit as Command Module Pilot aboard Apollo 9, his second spaceflight, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.

During this mission, Scott became the last American to fly solo in Earth orbit (not counting subsequent untethered EVAs). Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon.^[3]