Deceased· NASA · American
James Benson "Jim" Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as lunar module pilot for...
Spaceflights
1
first flight
Time in space
7days
Spacewalks
4
Spacewalking
19 h 14 m
in total
Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 8 hours
Apollo 15 EVA 2
Jul 31, 1971
Apollo 15 EVA 3
Aug 1, 1971
Apollo 15 EVA 4
Aug 2, 1971
Apollo 15 EVA 5
Aug 5, 1971
Success· Flight 2
David ScottNASASuccess· Flight 1
David ScottNASA
Alfred WordenNASAJames Benson "Jim" Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. Following his retirement from NASA, he became a prominent born-again Christian. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Notifications before the launches and spacewalks you follow, plus every launch.
Space Launch Now