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Lunar Module Ascent Stage
Title Lunar Module Ascent Stage
Full Description The Lunar Module "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Lunar Module's descent stage had already been jettisoned.
Date 03/07/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
NASA Astronauts Desert Survi …
Title NASA Astronauts Desert Survival Training
Full Description Fourteen NASA astronauts pose for group pictures at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada after a three-day stay in the Nevada desert where they completed a course in desert survival training. Front row: (left to right) William Anders, Walter Cunningham, Roger Chaffee, Richard Gordon, and Michael Collins. Second row: (left to right) Clifton Williams, Eugene Cernan, David Scott, Donn Eisele, Russell Schweickart, Edwin Aldrin, Alan Bean, Charles Bassett and Theodore Freeman.
Date 1/1/1964
NASA Center Headquarters
Spider" in Earth Orbit
Title Spider" in Earth Orbit
Full Description View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider" in a lunar landing configuration photographed by Command Module pilot David Scott inside the Command/Service Module "Gumdrop" on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on "Spider" has been deployed. lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear foot pads. Inside the "Spider" were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 Commander, and Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot.
Date 03/07/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Spider" Over The Ocean
Title Spider" Over The Ocean
Full Description View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider," in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the Lunar Module has been deployed. Note Lunar Module's upper hatch and docking tunnel. The EVA foot restraints known as the "Golden Slippers" are visible on the porch of the Lunar Module (LM). They allowed Lunar Module pilot Russell "Rusty" Schweickart to securely stand on the porch during his EVA thus allowing him free use of his hands.
Date 03/07/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Irwin Scoops up Soil
Title Irwin Scoops up Soil
Full Description Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, uses a scoop in making a trench in the lunar soil during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA). Mount Hadley rises approximately 14,765 feet (about 4,500 meters) above the plain in the background.
Date 08/02/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Former Dryden pilot and NASA …
Photo Date 1991
Former Dryden pilot and NASA …
Photo Date 1991
Mrs. Hugh Dryden unveils the …
Photo Date March 26, 1976
Pilot Neil Armstrong with X- …
Photo Description NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. Neil A. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (later NASA?s Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and today the Glenn Research Center) in 1955. Later that year, he transferred to the NACA?s High-Speed Flight Station (today, NASA?s Dryden Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base in California as an aeronautical research scientist and then as a pilot, a position he held until becoming an astronaut in 1962. He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. As a research pilot Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100A and F-100C aircraft, F-101, and the F-104A. He also flew the X-1B, X-5, F-105, F-106, B-47, KC-135, and Paresev. He left Dryden with a total of over 2450 flying hours. He was a member of the USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar Pilot Consultant Group before the Dyna-Soar project was cancelled, and studied X-20 Dyna-Soar approaches and abort maneuvers through use of the F-102A and F5D jet aircraft. Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with designers and engineers in development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 until July 1962. During those fights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Armstrong was born August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He attended Purdue University, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. During the Korean War, which interrupted his engineering studies, he flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fighters. He was awarded the Air Medal and two Gold Stars. He later earned a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California. Armstrong has a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space, including 2 hours and 48 minutes walking on the Moon. In March 1966 he was commander of the Gemini 8 orbital space flight with David Scott as pilot?the first successful docking of two vehicles in orbit. On July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 lunar mission, he became the first human to set foot on the Moon. From 1969 to 1971 he was Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA Headquarters, and resigned from NASA in August 1971 to become Professor of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, a post he held until 1979. He became Chairman of the Board of Cardwell International, Ltd., in Lebanon, Ohio, in 1980 and served in that capacity until 1982. During the years 1982-1992, Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., in Charlottesville,, Virginia. From 1981 to 1999, he served on the board of directors for Eaton Corp. He served as chairman of the board of AIL Systems, Inc. of Deer Park, New York, until 1999 and in 2000 was elected chairman of the board of EDO Corp., a manaufacturer of electronic and mechanical systems for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, based in New York City. From 1985 to 1986, Armstrong served on the National Commission on Space, a presidential committee to develop goals for a national space program into the 21st century. He was also Vice Chairman of the committee investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. During the early 1990s he hosted an aviation documentary series for television entitled First Flights.
Project Description The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 ft long with a wingspan of 22 ft. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual wedge-shaped vertical tail, thin stubby wings, and unique fairings that extended along the side of the fuselage. The X-15 weighed about 14,000 lb empty and approximately 34,000 lb at launch. The XLR-99 rocket engine, manufactured by Thiokol Chemical Corp., was pilot controlled and was capable of developing 57,000 lb of rated thrust (actual thrust reportedly climbed to 60,000 lb). North American Aviation built three X-15 aircraft for the program. The X-15 research aircraft was developed to provide in-flight information and data on aerodynamics, structures, flight controls, and the physiological aspects of high-speed, high-altitude flight. A follow-on program used the aircraft as a testbed to carry various scientific experiments beyond the Earth's atmosphere on a repeated basis. For flight in the dense air of the usable atmosphere, the X-15 used conventional aerodynamic controls such as rudder surfaces on the vertical stabilizers to control yaw and canted horizontal surfaces on the tail to control pitch when moving in synchronization or roll when moved differentially. For flight in the thin air outside of the appreciable Earth's atmosphere, the X-15 used a reaction control system. Hydrogen peroxide thrust rockets located on the nose of the aircraft provided pitch and yaw control. Those on the wings provided roll control. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. Depending on the mission, the rocket engine provided thrust for the first 80 to 120 sec of flight. The remainder of the normal 10 to 11 min. flight was powerless and ended with a 200-mph glide landing. Generally, one of two types of X-15 flight profiles was used: a high-altitude flight plan that called for the pilot to maintain a steep rate of climb, or a speed profile that called for the pilot to push over and maintain a level altitude. The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years--June 1959 to Oct. 1968--and set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 ft (over 67 mi) in a program to investigate all aspects of piloted hypersonic flight. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights and were manufactured by North American Aviation. X-15-1, serial number 56-6670, is now located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. North American X-15A-2, serial number 56-6671, is at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The X-15-3, serial number 56-6672, crashed on 15 November 1967, resulting in the death of Maj. Michael J. Adams.
Photo Date 1960s
Apollo 15: Driving on the Mo …
Title Apollo 15: Driving on the Moon
Explanation Apollo 15 [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a15.summary.html ] astronaut James Irwin [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a15.crew.html#irwinbio ] works on the first Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS15/LRV.html ], before he and fellow astronaut David Scott [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a15.crew.html#scottbio ] take it out for a drive. Sloping up behind the lunar module [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LMordered.html ]"Falcon" on the left are lunar mountains Hadley Delta [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960222.html ] and Apennine Front, while about 5 kilometers behind Irwin is St. George Crater. The explorations conducted during the Apollo lunar missions discovered much about our Moon [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LunarTop10.html ], including that the Moon is made of ancient rock, that the Moon's composition is similar to Earth's, that life is not evident there, that the Moon underwent a great hot melting in its distant past, that the Moon has suffered from numerous impacts as shown by its craters, and that the Moon's surface is covered by a layer of rock fragments and dust.
An Apollo 15 Panorama
Title An Apollo 15 Panorama
Explanation The Apollo 15 mission [ http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS15/a15.htm ] to Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] was dedicated to better understanding the surface of the moon by exploring mountains, valleys, maria, and highlands [ http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/moon/moon_surface.html ]. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Overview_crew.html ] spent nearly three days on the Moon while Alfred Worden [ http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/worden.htm ] orbited above in the Command Module [ http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/apollo/ ]. The mission [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15j.html ], which blasted off from Earth on 1971 July 26, was the first to deploy a Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990701.html ]. Pictured above [ http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/LunarAtlas/panoramas/ ] in this digitally stitched mosaic panorama [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.summary.html ], David Scott examines a boulder in front of the summit of Mt. Hadley Delta [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980705.html ]. The shadow of James Irwin is visible to the right, while scrolling to the right will reveal a well-lit and diverse lunar [ http://www.myspacemuseum.com/stats2.htm ] terrain. The Apollo 15 mission [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/Apollo15.html ] returned about 76 kilograms of moon rocks for detailed study. Want to pan across the surface of Mars, too? Check out the color panoramic view [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-12-2004/ captions/image-1.html ] from the Spirit landing site.
Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field …
Title Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
Explanation Score three points for NASA. With time running out late in Apollo 15 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html ]'s mission to the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html ] in 1971, Astronaut David Scott [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Overview_crew.html ] prepared to "split the uprights" and bring about yet another dramatic end-of-the-mission win for NASA. Scott used a special "lunar football [ http://www.nfl.com/ ]" designed for the rugged games held on the Moon [ http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/lunar/lunar.htm ]. R1D1, a predecessor to R2D2 [ http://www.starwars.com/ ], cheers from the sideline. Happy April Fools Day [ http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/grad/april_fools/citizen_article.html ] from the folks at APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960616.html ]. In reality, Astronaut Scott [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.html ] adjusts one of Apollo 15's lunar experiments [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Science.html ]. The foreground device [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Experiments_SWS.html ] actually measured high-energy particles [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970217.html ] that escape from the Sun [ http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/eng/sun.htm ].
Mrs. Hugh Dryden unveils the …
Title Mrs. Hugh Dryden unveils the memorial to her late husband at center dedication, with center director
Description On March 26, 1976, the NASA Flight Research Center opened its doors to hundreds of guests for the dedication of the center in honor of Hugh Latimer Dryden. The dedication was very much a local event, following Center Director David Scott's opening remarks, the Antelope Valley High School's symphonic band played the national anthem. Invocation was given followed by recognition of the invited guests. Dr. Hugh Dryden, a man of total humility, received praise from all those present. Dryden, who died in 1965, had been a pioneering aeronautical scientist who became director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1949 and then deputy administrator of the NACA's successor, NASA, in 1958. Very much interested in flight research, he had been responsible for establishing a permanent facility at the location later named in his honor. As Center Director David Scott looks on, Mrs. Hugh L. Dryden (Mary Libbie Travers) unveils the memorial to her husband at the dedication ceremony.On March 26, 1976, the NASA Flight Research Center opened its doors to hundreds of guests for the dedication of the center in honor of Hugh Latimer Dryden.
Date 03.26.1976
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott in front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3). He is standing in the Hadley Delta. Note the footprints all around him.
Date 08.01.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, performs a task at the Lunar Roving Vehicle parked on the edge of Hadley Rille during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1). This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, from the flank of St. George Crater. The view is looking north along the rille.
Date 07.31.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, standing on the slope of Hadley Delta, uses a 70mm camera during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. He is some 10.5 miles (or 17.5 kilometers) from the base of the Apennine Mountains seen in the background. Scott carries tongs in his left hand. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in the background. This view is looking east.
Date 07.31.1971
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. "Bennett Hill" is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took this photograph.
Date 08.01.1971
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date 01.15.1966
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training in building 260A
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, undergoes water egress training in a special tank in building 260A at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. An MSC swimmer assists in the training exercise. A boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft floats in water beside Scott.
Date 01.05.1966
Closeup of research pilot Ne …
Title Closeup of research pilot Neil Armstrong operating the Iron Cross Attitude Simulator reaction contro
Description Famed astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (later NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and today the Glenn Research Center) in 1955. Later that year, he transferred to the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards as an aeronautical research scientist and then as a pilot, a position he held until becoming an astronaut in 1962. He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. As a research pilot Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100A and F-100C aircraft, F-101, and the F-104A. He also flew the X-1B, X-5, F-105, F-106, B-47, KC-135, and Paresev. He left Dryden with a total of over 2450 flying hours. He was a member of the USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar Pilot Consultant Group before the Dyna-Soar project was cancelled, and studied X-20 Dyna-Soar approaches and abort maneuvers through use of the F-102A and F5D jet aircraft. Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with designers and engineers in development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 until July 1962. During those fights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Armstrong has a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space, including 2 hours and 48 minutes walking on the Moon. In March 1966 he was commander of the Gemini 8 orbital space flight with David Scott as pilot - the first successful docking of two vehicles in orbit. On July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 lunar mission, he became the first human to set foot on the Moon.
Date 01.01.1956
David Scott
Title David Scott
Description Dr. David R. Scott was appointed Director of NASA's Flight Research Center on April 18, 1975. From August 1973 he served as Deputy Director of FRC and was appointed acting director in January 1975. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force where he held the rank of Colonel. Dave left the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on October 30, 1977 after the Center had been renamed in honor of Hugh L. Dryden. As a NASA astronaut, Scott flew on Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and was spacecraft commander of Apollo 15. When he left the astronaut corps in 1972, Scott was named Technical Assistant to the Apollo Program Manager at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Later he served as Special Assistant for Mission Operations and Government Funded Equipment. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy in 1954, standing fifth in a class of 633, and the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1962. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Astronautical Science from the University of Michigan in 1971. Dave has graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School and Aerospace Research Pilot School. He has over 5,600 hours flying time along with 20 hours of extra vehicular activity (EVA) time. Dr. Scott is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Gamma Tau. Among Dr. Scott's special honors are two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, two Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Force Association's David C. Schilling Trophy, and the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1971.
Date 01.01.1975
Former Dryden pilot and NASA …
Title Former Dryden pilot and NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong
Description Famed astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (later NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and today the Glenn Research Center) in 1955. Later that year, he transferred to the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards as an aeronautical research scientist and then as a pilot, a position he held until becoming an astronaut in 1962. He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. As a research pilot Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100A and F-100C aircraft, F-101, and the F-104A. He also flew the X-1B, X-5, F-105, F-106, B-47, KC-135, and Paresev. He left Dryden with a total of over 2450 flying hours. He was a member of the USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar Pilot Consultant Group before the Dyna-Soar project was cancelled, and studied X-20 Dyna-Soar approaches and abort maneuvers through use of the F-102A and F5D jet aircraft. Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with designers and engineers in development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 until July 1962. During those fights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Armstrong has a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space, including 2 hours and 48 minutes walking on the Moon. In March 1966 he was commander of the Gemini 8 orbital space flight with David Scott as pilot - the first successful docking of two vehicles in orbit. On July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 lunar mission, he became the first human to set foot on the Moon. In this 1991 photo, he is in the cockpit of a NASA SR-71 aircraft.
Date 01.01.1991
Former Dryden pilot and NASA …
Title Former Dryden pilot and NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong being inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Hono
Description Famed astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (later NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and today the Glenn Research Center) in 1955. Later that year, he transferred to the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards as an aeronautical research scientist and then as a pilot, a position he held until becoming an astronaut in 1962. He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. As a research pilot Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100A and F-100C aircraft, F-101, and the F-104A. He also flew the X-1B, X-5, F-105, F-106, B-47, KC-135, and Paresev. He left Dryden with a total of over 2450 flying hours. He was a member of the USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar Pilot Consultant Group before the Dyna-Soar project was cancelled, and studied X-20 Dyna-Soar approaches and abort maneuvers through use of the F-102A and F5D jet aircraft. Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with designers and engineers in development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 until July 1962. During those fights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Armstrong has a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space, including 2 hours and 48 minutes walking on the Moon. In March 1966 he was commander of the Gemini 8 orbital space flight with David Scott as pilot - the first successful docking of two vehicles in orbit. On July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 lunar mission, he became the first human to set foot on the Moon.
Date 01.01.1991
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, standing on the slope of Hadley Delta, uses a 70mm camera during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. He is some 10.5 miles (or 17.5 kilometers) from the base of the Apennine Mountains seen in the background. Scott carries tongs in his left hand. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in the background. This view is looking east.
Date Taken 1971-07-31
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, performs a task at the Lunar Roving Vehicle parked on the edge of Hadley Rille during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1). This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, from the flank of St. George Crater. The view is looking north along the rille.
Date Taken 1971-07-31
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott in front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3). He is standing in the Hadley Delta. Note the footprints all around him.
Date Taken 1971-08-01
Astronaut David Scott on slo …
Title Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta during Apollo 15 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. "Bennett Hill" is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took this photograph.
Date Taken 1971-08-01
Astronaut David Scott gives …
Title Astronaut David Scott gives salute beside U.S. flag during EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S. flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module "Falcon" is partially visible on the right. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 statute miles) away. This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot.
Date Taken 1971-08-01
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training in building 260A
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, undergoes water egress training in a special tank in building 260A at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. An MSC swimmer assists in the training exercise. A boilerplate model of a Gemini spacecraft floats in water beside Scott.
Date Taken 1966-01-05
Astronaut David Scott practi …
Title Astronaut David Scott practicing for Gemini 8 EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott practicing for Gemini 8 extravehicular acitivity (EVA) in bldg 4 of the Manned Spacecraft Center on the air bearing floor. He is wearing the the Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit which he will use during the EVA.
Date Taken 1966-02-01
Space suit and extravehicula …
Title Space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for Astronaut David Scott
Description Test subject Fred Spress, Crew Systems Division, wears the space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for use by Astronaut David R. Scott. The helmet is equipped with a gold-plated viser to shield the astronauts face from unfiltered sun rays. The system is composed of a life support pack worn on the chest and a support pack worn on the back.
Date Taken 1966-01-18
Space suit and extravehicula …
Title Space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for Astronaut David Scott
Description Test subject Fred Spress, Crew Systems Division, wears the space suit and extravehicular equipment planned for use by Astronaut David R. Scott. The helmet is equipped with a gold-plated viser to shield the astronauts face from unfiltered sun rays. The system is composed of a life support pack worn on the chest and a support pack worn on the back.
Date Taken 1966-01-18
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1966-01-15
Astronaut David Scott during …
Title Astronaut David Scott during EVA training on KC-135
Description Astronaut David R. Scott performs a maintenance and repair experiment with a battery-powered tool during a state of weightlessness while in extravehicular activity (EVA) training on a KC-135.
Date Taken 1966-02-18
Astronaut David Scott in Mis …
Title Astronaut David Scott in Mission Control Room during Apollo 11
Description Astronaut David R. Scott is seated at a console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. He is watching a television monitor during the lunar surface extravehicular activity in which Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. participated. Scott is the backup crew commander for the scheduled Apollo 12 lunar landing mission.
Date Taken 1969-07-20
Astronaut David Scott looks …
Title Astronaut David Scott looks at Lunar Rover no.1 attached to Lunar Module 10
Description Astronaut David Scott (with left hand on spacecraft) looks at Lunar Rover no.1, attached to Lunar Module 10 in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The four wheels of the LRV are folded against the chassis.
Date Taken 1971-04-01
Astronaut David Scott simula …
Title Astronaut David Scott simulates use of Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill at KSC
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, commander of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, simulates use of the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill (ALSD) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. Scott's fellow moon-exploring crewman, Astronaut James Irwin, can be seen in the background near Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer.
Date Taken 1971-05-24
Astronauts David Scott looks …
Title Astronauts David Scott looks at sample referred to as "genesis rock
Description Astronauts David R. Scott, right, commander of the Apollo 15 mission, gets a close look at the sample referred to as the "genesis rock" in the Non-Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Allen, left, an Apollo 15 spacecraft communicator, looks on. The white-colored rock has been given the permanent identification number of 15415.
Date Taken 1971-08-12
Astronaut David Scott using …
Title Astronaut David Scott using Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during second EVA
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander, is seen using the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during the second lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) in this color reproduction taken from a transmission made by the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. This transmission was the fourth made during the mission.
Date Taken 1971-08-01
Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Title Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Description Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). This mosaic covers a field of view from about souteast to about west-northwest. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: Silver Spur on the Apennine Front, Hadley Delta Mountain and St. George Crater, Bennett Hill, and the LM.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Title Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Description Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). The Rover was parked about 300 feet east of the LM. This mosaic covers a field of view from about north-northeast to about south. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: Mount Hadley, high peaks of the Apennine Mountains which are farther in the distance than either Mount Hadley or Hadley Delta Mountain, Silver Spur on the Apennine Front, and the eastern portion of Hadley Delta. Note Rover tracks in the foreground.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Title Apollo 15 EVA panorama
Description Mosaic photographs which compose a 360-degree panoramic view of the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine landing site, taken near the close of the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) by Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin. This group of photographs was designated the Rover "RIP" Pan because the Lunar Roving Vehicle was parked in its final position prior to the two crewmen returning to the Lunar Module. The astronaut taking the pan was standing 325 feet east of the Lunar Module (LM). The Rover was parked about 300 feet east of the LM. This mosaic covers a field of view from about west to about northwest. Visible on the horizon from left to right are: the LM, Hill 305, and the western slope of Mount Hadley. The Rover is some 20-25 feet away in the foreground.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
Astronaut David Scott watchi …
Title Astronaut David Scott watching hammer and feather fall to lunar surface
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander, watches a geological hammer and a feather hit the lunar surface simultaneously in a test of Galileo's law of motion concerning falling bodies, as seen in this color reproduction taken from a transmission made by the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Scott released the hammer from his right hand and the feather from his left at the same instant. This experiment occured toward the end of the third and final lunar surface extravehicular activity.
Date Taken 1971-08-02
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