JAMES B. "JIM" IRWIN - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED

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COLONEL JAMES B. "JIM" IRWIN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 166574
JIM IRWIN
Color publicity NASA photograph of Jim Irwin with the ninth manned Apollo Crew.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "
To Simon/My Very Best Wishes/For Your Life/Jim Irwin/High Flight
". Color, 10x8. Official NASA photograph.
Captioned at lower margin:
"Prime Crew of Ninth Manned Apollo Mission/David R. Scott Alfred M. Worden, Jr. James B. Irwin".
Imprinted caption on verso:
"NINTH MANNED APOLLO CREW: The members of the Apollo 15 prime crew are, left to right, David R. Scott, Commander; Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot; and James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot. Apollo 15 is scheduled to be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's fourth manned lunar landing." James Benson "Jim" Irwin (1930-1991) was an Air Force Colonel when he was
selected by NASA as one of 19 astronauts in April 1966.
Irwin was on the
support crew of
Apollo 10
and was the
backup lunar module pilot for
Apollo 12
before making
his historic journey to the Moon on
Apollo 15
, which was launched on July 26, 1971. The
Apollo 15
mission, whose lunar module,
Falcon
, landed on the Moon on July 30th, was the first designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges and with more instruments for the collection of scientific data than previous missions.
To accomplish these goals, the mission included the introduction of a million lunar roving vehicle
, which reached a top speed of 10 mph across the Moon's surface.
Irwin, who was the lunar module pilot, and astronaut Dave R. Scott, who was the Commander of the mission, rode over 17 miles on the Moon as command module pilot Alfred M. Worden orbited in the
Endeavor
.
Their lunar liftoff on August 2nd was the first to be televised.
Apollo 15
returned to Earth on August 7, 1971. Irwin, who was
one of only 12 astronauts to have walked on the Moon
and
one of the first of six to have also ridden on the Moon
, retired from NASA and the Air Force in 1972 to
form a religious organization, the High Flight Foundation
, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He died of a heart attack on August 8, 1991. Lightly creased at blank corners. Minor surface creases (not evident head on). Fine condition.
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