James Irwin

James Irwin

James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing; he was the eighth person to walk on the Moon; he was the first of those astronauts to die; and, the one with the shortest life.

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