WASHINGTON : James McDivitt, a former U.S. astronaut who commanded some of NASA's earliest and most ambitious missions in space, died in his sleep last week at age 93, NASA said in a statement on Monday night.McDivitt, who was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962, was the commanding pilot fo
WASHINGTON : James McDivitt, a former U.S. astronaut who commanded some of NASA's earliest and most ambitious missions in space, died in his sleep last week at age 93, NASA said in a statement on Monday night.
The astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force test pilot died"peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family and friends in Tucson, Arizona," NASA said in a statement. The fourth mission under Project Gemini, a precursor to NASA's Apollo program, marked McDivitt's first flight to space.
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