James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said.
James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93.Selected to join NASA's second astronaut class in 1962, McDivitt's work during the Apollo 9 mission played a critical role in eventually helping land the first humans on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
"In the following years, it was a skill that allowed Apollo explorers to walk on the Moon and American astronauts and their partners from around the world to build the International Space Station," NASA wrote in the statement. Years later, McDivitt led his second mission, Apollo 9, which spanned 10 days and launched March 3, 1969, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. He was joined by Command Module Pilot David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart.
The former astronaut was born in Chicago and graduated high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He went on to receive a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class in 1959, the NASA statement said.
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