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Walter Cunningham is the last surviving Apollo 7 astronauts.
James McDivitt, who was the first astronaut to fly on a Lunar Module and flight on the Apollo 9 Spacecraft, has passed away at the age of 88. In 1969, he commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions. “This was the first flight of the complete set of Apollo hardware and was the first…
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Jim McDivitt led Apollo missions and died at the age of 93.
Apollo 9 mission, commanded by astronaut Steve McDivitt in 1969, was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was a 10-day mission which involved testing the lunar landing craft. In 1969, NASA successfully landed humans on the Moon four months later in July 1969. McDivitt had commanded Apollo 9 in 1969, which…