James Irwin

  • male, deceased (1991)
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Description:
James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 - August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. After health complications during the Apollo 15 mission forced him into retirement, James Irwin would go on to create High Flight a Christian youth organization. Irwin was one of 19 Astronauts selected by NASA in 1966 where he was the lunar module pilot. Irwin quoted the bible after landing on the Moon.
Born:
March 17, 1930
Died:
August 8, 1991
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  • Astronaut Biography: James...

    James Irwin was the eighth man to walk on the moon, formed the Organization High Flight Foundation, after trips to Turkey in search for Noah's Ark he died of a heart attack.
    www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/irwin_james.htm

  • Wikipedia

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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Irwin

  • Astronaut Bio: James Irwin

    Colonel James Irwin resigned from NASA and the Air Force in July 1972, to form a religious organization, High Flight Foundation, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/irwin-jb.html

  • David James Irwin

    www.davidjirwin.co.uk/

Quotes by James Irwin

  • "We formed High Flight,..."I had a high flight, and we're interested in everyone having a higher flight in life—the ultimate flight when life ends."
  • "We speak to whoever's willing to listen. Most times they're interested in our group because of our involvement in the space program. We feel obligated to say something about space, but if at all possible we always bring in the spiritual message."
  • ""The earth was very small," Irwin recalled the view from the moon. "(It was) the size of a marble. I thought it the earth is that small, how small am I? Just a speck in the universe, but yet significant enough that God would love me and create me and love"