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James McDivitt

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Ed White // Astronomy Films

 

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A Tribute to Jim McDivitt

 

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LBJ and Astronauts White and McDivitt, 6/7/65. 5.46P.

 

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Space ship Gemini IV launched in space and astronauts James McDivitt and Edward W...HD Stock Footage

 

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Gemini 4 Astronauts Ed White and James McDivitt at Willow Run Airport c. 1965

James Alton "Jim" McDivitt, , is an American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first manned flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.