David Scott Biography and Timeline

Gemini VIII

The crew assignments for Gemini 8 were announced with Neil Armstrong as Command Pilot with Pilot David Scott

Gemini VIII

During Gemini VIII American astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David Scott performed the first orbital docking

Apollo 9 Transposition and Docking

Pilots the command module during transposition and docking with lunar module Spider.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9

Serves as command module pilot on Apollo 9.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 EVA Support

Supports Schweickart’s EVA from the command module while testing crew transfer and rescue procedures.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Command Module Solo Flight

Pilots Gumdrop alone while McDivitt and Schweickart conduct the lunar module free-flight test.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Lunar Module Recovery

Pilots Gumdrop during rendezvous and docking with Spider after the lunar module's independent flight.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Rendezvous

Pilots command module Gumdrop during rendezvous and redocking with lunar module Spider.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Earth Landmark Tracking

Conducts Earth landmark tracking to test navigation methods during Apollo 9.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Splashdown

Returns with McDivitt and Schweickart after the first crewed test of the complete Apollo spacecraft.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 9 Service Propulsion Tests

Helps conduct command and service module propulsion tests during the ten-day engineering mission.

Role range: 1969-1969

Apollo 15 Launch

Commands Apollo 15 as the first extended J-type lunar exploration mission begins.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Hadley Landing

Pilots Falcon to a landing near Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Stand-Up EVA

Views and photographs the landing area from Falcon’s upper hatch before the first surface traverse.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 ALSEP Deployment

Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 15 surface excursion.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Rover

Drives the first lunar rover during Apollo 15.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Solar Wind Spectrometer Deployment

Helps deploy the Apollo 15 Solar Wind Spectrometer as part of the lunar surface experiments used to monitor the particle flow from the Sun.

Role range: 1971-1971

Genesis Rock Discovery

Collects the ancient anorthosite sample later nicknamed the Genesis Rock during exploration near Spur Crater.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Falcon Liftoff

Commands Falcon's ascent stage as it leaves the Moon to rendezvous with Endeavour.

Role range: 1971-1971

Apollo 15 Third EVA

Leads the third lunar surface excursion, completing geological sampling and experiment work.

Role range: 1971-1971

Falcon Lunar Ascent

Commands Falcon’s ascent from the lunar surface for rendezvous with Endeavour.

Role range: 1971-1971

Hammer and Feather Demonstration

Drops a hammer and feather together to demonstrate Galileo’s principle in the lunar vacuum.

Role range: 1971-1971