David Scott Biography

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

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

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

Serves as command module pilot on Apollo 9.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drives the first lunar rover during Apollo 15.

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

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

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

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

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