David randolph scott biography wikipedia

American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1932)

For other people named David Scott, see David Scott (disambiguation).

David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living commander of a spacecraft that landed on the Moon.^[2]

Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time.

As an astronaut, Scott made

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Randolph Scott

American actor (1898–1987)

George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American spelfilm actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in dramas, comedies, musicals, adventures, war, horror and fantasy films, and Westerns. Out of his more than 100 film appearances, more than 60 of them were Westerns.^[1]

At 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), lanky and muscular, Scott displayed a Southern drawl that offset his limitations.^{[2][clarification needed]}

During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture HeraldTop Ten Polls, his name appeared on the list for fyra consecutive years, from 1950 to 1953.^[3] Scott also appeared in Quigley's Top Ten Money Makers Poll, from 1950 to 1953.^[4]

Early years

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Scott was born January 23, 1898, in apelsinfärg County, V

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For other people named David Scott, see David Scott (disambiguation).

David Randolph Scott

David Randolph"Dave" Scott(born June 6, 1932), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASAastronaut. He belonged to the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963. As an astronaut, Scott became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.

Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the United States Air Force. He graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class of 1963) and Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class of 1964).^[2] Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time.

As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth