Go4Liftoff - James Irwin

James Irwin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1930-03-17

Deceased 1991-08-08

Status Deceased

Type Government

Agency

Astronaut Biography

James Benson "Jim" Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. Following his retirement from NASA, he became a prominent born-again Christian. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the first, and youngest, of those astronauts to die.