James McDivitt was also the commander of the Gemini 4 mission in March 1965 and took the photograph of Ed White when he became the first man to ‘walk’ in space
He traveled where few people, counted on the fingers, have reached and wrote his name in the golden book of history… Astronaut James McDivitt, the commander of Apollo 9, breathed his last at the age of 93, peacefully in his bed , while he was sleeping.
57 years have passed since the day he became the first person in history to take the iconic photograph of his colleague Ed White, who was the first to “walk” in the vast Space…
McDivitt led the Apollo 9 space mission in March 1969, and was the commander of the Gemini 4 mission in March 1965, when man first walked in space.
He was one of the candidates to walk on the Moon, while he took charge of five space missions from NASA’s ISS after the monumental mission of Apollo 11 to the Earth’s natural satellite.
McDivitt “passed away” Thursday at his home in Tucson, Arizona, NASA announced today.
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