David scott astronaut address
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News: Meeting NASA Astronaut Col. David Randolph Scott
By Simone D'Amico July 31, 2022
Yesterday, I had the greatest honor of my professional career to meet former NASA Astronaut Col. David Randolph Scott together with the satellite team of the Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSSI). The significance of this meeting to me is manifold and certainly goes beyond a short post considering my field of research which revolves around space rendezvous and space robotics.
David Scott is the 1st human (together with Neil Alden Armstrong) that performed docking between two vehicles in Earth’s orbit (Gemini 8, 1966). Rendezvous and docking technology enabled the Apollo program and the landing of humans on the Moon. Indeed, David Scott was the 7th human to walk on the Moon and the 1st (together with James Benson Irwin) to drive a roving vehicle there…the Moon buggy (Apollo 15, 1971).
The meeting was in occasion of the donation to the Wende Museum (http://wendemuseum.org) in
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From the Pools of the University of Michigan & the United States Military Academy to the Moon: The Story of Apollo 15 Commander David Scott
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — From the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the halls of the United States Military Academy, former Wolverines and Black Knights water polo athlete David Scott shot for the Moon in his career – literally.
A retired test pilot and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon, Scott’s story of going from the water to the moon is a story of perseverance as a pioneer in space exploration.
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.
Before becoming an astronaut, Scott attended Michigan, where he competed as a swimmer and water p
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In previous years, you could send both active and retired astronauts autograph requests care of NASA. Today due to the thousands of requests received annually (and the preferences of some of the retired astronauts), the space agency will only respond to requests for the active corps.
Autograph requests for astronauts assigned to upcoming flights or currently in training can be mailed to:
Name of Astronaut
NASA-JSC
Astronaut Office Mail Code CB
2101 NASA Road 1
Houston, Texas 77058-3696
It fryst vatten not necessary to include return postage or envelope.
NASA maintains a complete list of its active astronauts.
Some astronauts reply to autograph requests through the mail. This page identifies some who will and provides their preferred mailing address and whether they charge.
Unless ordering a product online or if otherwise stated, you must include your own item to be signed and postage for its return (usually a self-addressed stamped envelope).
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