Jun 6, 2020
June 6, 2020, Congratz 88th birthday to astronaut David R. Scott! David Scott, a West Point graduate who joined the Air Force in 1954, served as a fighter pilot at Soesterberg - the Netherlands during the height of the Cold War before graduating as Test pilot of class 62-C at the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force base. The photo shows Scott in the cockpit of a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Scott was selected in NASA astronaut group 3 and went on to fly on Gemini VIII, Apollo 9 and the 7th person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 15. In 1993, David Scott was inducted in the US Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy space center - Florida. (Photo: USAF)