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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)

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USAF test pilot Frank Frederick Borman sitting in the cockpit of a F-106A Delta Dart also known as the “ultimate interceptor” jet. Frank Borman graduated from the USAF Flight Test Pilot School class 60C and was in the first group to finish Aerospace Research Pilots School in 1961. Selected in NASA group 2, aka “the next Nine”, Frank Borman flew on Gemini VII in December 1965 and Apollo 8 in December 1968. After his NASA career, Borman attented Harvard Business School and joined Eastern Airlines as a special advisor. Anno 2019,  Borman is the oldest living American astronaut, being just 11 days older than his Apollo 8 crewmate, James Lovell (Photo: USAF)