Irwin, James B.

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James B. Irwin
Name
Irwin, James B. Gender: M
James Benson Irwin
born on 17 March 1930 at 10:14 (= 10:14 AM )
Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 40n26, 80w0
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: CAH
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 26°18' s_mo.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 03°40 Asc.s_gemcol.18.gif 15°02'



Biography

American astronaut who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1951 and received his M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering in 1957. As a test pilot for the Bureau of Chief Air Defense Command, he was selected to become a NASA astronaut on 4/04/1966. He was the Lunar module pilot for APOLLO 15 and the fourth landing, which occurred on 7/26/1971. On 7/31/1971 Irwin set foot on the moon, collected samples for three days and was monitored for an irregular heartbeat while on the moon's surface.

While on the moon, Irwin said, "I felt the presence of another power." After the religious epiphany he experienced during his 67 hours on the moon, he resigned from NASA and the U.S. Air Force on 5/23/1972 to become a lay evangelist. In 1972 he founded the High Flight Foundation, an evangelical association in Colorado Springs, CO, serving as its first president. He traveled five times to Mt. Ararat in Turkey to search for the remains of Noah's Ark.

Irwin has been awarded many medals and awards.

He died of a heart attack on 8/08/1991, Glenwood Springs, CO.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Work : New Job 4 April 1966 (Selected to become NASA astronaut)
  • Work : Great Achievement 26 July 1971 (Lunar module pilot in space)
  • Work : Great Achievement 31 July 1971 (Landed on the Moon)
  • Misc. : Mystical Experience 31 July 1971 (Epiphany while on the Moon 67 hours)
  • Work : Retired 23 May 1972 (Resigned from NASA and U.S.A.F.)
  • Death by Heart Attack 8 August 1991 at 9:00 PM in Glenwood Springs (Age 61)

Source Notes

Contemporary American Horoscopes

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)
  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Mystical experience (Epiphany while on the moon)
  • Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace
  • Vocation : Military : Military service (U.S.A.F.)
  • Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western
  • Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (Famed for Apollo 15)
  • Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Astronaut)

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