WASHINGTON (AP) — The NASA astronaut who commanded the Apollo 9 mission has died. NASA said Monday that James McDivitt died last week in Tucson, Arizona, at age 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission with Ed White, who took the first U.S. spacewalk during that flight. McDivitt’s Apollo mission came in 1969, four months before the moon landing. Apollo 9 orbited Earth to test the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon. McDivitt later went into management with the Apollo program. He was selected by NASA for the second class of astronauts in 1962.
Astronaut James McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, dies at 93
