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Remembering astronaut James A. McDivitt

Original: James A. McDivitt, who commanded NASA's first spacewalk mission and later commanded the first crewed orbital flight of a

Space enthusiasts are marking the anniversary of the death of James A. McDivitt, the NASA astronaut who commanded Gemini 4, the agency's first mission to include a spacewalk, and later commanded Apollo 9, the first crewed orbital flight of a lunar module. Tributes recall his central role in the Gemini and Apollo programs ahead of the Moon landing. McDivitt died in 2022.

Why now: The anniversary of McDivitt's death in 2022 prompts space history communities to share tributes.

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