David Scott

American astronaut

Also known as: David Randolph Scott

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In full:: David Randolph Scott

Born:: June 6, 1932, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. (age 92)

David Scott (born June 6, 1932, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut who was the commander of the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.

After graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1954, Scott transferred to the U.S. Air Force and took flight training. He earned an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and went to Edwards Air Force Base in California to train as a test pilot. In 1963 he was among the third group of U.S. astronauts chosen.

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Scott and commander Neil Armstrong crewed the flight of Gemini 8 (March 16, 1966). They successfully rendezvoused and docked with an uncrewed Agena target vehicle, which was the first space docking, but an electrical failure caused the Agena-Gemini craft to tumble wildly. The Gemini capsule was separated from the Agena. Control was finally reestablished, but the mission had to be aborted. Scott and Armstrong landed 10 hours 42 minutes after takeoff.

Scott served as command module pilot of the Apollo 9 flight with commander James McDivitt and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart; their mission was launched on March 3, 1969. In Earth orbit these men rendezvoused and docked the command module with the lunar module, which was on its first crewed flight, and they successfully tested all systems necessary for a lunar landing.

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On July 26, 1971, Scott, lunar module pilot James Irwin, and command module pilot Alfred Worden were launched on the Apollo 15 flight. After a 3¹/₂-day trip Scott and Irwin landed on the Moon, at the base of the Apennine Mountains near a gorge called Hadley Rille. Using the Lunar Roving Vehicle, they covered about 28 km (18 miles) on three separate treks and spent more than 17 hours outside their lunar module. The mission returned to Earth on August 7.

From 1972 to 1975 Scott was a member of the administrative staff of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He then became director of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. He left the space program in 1977 to enter private business in Los Angeles. In 2004 he wrote a book, Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race, with Soviet cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov.

David Randolph Scott

Información personal
Nombre en inglés	David Scott
Nacimiento	6 de junio de 1932 (92 años) San Antonio (Estados Unidos)
Nacionalidad	Estadounidense
Educación
Educación	Ingeniería aeronáutica
Educado en	Universidad de Míchigan Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts Escuela de Pilotos de Pruebas de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos Academia Militar de los Estados Unidos
Información profesional
Ocupación	Oficial militar, piloto de pruebas, astronauta y piloto de aviación
Empleador	NASA
Rama militar	Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos
Rango militar	Coronel
Misiones espaciales	Gemini 8, Apolo 9, Apolo 15
Distinciones	Cruz de Vuelo Distinguido Salón de la Fama de los Astronautas de Estados Unidos Medalla de la NASA al Servicio Excepcional (1966) Medalla de la NASA de Servicios Distinguidos (1969) Medalla de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas (1971) Salón de la fama espacial internacional (1982)
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Apolo 15
Insignia de la misión Apolo 15
Operador	Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio
ID COSPAR	1971-063A
no. SATCAT	05351
ID NSSDCA	1971-063A
Duración de la misión	12 días, 7 horas, 11 minutos y 53 segundos
Órbitas completadas	74
Propiedades de la nave
Nave	Módulo de mando: Endeavour Módulo lunar: Falcon
Fabricante	Rockwell International y Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Masa de lanzamiento	CSM: 30.370 kg LM: 16.430 kg
Tripulación
Tamaño	3
Miembros	David Scott Alfred Worden James B. Irwin
Comienzo de la misión
Lanzamiento	26 de julio de 1971 13:34:00 UTC (53 años)
Vehículo	Saturno V (SA-510)
Lugar	Centro Espacial Kennedy, Florida LC 39A
Fin de la misión
Aterrizaje	7 de agosto de 1971 20:45:53 UTC (53 años) 26°13′N 158°13′O
Parámetros orbitales
Altitud del periastro	101,5 kilómetros
Altitud del apastro	120,8 kilómetros
Inclinación	23 grados sexagesimales

Orbitador de Lunar
Componente de la nave	Módulo de mando y servicio
Órbitas	74
Tiempo en órbita	145 h 12 min 41.68 s
Aterrizador Lunar
Componente de la nave	Módulo de descenso
Fecha de aterrizaje	30 de julio de 1971 22:16:29 UTC (53 años) 26.08, 3.66 Hadley Rille
Masa de muestras	77 kg
Tiempo de EVAs	1º: 6 h 32 min 42 s 2º: 7 h 12 min 14 s 3º: 4 h 49 min 50 s Total: 18 h 34 min 46 s Paseo en CSM: 39 min 7 s
Tiempo en la superficie	66 h 54 min 53,9 s

Acople con
Puerto de acople
Fecha de acople	26 de julio de 1971
Fecha de desacople	30 de julio de 1971
Tiempo acoplado	4 días
Acople con (Recolocación)
Puerto de acople
Fecha de acople	2 de agosto de 1971
Fecha de desacople	3 de agosto de 1971
Tiempo acoplado	1 día
Astronaut James Irwin with the Apollo 15 lunar lander and rover I-D: Scott, Worden e Irwin

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New International Version
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

New Living Translation
Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.

English Standard Version
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Berean Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

King James Bible
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

New King James Version
It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing— Life forevermore.

New American Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For the LORD commanded the blessing there—life forever.

NASB 1995
It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing— life forever.

NASB 1977
It is like the dew of Hermon, Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing—life forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there, Yahweh commanded the blessing—life forever.

Amplified Bible
It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon Coming down on the hills of Zion; For there the LORD has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Christian Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has appointed the blessing — life forevermore.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has appointed the blessing— life forevermore.

American Standard Version
Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

Contemporary English Version
It is like the dew from Mount Hermon, falling on Zion's mountains, where the LORD has promised to bless his people with life forevermore.

English Revised Version
Like the dew of Hermon, that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It is like dew on [Mount] Hermon, dew which comes down on Zion's mountains. That is where the LORD promised the blessing of eternal life.

Good News Translation
It is like the dew on Mount Hermon, falling on the hills of Zion. That is where the LORD has promised his blessing--life that never ends.

International Standard Version
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing— life everlasting.

Majority Standard Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

NET Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the LORD has decreed a blessing will be available--eternal life.

New Heart English Bible
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forevermore.

Webster's Bible Translation
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever.

World English Bible
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
As dew of Hermon—That comes down on hills of Zion, "" For there YHWH commanded the blessing—Life for all time!

Young's Literal Translation
As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

Smith's Literal Translation
As the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion: for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life even forever.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
as the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commandeth blessing, and life for evermore.

Catholic Public Domain Version
It is like the dew of Hermon, which descended from mount Zion. For in that place, the Lord has commanded a blessing, and life, even unto eternity.

New American Bible
Like dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion. There the LORD has decreed a blessing, life for evermore!

New Revised Standard Version
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD ordained his blessing, life forevermore.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Like the dew of Hermon that falls upon the mount of Zion; for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Like the dew of Hermon that descends upon the mountain of Zion, because there LORD JEHOVAH commanded the blessing and the Life unto eternity.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing, Even life for ever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the mountains of Sion: for there, the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever.

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