# Astronaut Jim McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronaut-jim-mcdivitt-gemini-4-apollo-9-has-died/973447 "2022-10-18T16:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronaut-jim-mcdivitt-gemini-4-apollo-9-has-died/973447/1 "2022-10-18T16:51:42Z")
James McDivitt was 93. He flew with Ed White on Gemini 4, and with David Scott and Rusty Schweickart (both still living) on Apollo 9. “Apollo 9 was his last trip to space. Despite his instrumental role in propelling NASA’s moon landing, McDivitt himself never reached the moon. Francis French, a spaceflight historian, said McDivitt chose not to command a moon landing mission and decided to take on a management role.” “It was more important to McDivitt that the overall program was a success than to personally land on the moon,” he told NPR. Rest in Peace, sir. You had The Right Stuff. > **[Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies...](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129511108/nasa-astronaut-jim-mcdivitt-dies-gemini-apollo)** > > McDivitt commanded two early Gemini and Apollo missions in the 1960s that played a key role in preparing for the moon landing in 1969. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronaut-jim-mcdivitt-gemini-4-apollo-9-has-died/973447/2 "2022-10-19T01:26:06Z")
Thanks for this.