James McDivitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James McDivitt

United States general

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: astronaut, military officer, test pilot, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

James Alton McDivitt (born June 10, 1929), (Brigadier General, USAF, Ret.), is an American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs.
He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S.
spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first crewed flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware.
He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.