Astronaut Autographed Photographs
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James McDivitt Autographed Mission PhotosEach of these autographed photos is guaranteed authentic
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McDivitt was born June 10, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Mrs. James McDivitt, resides in Jackson, Michigan. He is married, with four children and two step-children. His recreational interests include hunting, fishing, golf, water sports, tennis, and all outdoor activities. Click for larger image, framing and purchase information. | ||
 McDivitt WSS 8x10 Only Portrait of Jim McDivitt in his White Space Suit (WSS) before being named to command the Apollo 9 cr ...more |
 Waving Crew 8x10 Only A happy Apollo 9 crew waves to the camera with their launch vehicle behind them ...more |
 Thinking 8x10 only Jim McDivitt sits in the suit-up room before his rookie flight commanding Gemini IV in 1965. ...more | ||
 Spider-Ocean 8x10 & 16x20 "Spider" pulls away from the CM "Gumdrop" after separation. Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart. Photo by Dave Scott. The black a ...more |
 Spider-Ocean 2 8x10 & 16x20 The first flightworthy LM "Spider" pulls away from the CM "Gumdrop" after separation. Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart. Photo b ...more |
 Spider over Land 8x10 & 16x20 "Spider" goes through maneuvering tests after separation for the CM "Gumdrop". Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart. Photo by Dave ...more | ||
 Spider-Ascent 8x10 & 16x20 "Spider," after successfully jettisoning its lower stage, returns for the final docking with the CM "Gumdrop". Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt and ...more |
 Gumdrop 8x10 & 16x20 "Spider," after a successful separtion from CM "Gumdrop," begins to pull back a safe distance. Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt (who took this photo ...more GUMDROP"Spider," after a successful separtion from CM "Gumdrop," begins to pull back a safe distance. Aboard the LM are Jim McDivitt (who took this photo) and Rusty Schweickart. Dave Scott is in "Gumdrop," its mylar thermal coating reflecting the scenes below and above.. Available in 8x10 & 16x20
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 Bored Jim 8x10 only Jim McDivitt looks bored here, as the testing of the lunar module is done, but the crew has to stay in orbit for the length of a lunar mission, 10 ...more |
General McDivitt was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962 as part of Astronaut Group 2.
He was command pilot for Gemini 4, a 66-orbit 4-day mission that began on June 3 and ended June 7, 1965. McDivitt became the first of his group to be named as commander of his own mission. Highlights of the mission included a controlled extra-vehicular activity period and a number of experiments.
After Gemini 4, he, along with Astronaut Group 3 astronauts David Scott and Russell Schweickart were named as members of the backup crew to the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission, but were replaced by Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham as backups and instead, were named prime crew members of the Apollo 2 mission. After the Apollo 1 fire, the backup Apollo 1 crew flew as the prime crew for Apollo 7 and McDivitt served as commander of Apollo 9, a 10-day earth orbital flight launched on March 3, 1969. Originally to be the second manned flight, as Apollo 8, the Lunar Module that was having problems and with the possibilities of a Soviet Moonshot by then end of 1968, NASA decided to make Apollo 8 a circumlunar flight, and offered the flight to McDivitt and his crew, which they declined since they were training to fly the first LM since 1966. The revised Apollo 8 flight went to Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders, and the Earth-orbital LM test flight became Apollo 9.
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