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James Irwin

James Irwin (1930-1991), the astronaut

person, serviceman, astronaut, Pisces person

Legal name, Full name: "James Benson Irwin"
Born: ▶
1930; March 1930; March 17th 1930; the United States; North America; …
Pennsylvania; the world; the Americas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Northeastern United States; the Northern Hemisphere; Allegheny County, PA; Port Angeles, Washington; Pittsburgh Metro Area; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the EST/EDT region; the G8; North America
Died: ▶
1991; August 1991; August 8th 1991; the United States; North America; …
Colorado; the world; the Americas; the Northern Hemisphere; Southwestern United States; the Colorado 970 telephone code area; Glenwood Springs, Colorado; Garfield County, CO; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; Mountain Standard Time region; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the G8; North America; myocardial infarction
Wrote: More Than Earthlings
Occupation: astronaut
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Irwin
Gender: male
Nationality: american
Educated: University of Michigan, United States Naval Academy
Last Name: "Irwin"
First Name: "James"
Organisations: Irish American
Employer: NASA
Age at Death: 61 years, 4 months and 22 days old
Class: person, astronaut, Pisces person, serviceman
Did: die (1991)
Walked On: the moon (1971)
Born During: 1930s
Died During: the 1990s
Attributes: male, Irish American, american
Related Websites: http://www.highflightfoundation.org, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/irwin-jb.html
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001d4f0a"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/James_Irwin
Middle-name: "Benson"
Birthday: the 17th of March
Quotes: "The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine."
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/01vmsb"

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