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Former Astronaut James A. McDivitt Jr.

James A. McDivitt was chosen with NASA's second astronaut group in 1962 and was assigned to the Gemini IV mission, featuring the first American spacewalk, along with Ed White. In 1969, he flew to space a second time on Apollo 9, becoming the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program later that year.

S62-06759 (1962) --- This is the second group of pilot astronauts chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)....
Astronaut Group 2
S63-01419 (1963) --- The first two groups of astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The original...
Portrait of the first two groups of astronauts
S62-04515 (1962) --- Astronauts Edward H. White II (left), Gemini-Titan 4 (GT-4) pilot, and James A. McDivitt, command pilot, pose...
Mission patch for Gemini IV, crewed by James McDivitt and Ed White
Mission patch for Gemini 4 with the words First Spacewalk and McDivitt and White on it.
S64-31852 (10 Sept. 1964) --- Astronaut James A. McDivitt
Portrait of Jim McDivitt
S65-29655 (7 May 1965) --- Astronauts James A. McDivitt (left) and Edward H. White II, Gemini-4 prime crew, are shown...
S65-29657 (June 1965) --- Gemini-4 prime crew, astronauts Edward H. White II (left), and James A. McDivitt are shown with...
S64-20199 (10 Sept. 1964) --- View of the Gemini-4 prime crew and backup crew in pressure suits. They are standing...
Gemini 4 prime and backup crews
S65-33352 (11 June 1965) --- The Gemini-4 prime crew pose with two NASA officials after a press conference in the...
Gilruth, Seamans, McDivitt and White talk together.
(29 March 1965) -- The Gemini-Titan 4 prime crew, astronauts James A. McDivitt (left), command pilot; and Edward H. White...
Gemini-Titan 4 Water Egress Training
S65-19585 (21 May 1965) --- Astronaut James A. McDivitt, command pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 prime crew, participates in a...
S65-30266 (29 May 1965) --- In the elevator on the way to the White Room at Pad 19 for simulations...
The Gemini 4 prime crew ride the elevator for a launch simulation
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt are shown going through tests in a Gemini Crew Simulator at...
James McDivitt and Ed White are seen inside a Gemini simulator prior to the Gemini 4 mission
S65-19524 (1 June 1965) --- Dr. Charles A. Berry, chief of Center Medical Programs, MSC, Houston, Texas, prepares to check...
Astronaut Jim McDivitt gets a checkup
S65-19528 (1 June 1965) --- Astronauts Edward H. White II (left), Gemini-Titan 4 pilot; and James A. McDivitt, command pilot....
S65-29643 (3 June 1965) --- Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Gemini-4 command pilot, is shown in full spacesuit in the suit...
Close-up view of astronauts James A. McDivitt (foreground) and Edward H. White II inside their Gemini-4 spacecraft on June 3,...
Closeup of two astronauts inside Gemini spacecraft
S65-33490 (7 June 1965) --- A United States Navy frogman team participates in the recovery of the Gemini-Titan 4 (GT-4)...
Recovery operations for the Gemini 4 mission
Gemini IV astronauts Ed White, left, and Jim McDivitt talk to officials on the USS Wasp recovery aircraft carrier on...
Gemini IV astronauts Ed White and Jim McDivitt
The Gemini-4 prime crew, astronauts Edward H. White II (left), pilot; and James A. McDivitt, command pilot, listen to the...
Closeup of two astronauts as they listen to telephone
S65-33250 (11 June 1965) --- President Lyndon B. Johnson holds a Gemini-4 souvenir photo album which he was presented during...
President Lyndon B. Johnson with Gemini 4 astronauts at an event
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin shakes hands with NASA's Gemini 4 astronauts, Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt, at...
Gemini 4 Astronauts Meet Yuri Gagarin
S65-22656 (14 April 1965) --- The Gemini-Titan 4 prime crew, astronauts Edward H. White II (left), pilot, and James A....
S66-30237 (March 1966) --- These three astronauts have been named as the prime crew of the Apollo 9 mission. They...
Portrait of the Apollo 9 Prime Crew. They are David R. Scott, command module pilot; James A. McDivitt, commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
S66-30238 (1 April 1966) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named these astronauts as the prime crew...
S68-54841 (5 Nov. 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space mission stands...
The Apollo 9 crew prepares for water egress training
S69-25478 (23 Feb. 1969) --- These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital space mission. Left...
Crew portrait of the Apollo 9 astronauts with their Saturn V launch vehicle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 9 astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart breakfast today with...
The Apollo 9 crew has breakfast with astronauts and officials on launch day.
S69-25881 (3 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 crew leaves the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the...
The Apollo 9 crew walks out to the transfer van on launch day
A photograph from a live television transmission from Apollo 9. This view shows the interior of the Lunar Module "Spider"...
Photo from television transmission showing closeup of two astronauts inside capsule
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bearded and smiling, Apollo 9 astronauts, left to right, Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott...
Rusty Schweickart, Dave Scott, and Jim McDivitt after their successful Apollo 9 landing
The Apollo 9 crew prepares to cut the 350-pound cake which was baked on the U.S.S. Guadalcanal in their honor....
The Apollo 9 crew cuts a huge cake after the landing of their mission
S70-35369 (16 April 1970) --- Discussion in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during...
Mission control during Apollo 13
Astronaut James A. McDivitt official portrait, taken in 1971.
Official portrait of Astronaut James A. McDivitt
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 astronaut James McDivitt speaks to guests gathered for the Astronaut Scholarship...