David Scott

Commander, Apollo 15

Age: 77

Life as an astronaut: Landed in the moon's Apennine mountains; led first mission to use lunar rover; orbited Earth on Apollo 9 and survived the near disastrous Gemini 8 with Armstrong

Life as a civilian: Founded his own technology company; consults for TV and film; collaborated with Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on a book about the space race

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