Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt, a fighter pilot in the Korean War and Air Force test pilot and astronaut in both the Gemini and Apollo program who later managed the Apollo lunar landing program and became a business executive, died Oct. 17 at the age ...
Apollo 9
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Collins, who was the command module pilot on the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, as well as a test pilot, author, and the first director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, died April 28 at age 90. ...