Raised in Jackson in the 1930s, Kellogg played in the Girls Athletic Association competitions and later, in 1944, joined the ...

Jim McDivitt, seated to the right of Ed White, awaits their launch on board the Gemini 4 spacecraft on June 3, 1965. (Image credit: NASA) As talk of including a spacewalk picked up, the idea at ...

James Alton McDivitt was born in Chicago on June 10, 1929, and grew up in Kalamazoo, Mich. He enrolled in junior college and then joined the Air Force in 1951 despite never having been on a plane.

James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93.

Astronaut James McDivitt, Who Commanded Gemini IV and Apollo 9 Missions, Dead at 93. James A. McDivitt played a "critical role in landing the first humans on the Moon," according to NASA. By.

Jim McDivitt, an astronaut who played a key role in making America's first spacewalk and moon landing possible, has died. He was 93. NASA confirmed his death to NPR on Monday, adding that he was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93.

James McDivitt, a Michigan native who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions during the Space Race of the 1960s has died. McDivitt, 93, died on Thursday, Oct. 13, surrounded by his family ...

Astronaut James A. McDivitt who lead the Apollo 9 mission, the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo mission, has died at 93 years old.

WASHINGTON — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s ...

WASHINGTON — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s ...