“As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine.”

About James Irwin

Astronaut • American

James Benson Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and United States Air Force pilot. He served as the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing mission. During this mission in...