Talk:James Irwin

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Back in the 70's Irwin was arrested accused of spying and beaten by Turkish authorities. He was then released.
 * Okay... How are you proposing this be incorporated into the article? Holford 20:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * yeah I read that too on the Ark Searches page and came here in the hope of reading more in a reference.... would be really good if one could be supplied! Mathmo Talk 10:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Important things are missing from this article. Irwin's date of death appeared at the beginning of the article, but not at the end. I fixed that. It would still be nice to have the date of his first heart attack, though. I added a sentence about the book he wrote about his experiences. One major omission from the article is the dates of his spaceflight on Apollo 15. Not even the year is mentioned. If you reply to this, please notify me on my talk page.

JBFrenchhorn 11:09, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Added some more basic information and cited sources. The first instance of heart problems actually occurred on the voyage home to Earth on Apollo 15, in August 1971.  I usually don't contribute to a person this famous, since the source material is easy to find.  I'm surprised it's still really only a Start article.  I'll try to bring this up to a B-class article by the end of February... no guarantees.Abebenjoe 21:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

More James Irwin info.
In the film [Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D] Irwin was played by Aaron White. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunox (talk • contribs) 21:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Uwdac02, 9 November 2010
Mrs. Joy Irwin Schtakleff is the daughter of Col. James B. Irwin and President of The High Flight Foundation and would like to request a simple change to her fathers wikipedia page.

Under Mr. Irwin's "Post-NASA Career section, the following edit is requested.

Original Beyond his achievements as an astronaut with NASA, Irwin is perhaps most notable for his Christian work. He left NASA and retired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 1972 and founded High Flight, a Christian ministry. He frequently commented about how his experiences in space had made the presence of God even more real to him than before.

Updated Beyond his achievements as an astronaut with NASA, Irwin is perhaps most notable for his Christian work. He left NASA and retired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 1972 and founded The High Flight Foundation. He frequently commented about how his experiences in space had made the presence of God even more real to him than before.

Uwdac02 (talk) 13:14, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Added the link in the external links section as they are not encouraged inline like you suggest. Also removed "a Christian ministry" per request, although I'm not sure if that was intentional or not. -Atmoz (talk) 15:41, 9 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, I just took it farther than the request, citing what I saw to be salient quotes from the High Flight Foundation website. I hope the family is satisfied with this.--Tdadamemd (talk) 02:22, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Freemasonry reference link is bogus. Removed.
The section on freemasonry was supported solely by a link to a purported commemorative stamp. Since Irwin's flight was in 1971 and the purported stamp had a cancellation date of July 20, 1969, I've removed the entire section as bogus.

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/images/JamesIrwinAstronautFDC1.jpg

Presumably this fake was ineptly constructed from an Apollo 11 first day cover. --TS 00:12, 24 November 2015 (UTC)


 * What about this edit adding roughly the same info while using different sources? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 19:12, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

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Some Info
Not to find in Engl. Wiki: "Irwin suffered another heart attack after a bike ride with his German friend Siegfried Fietz earlier that day." https://nasa.fandom.com/wiki/James_Irwin#Death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Fietz

"In 1971, the world watched the Apollo 15 flight to the moon, where James B. Irwin saluted with Psalm 121 'I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.' The moon flight changed his life, from a passive Christian to one who was eager to share his faith experiences with others. A few years later, together with James B. Irwin, we released Space Symphony, reflecting experiences of his before, during and after the moon flight. Embedded in 11 songs, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. A deep friendship grew out of the subsequent biennial concert tours, which toured all the space centers in America in 1991 and came to an abruptly sad end. On the last day of the tour, James B. Irwin died. His last words to Siegfried were 'Continue the program, brother'." https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbmrPerWNKhMv5ZpRve-xs_QOkxAdRO4A

https://www.discogs.com/release/22572680-James-Irwin-Wort-Des-Lebens-Quartett-H%C3%B6ren-Und-Erleben-Sie-Apollo-15-Astronaut-James-Irwin https://www.discogs.com/release/5575098-Siegfried-Fietz-Space-Songs-Sinfonie 2A02:8109:1040:29C0:2DB4:AE4F:E57D:1388 (talk) 19:24, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Handball
Could somebody provide further information on Mr Irwin's handball interests? Or was the wikilink inserted into the article so long ago that handball led to North American pastime while at the same time the Olympic sport was known as "team handball"? If he did play the latter (proper European handball), I would like to know when he'd started, how long he played for, which position and was he any good. I never thought I'd find a link between an astronaut and a fringe sport in North America, and I'm aware that it could still just be a poorly worded claim without citation. Many thanks, Splićanin (talk) 06:45, 8 June 2024 (UTC)