Autographs of James McDivitt
James Alton McDivitt Jr. (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. In 1959, after graduating first in his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan through the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) program, he qualified as a test pilot at the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School (Class 59C) and Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class I), and joined the Manned Spacecraft Operations Branch. By September 1962, McDivitt had logged over 2,500 flight hours, of which more than 2,000 hours were in jet aircraft. This included flying as a chase pilot for Robert M. White's North American X-15 flight on July 17, 1962, in which White reached an altitude of 59.5 miles (95.8 km) and became the first X-15 pilot to be awarded Astronaut Wings.
In 1962, McDivitt was selected as an astronaut by NASA as part of Astronaut Group 2. He commanded the Gemini 4 mission, during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight, which was the first crewed flight test of the Apollo Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became the manager of lunar landing operations and was the Apollo spacecraft program manager from 1969 to 1972. In June 1972 he left NASA and retired from the USAF with the rank of brigadier general.
James Alton McDivitt Jr. was born on June 10, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Margaret Mary (née Maxwell; 1903–1994) and James Alton McDivitt Sr. (1901–1982). He was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Tenderfoot Scout, now the second rank in Scouting (although the first rank at the time). He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1947. He then worked for a year to earn enough money to attend junior college. He completed two years at Jackson Junior College (now known as Jackson College) in Jackson, Michigan, from 1948 to 1950.
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Traded items with a signature of James McDivitt
The most expensive item with a signature of James McDivitt (James McDivitt Signed 1990 Space Shots Card #108 (PSA) NASA Astronaut Auto) was sold in July 2025 for £318.50 while the cheapest item (Ed White & James McDivitt, Signed Photo, True 1960's Autograph, Rare Collectible) found a new owner for £11.90 in April 2025. The month with the most items sold (3) was August 2019 with an average selling price of £24.99 for an autographed item of James McDivitt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £107.97 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £11.90 was April 2025. In average, an autographed item from James McDivitt is worth £24.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James McDivitt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | APOLLO 9 COMMANDER JAMES McDIVITT GENUINE HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH NASA 8X10 PHOTO | £49.99 |  |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - APOLLO 1 CREW AND BACK UP CREW - SIGNED COLOUR PHOTO | £24.99 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - GEMINI 4 & APOLLO 9 - SIGNED COLOUR A4 SATURN 5 PHOTO | £24.99 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - GEMINI 4 & APOLLO 9 - SIGNED NASA COLOUR LITHO | £24.99 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - GEMINI 4 & APOLLO 9 - SIGNED NASA COLOUR LITHO | £29.00 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - GEMINI 4 & APOLLO 9 - SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £19.99 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES McDIVITT - GEMINI 4 & APOLLO 9 - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £11.99 | |
| Ed White & James McDivitt, Signed Photo, True 1960's Autograph, Rare Collectible | £11.90 | |
| James McDivitt - original signed NASA large photograph | £107.97 | |
| James McDivitt Apollo 9 Signed Postage Stamps Sieger | £20.20 | |
| James McDivitt Apollo 9 Signed Space Card | £30.00 | |
| JAMES McDIVITT SIGNED GEMINI AMERICAN POSTAL STAMP SHEET UACC NASA AUTOGRAPH | £99.99 | |
| James McDivitt Signed photo astronaut who flew on the Gemini & Apollo missions | £12.06 | |
| NASA Apollo Gemini Autograph Signed James McDivitt Photo | £100.00 | |
| NASA SIGNED AUTOGRAPH JAMES MCDIVITT WITH CERTIFICATE 10X8 | £70.00 | |
