A few days before she left, she gave a small American flag to her friend Jacqueline Cochran, another female pilot.

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Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin left NASA and became a Baptist minister.

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He left after two years to become a Navy pilot, flying combat missions in the Korean War and winning three medals.

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