Tag: Apollo 15
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Apollo astronaut Al Worden dies at 88
Astronaut Al Worden is seen during training before the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Credit: NASA Former astronaut Al Worden, who orbited the moon and performed the first spacewalk in deep space in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 88. Born Feb. 7, 1932, in Jackson, Michigan, Worden graduated from United States Military Academy at…
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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden dies at 88, leaving 11 living moon travelers
Retired astronaut Al Worden, who was once called the “loneliest human being” because of his role as Apollo 15’s command module pilot in 1971, died in his sleep in Houston on Tuesday night at the age of 88, his family announced. Worden orbited the moon alone for three days in Apollo 15’s command module while…