Walter Cunningham
American - (NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: March 16, 1932
Date of Death: Jan. 3, 2023
Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut. In 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of The All-American Boys.
Saturn IB | Apollo 7
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 11, 1968, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. Their mission was Apollo's 'C' mission, an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Block II Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) with a crew on board.
Low Earth OrbitThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-89
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Atlas V 551
ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA)
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EscaPADE
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Starlink Group 6-87
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Ceres-1
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