Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut who served as the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. He was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1963 and served on the support crew for the Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 missions. In October 1968, he flew on the Apollo 7 mission with Wally Schirra
Apollo 7, Lunar Module Pilot, R. Walter Cunningham working inside the Command Module. Credit: NASA
“Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer. On Apollo 7, the first launch of a crewed Apollo mission, Walt and his crewmates made history, paving the way for the Artemis Generation we see today,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “NASA will always remember his contributions to our nation’s space program and sends our condolences to the Cunningham family.
The Cunningham family offered the following statement: “We would like to express our immense pride in the life that he lived, and our deep gratitude for the man that he was – a patriot, an explorer, pilot, astronaut, husband, brother, and father. The world has lost another true hero, and we will miss him dearly.”
Prior to his assignment to the Apollo 7 crew, Cunningham was on the prime crew for Apollo 2 until it was canceled and the backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 1.
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