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WALTER CUNNINGHAM HAS DIED AT 90

Pizzimenti BLOG: Apollo 7: Il Colonello Walter Cunningham

Pushing the frontier: Astronaut Walt Cunningham touches down in Walsall to share his space story ...
Ronnie Walter Cunningham (March 16, 1932 – January 3, 2023)

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first
successful crewed space mission in
NASA’s Apollo program,
died Tuesday in Houston. He was a
lunar module pilot on the 
1968 Apollo 7 mission. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death
on Twitter.


Walter Cunningham: El hombre que abrió las puertas de la Luna - La Tercera

Apollo 7 crewmates Donn Eisele (at left), Wally Schirra
(center) and Walt Cunningham. 
(NASA)

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APOLLO 8 ASTRONAUTS BACK ON EARTH

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During Apollo 8‘s 10 lunar orbits, television images were sent
back home and spectacular photos were taken of the Earth
and the moon from the spacecraft. In addition to being the
First human beings to view firsthand their home world in its
entirety, the three astronauts were also the first to see the far
side of the moon. On Christmas morning, Apollo 8 left its lunar
orbit and began its journey back to Earth, landing safely in the
Pacific Ocean on December 27, 1968.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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SANDY KOZEL

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ED DANAHUE

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Apollo 8 crew (from left) Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell.

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ALDRIN’S SPACE FLIGHT JACKET AUCTIONED

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NEW YORK (AP) — Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first
mission
to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to
a bidder for nearly $2.8 million.

The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is
the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale. The unidentified
winning bidder, who participated by phone, outlasted several
others in a bidding that spanned almost 10 minutes.

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Buzz Aldrin ( Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.) turned 92 in January.

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