Cunningham, Schirra, and Eisele
Posted on 01/04/2023 4:38:51 AM PST by DFG
Walter Cunningham, the US astronaut who was the last surviving member of NASA's Apollo 7 mission, has died aged 90.
The Iowa native was lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, the first successful crewed flight of NASA's Apollo programme.
Mr Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard Apollo 7, an 11-day spaceflight that paved the way for the first moon landing less than a year later.
NASA confirmed his death but did not include its cause, although a family statement said he died in hospital 'from complications of a fall, after a full and complete life'.
In a statement, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson paid tribute to Mr Cunningham, who was also a physicist and a fighter pilot with the US Marine Corps before being selected by NASA.
Apollo 7 was NASA's first crewed space mission since the deaths of the three Apollo 1 astronauts in a launch pad fire January 27, 1967.
'Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer,' said Nelson.
'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.
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Cunningham, Schirra, and Eisele
Giants like these men made America unique and superior to all nations before or since.
RIP.
A time that young people can’t fathom, and will never know. RIP, Sir.
It took a lot of guts to do what he did. RIP ...
It was a great time to be an American. Right before the progressive rot set in.
The America we remember
These guys were heroes back in the day. We sure could use some of them now. A time when our nation wanted to be the greatest it could be.
Now it seems we are on a bullet train to Socialism. Kinda glad I won't be around to see it all go.
I wonder if he was jabbed and boosted. /s
Godspeed, Mr. Cunningham.
God bless you and your family.
He was not Greatest Generation.
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All I see are toxic white males.
bttt
RIP.
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