REST IN PEACE. Astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space as Apollo 7 lunar module pilot in 1968, died on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at age 90, NASA said. READ:
FILE PHOTO: Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission in this October 1968 NASA handout photo. NASA/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
WASHINGTON — Walter Cunningham, who flew into space as an astronaut aboard Apollo 7, died on Tuesday, January 3, at age 90, NASA said. “Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.
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