Judging just by the astronauts who came together to remember Walt Cunningham on Tuesday (Jan. 24), the late Apollo 7 pilot's reach extended far beyond his 1968 launch into space. "Fred and I were in ...

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space.

On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a Saturn IB ...

Walter Cunningham was the last surviving member of the Apollo 7 mission. He died at the age of 90, in January of 2023.

(AP) – Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death in ...

Twenty-one months after the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a fire during a test on the launchpad, the three men who had originally served as their backup crew - Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and ...

Read full article: Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90 A spectator looks at a tiny piece of moon rock encased in a plastic globe, on display at the an exhibition commemorating the 50th ...

Chronicle of the first manned Apollo mission including complete TV transmissions and onboard film Coming just 21 months after the tragedy of the APollo 1 fire the mission of Apollo 7 was a ...

"We really miss him," said Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Judging just by the astronauts who ...