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Walter Cunningham

United States

Walter Cunningham was an American NASA astronaut and former United States Marine Corps fighter pilot who served as lunar module pilot on Apollo 7 in October 1968, the first crewed flight of the Apollo program following the fatal Apollo 1 launch pad fire. The eleven-day Earth-orbit mission successfully tested the redesigned Apollo command and service module and was considered essential to restoring confidence in the program before crewed lunar missions could proceed. It was Cunninghams only spaceflight.

Facts
Birth Date
1932-03-16 3
Birth Year
1932 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
Apollo 7 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Pilot 1
Dating
Selection Year
1963 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies

Walter Cunningham was a NASA astronaut who flew as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 7.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Walter Cunningham - WikipediaWikipedia: Walter Cunningham, lead section

Missions Crewed

Apollo 7, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Walter Cunningham - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Walter Cunningham
Sources
1. Walter Cunningham (Wikipedia)
he was a Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968View the Source
2. Walter Cunningham (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Walter Cunningham lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Walter Cunningham - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1932-03-16
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    March 16, 1932
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    an American astronaut
  • Infobox, mission
    Apollo 7
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), he was a Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968.
  • Associated With: NASA, Wikipedia: Walter Cunningham, lead section
  • In Group: Apollo and Skylab Astronauts, Lead sentence
    NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), he was a Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968.
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Wikidata: Walter Cunningham
Wikidata Q372215, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationMissions Crewed: Apollo 7, Apollo 7
Quote, Missions Crewed: Apollo 7, Apollo 7
Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham
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