Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90. He piloted the first manned Apollo mission — a key step toward reaching the moon.
Astronauts Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7, and Jim Lovell of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, participate in an event in Washington marking the 40th anniversary anniversary of the first moon landing.Astronauts Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7, and Jim Lovell of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, participate in an event in Washington marking the 40th anniversary anniversary of the first moon landing.Cunningham said in 2016 that if Apollo 7 had not gone well, the U.S.
"There were so many things that had to be tested," he recalled. During the flight, the crew test-fired the engine that would place Apollo into and out of lunar orbit, simulated docking maneuvers and did the first-ever live television broadcast from an American spacecraft. "It was hard to imagine that we could get through all those things [in an 11-day mission] without something going wrong and saying, 'hey you need to gotta come home," Cunningham said.
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