Alfred Worden
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American astronaut (1932–2020)
Key facts
- Born
- Alfred Merrill Worden , ( 1932-02-07 ) February 7, 1932, Jackson, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18) (aged 88), Sugar Land, Texas , U.S.
- Education
- United States Military Academy ( BS ), University of Michigan ( MS )
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Colonel , USAF
- Time in space
- 12d 7h 12m
- Selection
- NASA Group 5 (1966)
- Total eva time
- 38m
- Missions
- Apollo 15
- Retirement
- September 1, 1975
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 5
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jackson
- Place of death
- Sugar Land
- Employer
- NASA
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Military rank
- Corporal
- Image
- Al Worden Apollo 15 CMP.jpg
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- social media followers
- 1901
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Alfred Worden
- date of birth
- 1932-02-07
- P450
- Apollo 15
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- time in space
- 17712
- cause of death
- stroke
- date of death
- 2020-03-18
- name in native language
- Alfred Worden
- member of the crew of
- Apollo 15
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of the 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour.
Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. He proved adept at flying fighter planes, and honed his skills, becoming a test pilot before his selection as a Group 5 astronaut in 1966. He served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and the backup crew for Apollo 12 before his selection for the Apollo 15 crew in 1970, with David Scott as commander and James Irwin as lunar module pilot.
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