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Astronaut from first successful Apollo mission dead at 90

By Jack Birle
Published January 4, 2023 12:44am ET
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Astronaut from first successful Apollo mission dead at 90
The last surviving astronaut from the first successful Apollo mission, Apollo 7 in 1968, died Tuesday at the age of 90. Walter Cunningham died in Houston, NASA said. The space agency’s administrator, Bill Nelson, called him an “explorer.” THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA FEARS US IS LOCKED IN BATTLE FOR THE MOON WITH CHINA “Walt […]


The last surviving astronaut from the first successful Apollo mission, Apollo 7 in 1968, died Tuesday at the age of 90.

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