Apollo astronaut Colonel Alfred Merrill "Al" Worden has died at the age of 88. In a Twitter post, his family revealed that the former Command Module Pilot for the 1971 Apollo 15 lunar landing mission ...
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Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden has died at age 88, his family confirmed Wednesday. Worden circled the moon alone in 1971 while, below, his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover. A ...
In August of 1971, Apollo 15 set out on what would become one of NASA’s most ambitious and scientifically valuable lunar missions. Astronauts David Scott, James Irwin, and Alfred Worden brought a new ...
The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...
Remastered photos obtained by USA TODAY show new images of the Apollo 15 mission at its 50th anniversary. The photos were enhanced by the author of “Apollo Remastered,” Andy Saunders. They show ...
It’s an out-of-this-world project car. A 1971 Chevrolet Corvette originally driven by Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, which was all but forgotten and left to the elements on a used car lot for years, ...
William Worden-Penczak, the grandson of NASA command module pilot Al Worden, has partnered with a popular space collectibles company to restore the 1971 Corvette that was leased to his grandfather as ...
Out past the gates at the Kennedy Space Center along Florida's Atlantic Coast, Al Worden was on his way to the launch pad where he and his Apollo 15 crewmates blasted off for the moon almost a ...
Worden grew up on a farm in rural Michigan before attending the U.S. Military Academy, where he graduated in 1955. After joining the U.S. Air Force, Worden rubbed shoulders with the likes of famed ...
WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Al Worden promotes his book "Falling To Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey To The Moon" at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on July 29, 2011 in Washington, DC ...