His family said through a spokesperson Cunningham died in the hospital “from complications of a fall, after a full and complete life.”
His family, in a statement through NASA, expressed their “immense pride” in the life Cunningham led.
Saturn 1B with Apollo 7 space capsule atop holding astronauts Wally Schirra, Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele roared away from its Cape Kennedy launch pad in 1968.The mission, which launched in Florida and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda, was considered a nearly perfect flight by space officials.
It was the first human crew since three astronauts were killed on Apollo 1 in a launch pad fire in 1967.Cunningham, born in Iowa, joined the Navy in 1951 and then served on active duty with the US Marine Corps. before he retired with the rank of colonel. He was part of more than 50 missions as a night fighter pilot in Korea.
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