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Walter Cunningham

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1932-03-16

Deceased 2023-01-03

Status Deceased

Type Government

Agency

Astronaut Biography

Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut. In 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of The All-American Boys.