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No, NASA didn't waste millions developing a pen for space while the Russians used a pencil. Here's what really happened
08 Aug 2024 20:50 GMT
… is that the Soviet astronauts got around the problem … More about human spaceflight:
NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham using a Fisher Space Pen … to NASA, pencils weren't an option for astronauts, … both American and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts, but it …
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Astronaut ice cream turns 50: freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)
03 Jul 2024 16:48 GMT
… : The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon
"Vanilla … NASA-prepared menu. (Later, space shuttle and International Space Station-era astronauts … asked about the ice cream. Walt Cunningham said he did not remember …
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All the 'firsts' that Boeing, NASA hope to accomplish with Starliner finally in orbit
05 Jun 2024 15:41 GMT
… astronauts. Here's the view provided by NASA … still required more adjustments.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and … American spacecraft to fly astronauts, following the giant leaps … Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, Walt Cunningham
Space shuttle: John Young, …
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Walter Cunningham, the last remaining astronaut from the Apollo 7 mission, dies at 90
06 Jan 2023 05:26 GMT
The former American astronaut walter cunningham passed away this past Tuesday … the passing of Walt Cunningham: US Marine, patriot, and Apollo astronaut.
Cunningham spent 11 … com/8uquEjdxM7
—NASA (@NASA) January 3, 2023
Cunningham was the designated lunar …
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Walter Cunningham, last surviving NASA Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90: 'true hero'
04 Jan 2023 01:39 GMT
… passing of Walt Cunningham: U.S. Marine, patriot, and Apollo astronaut. Cunningham spent … ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD
Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module … pilot, Walter M. Schirra Jr., commander; and Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot.
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Walter Cunningham Dies: Last Surviving Astronaut From NASA's 1968 Apollo 7 Mission, Dead at 90
03 Jan 2023 23:46 GMT
Washington, Jan 4: Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed … Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.
NASA said Cunningham, Eisele and Schirra flew …
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Astronaut remembers Iowa-born space pioneer Walt Cunningham
05 Jan 2023 05:10 GMT
… guy," said retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson. "He …
Iowa-born space pioneer Walter Cunningham has died at the age … the Apollo 7 mission.
Cunningham died in Houston Tuesday.
… guy," said retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson. "He …
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Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90
05 Jan 2023 05:53 GMT
WASHINGTON: Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew to space … at age 90, Nasa said.
Former astronaut Walter Cunningham.
Cunningham joined crewmates Walter Schirra and Donn … of Nasa’s third astronaut class, the space agency said.
“Walt Cunningham was …
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Korean War Marine vet and last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90
04 Jan 2023 23:43 GMT
… 3, 2022, NASA announced the passing of Apollo astronaut Walter Cunningham at the age … of 90. Cunningham was the … 3,400 in jet aircraft.
“Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist …
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Walter Cunningham: Last surviving member of NASA's Apollo 7 mission dies at 90
04 Jan 2023 11:05 GMT
Walter Cunningham, the US astronaut who was the last surviving member of NASA's … 1 astronauts in a launch pad fire January 27, 1967.
'Walt Cunningham … our condolences to the Cunningham family.'
Ronnie Walter Cunningham was born in Creston …