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.

On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m.

In this official NASA photo, the Apollo 15 emblem plays background to, from left, David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command model pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, who make ...

Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden is the namesake of the Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship. (Image credit: Kallman Worldwide) In addition to his 2011 autobiography, ...

Apollo 15 introduced the lunar rover and let the astronauts perform deeper science. ... Meanwhile, Command Module Pilot Al Worden orbited in Endeavour. The crew splashed down Aug. 7.

March 19 (UPI) --Former astronaut Al Worden, who piloted the orbiting command module during the Apollo 15 moon landing in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas, NASA said. He was 88.

Worden served as the command module pilot on Apollo 15, the first lunar mission to carry scientific instruments in the command module. While orbiting the Moon alone, farther from other people than ...

Meanwhile, Irwin stood in the Command Module hatch, taking photos of the Command Module Pilot. Return to Earth On the trip back to Earth, the crew of Apollo 15 broke the record from the longest ...

Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden’s AstroVette, as seen in 2022, prior to the start of its complete restoration. Project AstroVette Endeavour.

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 ...

U.S. astronaut, scientist, innovator Al Worden will visit schools, conferences, industry events Nov. 8-16 . Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE and Waldwick, NJ, USA — Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot, Col. Al ...