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 Lunar Module. NASA . Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott and lunar module ... This photo provides a view from the Apollo 15 command and service module (CSM) in lunar orbit.

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 ...

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

The mission was also Tom Stafford's last spaceflight. The Apollo Command Module Pilot, Vance Brand, would go on to fly on ...