Apollo 15 – Spaceflight Now

December 9, 2022

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Apollo astronaut Al Worden dies at 88

March 19, 2020

Former astronaut Al Worden, who orbited the moon and performed the first spacewalk in deep space in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 88.

July 26, 1971: 45th anniversary of Apollo 15

July 26, 2016

Dave Scott, Jim Irwin and Al Worden left for the Moon today in 1971 aboard Apollo 15 bound for Hadley rille with the first Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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