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Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham acknowledges the crowd before an Alliance of American Football game between the Orlando Apollos and the Atlanta Legend, Feb. 9, 2019, in Orlando, Fla.

Veteran, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Before becoming an astronaut, Walter Cunningham enlisted with the Navy in 1951 and served as a Marine Corps pilot in Korea, according to NASA.

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That’s not just any astronaut on Navy’s helmet, that’s Navy royalty

Bruce McCandless II, a U.S Naval Academy graduate, went on to serve as a naval aviator and pioneering astronaut.

By Todd South

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Astronauts arrive at space station in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

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Apollo 11′s ‘amiable strangers’ Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

Apollo 11's astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for humanity's greatest space feat. The three had never served together on the same spaceflight before, and the busy preparation left little if any time for bonding.

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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world

Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.

5 years ago

Remembering Wally

Before he became one of the Mercury Seven, the irreverent astronaut Walter Schirra cut his teeth flying Navy fighters.

By Barrett Tillman, Aviation History Magazine

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Memorabilia from astronauts Armstrong, Glenn up for auction

A series of auctions involving some 2,000 artifacts and mementoes owned by Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, begins Thursday and runs through November 2019.

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Astronauts picked for SpaceX, Boeing capsule test flights

NASA on Friday assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S.

6 years ago

Astronaut John Young, naval aviator, has died

Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.

6 years ago

Bruce McCandless, naval aviator and astronaut, dies at 80

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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Veteran, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Before becoming an astronaut, Walter Cunningham enlisted with the Navy in 1951 and served as a Marine Corps pilot in Korea, according to NASA.

That’s not just any astronaut on Navy’s helmet, that’s Navy royalty

Bruce McCandless II, a U.S Naval Academy graduate, went on to serve as a naval aviator and pioneering astronaut.

Astronauts arrive at space station in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company.

Apollo 11′s ‘amiable strangers’ Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

Apollo 11's astronauts had six months to gel as a crew and prepare for humanity's greatest space feat. The three had never served together on the same spaceflight before, and the busy preparation left little if any time for bonding.

Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world

Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.

Remembering Wally

Before he became one of the Mercury Seven, the irreverent astronaut Walter Schirra cut his teeth flying Navy fighters.

Memorabilia from astronauts Armstrong, Glenn up for auction

A series of auctions involving some 2,000 artifacts and mementoes owned by Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, begins Thursday and runs through November 2019.

Astronauts picked for SpaceX, Boeing capsule test flights

NASA on Friday assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S.

Astronaut John Young, naval aviator, has died

Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.

Bruce McCandless, naval aviator and astronaut, dies at 80

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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