Alfred Worden
Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932 in Jackson, Michigan) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. He received a bachelor of military science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1955 and master of science degrees in Astronautical/Aeronautical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1963. He also received an honorary doctorate of science in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1971. Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Worden served as command module pilot for Apollo 15, his companions on the flight were David Scott, spacecraft commander, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. Worden retrieved film cassettes from the panoramic and mapping cameras, performing the first deep-space EVA,[4] and reported his personal observations of the general condition of equipment housed there. During 1972-1973, Worden was Senior Aerospace Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, and from 1973 to 1975 he was chief of the Systems Study Division at Ames. Between 1972 and 1975, he made seven guest appearances on Mister Rogers\' Neighborhood. After retirement from NASA and active duty in 1975, Worden became President of Maris Worden Aerospace, Inc., and then became staff Vice President of BG Goodrich Aerospace in Brecksville, Ohio.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Apollo 15 CMP 26.07. - 07.08.1971 12d 07h 12m
Total 12d 07h 12m
