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Alfred Worden
 
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Alfred Worden |
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Born on: |
7 Feb 1932 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Retired 1 Sep 1975 |
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Spaceflight |
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Date |
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Apollo 15 |
CMP |
26.07. - 07.08.1971 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Alfred 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, July
26 - August 7, 1971. His companions on the flight were
David R. Scott, spacecraft commander, and James B. Irwin,
lunar module commander. Apollo 15 was the fourth manned
lunar landing mission and the first to visit and explore
the moon's Hadley Rille and Apennene Mountains which are
located on the southeast edge of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of
Rains). Apollo 15 achievements include: Largest payloads
placed in earth and lunar orbits; first scientific
instrument module bay flown and operated on an Apollo
spacecraft; longest lunar surface stay time (the lunar
module, "Falcon," remained on ground for 66 hours and 54
minutes); longest lunar surface EVA (Scott and Irwin
logged 18 hours and 35 minutes each during three
excursions onto the lunar surface); longest distance
traversed on lunar surface; first use of lunar roving
vehicle; first use of a lunar surface navigation device (mounted
on Rover-1); first subsatellite launched in lunar orbit;
and first EVA from a command module during transearth
coast.
Scott and Irwin collected approximately 171 pounds of
lunar surface materials on their three expeditions onto
the lunar surface; and Worden logged 38 minutes in
extravehicular activity outside the command module, "Endeavour."
In completing his three excursions to "Endeavour's"
scientific instrument module bay, Worden retrieved film
cassettes from the panoramic and mapping cameras and
reported his personal observations of the general
condition of equipment housed there. Apollo 15 concluded
with a Pacific splashdown and subsequent recovery by the
USS OKINAWA. In completing his space flight, Worden logged
295 hours and 11 minutes in space.
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