NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90
Cunningham piloted the first manned Apollo mission, a key step in the drive to reach the moon, but he never flew in space again. He was a physicist who later became known as a climate-change skeptic.
One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90.
Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an important — and often forgotten one — for the lunar program.
Cunningham was the's 11-day trip around the Earth was a key stepping stone to NASA's march to the moon.
