We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon
in this decade and do the other things, not because they are
easy, but because they are hard.
John F. Kennedy
Sept. 12, 1962
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Alfred Merrill Worden
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
February 7, 1932 |
| Place of Birth: |
Jackson, Michigan |
| Joined NASA: |
April 4, 1966 |
| Left NASA: |
September 1, 1975 |
| Space Flights: |
1 |
| Time in Space: |
12 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes |
| Number of EVA's: |
1 |
| Time in Space: |
39 minutes |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 9
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom
Apollo 12
Assignment: Back-up Command Module Pilot & Capcom
Apollo 15
July 26 - August 7, 1971
Assignment: Command Module Pilot
Flight Duration: 12 days, 7 hours, 12 minutes
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Military Science, USMA, West Point, 1955
M.Sc., Aeronautical,Astronautical & Instrumentation Engineering, University of Michigan, 1963
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Received USAF flight training at Moore AFB and Laredo AFB in Texas and Tyndall AFB, Florida.
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1957-1961, Fighter pilot and armaments officer, Andrews AFB, Maryland.
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1963, graduated from Randolph AFB Instrument Pilots Instructor School.
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1965, graduated from the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School and the Empire Test Pilot School in England.
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Served as an instructor at the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California until selection by NASA.
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Following support and back-up duties in Apollo, assigned as prime CMP for Apollo 15.
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1971, as CMP of Apollo 15, performed the first deep space EVA in space history when he spent 39 minutes outside Endeavour to retrieve film canisters from the Scientific Instrument Module(SIM) bay on the side of the Service Module.
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1972-1973, Senior Aerospace Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center.
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1973-1975, Chief, Systems Study Division, Ames Research Center.
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Retired from NASA in September 1975 to enter private industry.
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President, Maris Worden Aerospace Inc.
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Staff Vice-President, BG Goodrich Aerospace, Brecksville, Ohio.
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