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Alfred Worden

Alfred M. Worden
Al Worden Apollo 15 CMP.jpg
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born (1932-02-07) February 7, 1932 (age 85)
Jackson, Michigan, U.S.
Other names
Alfred Merrill Worden
Other occupation
Fighter pilot, test pilot
USMA, B.S. 1955
UMich, M.S. 1963
Rank Colonel, USAF
Time in space
12d 07h 12m
Selection 1966 NASA Group 5
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
38 minutes
Missions Apollo 15
Mission insignia
Apollo 15-insignia.png
Retirement September 1, 1975
Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medal.jpg

Alfred Merrill "Al" Worden (born February 7, 1932), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American astronaut and engineer 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.

The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born February 7, 1932, in Jackson, Michigan. Worden attended Dibble, Griswold, Bloomfield and East Jackson grade schools and completed his secondary education at Jackson High School.

Worden was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of First Class.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science 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.


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