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Walter Cunningham, Last Surviving Apollo 7 Astronaut, Dies at 90

‘TRUE HERO’

Walter Cunningham spent 11 days in low-Earth orbit in 1968.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

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AJ McDougall

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