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Al Worden

American astronaut
Also known as: Al Worden, Alfred Merrill Worden
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Al Worden (born February 7, 1932, Jackson, Michigan, U.S.—died March 18, 2020, Houston, Texas) was a U.S. astronaut, pilot of the command module Endeavour on the Apollo 15 mission (July 26–August 7, 1971). Worden graduated in 1955 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and he earned M.S. degrees in astronautical and aeronautical engineering and in instrumentation engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1963. He was a U.S. Air...

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