What is Walter Cunningham?
[[File:Walter Cunningham.jpg|thumb|Cunningham in 1964]] '''Ronnie Walter Cunningham''' (March 16, 1932 – January 3, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[astronaut]], fighter pilot and [[physicist]]. He was a lunar module pilot on the [[Apollo 7]] mission in 1968. He was one of [[NASA]]'s first civilian astronauts. He wrote the book ''The All-American Boys'' (1977). He was born in [[Creston, Iowa]]. Cunningham died of problems caused by a fall on January 3, 2023, in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. He was 90.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.npr.org/2023/01/03/517135016/nasa-apollo-astronaut-walt-cunningham-died|title = NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90|publisher = [[NPR]]|date = January 3, 2023|access-date = January 4, 2023|last = Lewis|first = Russell}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20230104070012/https://waltercunningham.com/ Official website] {{small|(archived)}} *{{IMDb name|0192474}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cunningham, Walter}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls in the United States]] [[Category:American astronauts]] [[Category:American aviators]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Iowa]] [[Category:Military people from Iowa]] [[Category:American Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:People from Creston, Iowa]] [[Category:Writers from Iowa]] {{US-bio-stub}}