What is Alfred Worden?
[[File:Al Worden Apollo 15 CMP.jpg|thumb|200px|Worden in 1971]] '''Alfred Merrill Worden''' (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[astronaut]], engineer and [[USAF]] officer. He 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]] and orbited it 74 times in the Command Module ''Endeavour''. In 1982, Worden ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in [[Florida's 12th congressional district]] but lost the [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] primary to [[Tom Lewis (American politician)|Tom Lewis]]. He was born [[Jackson, Michigan]]. Worden died of a [[stroke]] on March 18, 2020 in [[Sugar Land, Texas]]. He was 88.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Richard |last=Goldstein |date=March 18, 2020 |title=Alfred M. Worden, Who Orbited the Moon in 1971, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/science/space/al-worden-dead.html |access-date=March 19, 2020 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Alfred Worden}} *{{IMDb name | id=1719498| name=Alfred Worden}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Worden, Alfred}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Apollo astronauts]] [[Category:Engineers from Michigan]] [[Category:Military people from Michigan]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:People from Jackson, Michigan]] [[Category:Politicians from Michigan]] [[Category:Politicians from Florida]] [[Category:Scientists from Michigan]] [[Category:Scientists from Florida]] [[Category:United States Air Force]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}