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Alfred Worden

1932 - 2020

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Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour. Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Worden is the 134th most popular astronaut (down from 92nd in 2019), the 4,979th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,652nd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Alfred Worden ranks 134 out of 556. Before him are Valery Rozhdestvensky, James McDivitt, Aleksandr Serebrov, Valery Ryumin, Boris Yegorov, and Musa Manarov. After him are Peggy Whitson, Christina Koch, Franklin Chang Díaz, Boris Volynov, Vance D. Brand, and Sidney M. Gutierrez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alfred Worden ranks 243. Before him are Atef Ebeid, Louis Rwagasore, Colville Young, Ray Cooney, Erró, and Majel Barrett. After him are Steve Franken, Mehmood, Siegfried Rauch, Franca Raimondi, Max Gallo, and John Glen. Among people deceased in 2020, Alfred Worden ranks 297. Before him are Suzy Delair, Jaroslav Pollák, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Vladica Popović, Johnny Nash, and Christophe. After him are Lynn Cohen, Dino da Costa, Balbir Singh Sr., Irina Skobtseva, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, and Wojciech Zabłocki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Worden ranks 4,979 out of 20,380. Before him are Hank Azaria (1964), Jared Padalecki (1982), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Robert Motherwell (1915), and Tatum O'Neal (1963). After him are Truxtun Hare (1878), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), David Wilkerson (1931), Herbert Ross (1927), and D'arcy Wretzky (1968).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Alfred Worden ranks 63. Before him are Gregory Jarvis (1944), Deke Slayton (1924), Susan Kilrain (1961), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), and James McDivitt (1929). After him are Peggy Whitson (1960), Christina Koch (1979), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Rusty Schweickart (1935), and Joseph A. Walker (1921).

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