Last Surviving Apollo 7 Member Walter Cunningham Dies

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving member of NASA's Apollo 7 mission, died at the age of 90, on Tuesday.

He was a lunar module pilot on Apollo 7, the first successful crewed flight Apollo program, in 1968.

He was also one of three astronauts aboard Apollo 7 which paved the way for the first lunar landing less than a year later.

NASA confirmed his death but did not include its cause, although a family statement said he died in hospital 'from complications of a fall, after a full and complete life'.

Nelson said: "Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer."

"On Apollo 7, the first launch of a crewed Apollo mission, Walt and his crewmates made history, paving the way for the Artemis Generation we see today.

'NASA will always remember his contributions to our nation's space program and sends our condolences to the Cunningham family," he concluded.