Ronnie Walter "Walt" Cunningham (born March 16, 1932) was an American astronaut. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (76th in leap years). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Creston is a city in Union County, Iowa, United States. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with aerial warfare. ... Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ... AP7 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (76th in leap years). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ...

Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa. After graduating from Venice High School (where he now has a building named for him) in California, Cunningham joined the U.S. Navy in 1951 and began flight training in 1952. He served on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953 until 1956. Creston is a city in Union County, Iowa, United States. ... Venice High School is a public school located in Los Angeles, California within the Los Angeles Unified School District. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. ... In the United States military active duty refers to military members who are currently serving full time in their military capacity. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cunningham received bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees in respectively 1960 and 1961, both in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles. He then worked as a scientist for the Rand Corporation. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the branch of science concerned with the fundamental laws of the universe. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alternate meanings: See RAND (disambiguation) The RAND Corporation is an American think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the U.S. military. ...

Cunningham was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. On October 11, 1968, he occupied the lunar module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo 7. This article is about the American space agency. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ...

He left NASA in 1971, graduated from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 1974, and worked as a business man and investor in a number of private ventures. In 1977, he published The All-American Boys, a reminiscence of his astronaut days. Currently he is a radio personality and public speaker. In the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon Cunningham was played by Fredric Lehne. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Fredric Lehne also known as Fredric Lane is an American character actor who has appeared in many popular television shows and films often as the archetypal government agent/law enforcement official. ...

Walter Cunningham is also the name of a character from To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a semi-autobiographical Southern Gothic novel by Harper Lee. ...

External links

• Walter Cunningham's personal website
• Spacefacts biography of Walter Cunningham