Cunningham

Ronnie Walter

USA

International order nº: 40

US astr. nº: 29

Personal data:

Birthdate:	16.03.1932
Birthplace:	Creston / Iowa
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	17.10.1963
Selection group:	NASA-3
Job:	LMP
Status:	Ret. 01.08.1971
Date of death:	03.01.2023
Place of death:	Houston, Texas

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Apollo-7	15h.02m.45s. Oct 11, 1968	LMP	Apollo-7	11h.11m.48s. Oct 22, 1968	10d.20h.09m.03s.
Total duration:						10d.20h.09m.03s.

Additional information

Bachelor of arts in physics, 1960 and a master of arts in physics from UCLA, 1961; Colonel, USMC, ret.; he resigned from NASA on 01.08.1971 to serve with the "Capital Group", later President Acorn Ventures, Inc. and Managing General Partner, The Genesis Fund; hobbies: Sports, hunting, tennis; he published a book of his ecxperiences as an astronaut, "The All-American Boys".

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