Alfred Worden (1932–2020), astronaut orbited the moon

Alfred “Al" Worden orbited the moon as the command pilot for Apollo 15.TheformerNASA astronaut is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon.During the 1971 mission, Worden orbited the earth many times as astronauts James Irwin andDavid Scott walked on the moon to explore the surface. He was the first human to do a deep space spacewalk. NASA selected Worden, a military pilot,as an astronaut in 1966.