Retired astronaut Al Worden — a command module pilot who circled the moon during Apollo 15 — has died. He was 88 years old.
After Scott and Irwin returned from the lunar surface and the crew was on its way back home, Worden conducted a, the first ever in deep-space. He ventured outside the capsule to retrieve film from the scientific cameras.
When the crew splashed down, they were celebrated as heroes. A visit with the president at the White House. Speeches to Congress. Parades in Chicago and New York. Trips around the world, meeting with kings, queens and even the pope. But then it all unraveled."Six months later he's being told: pack your boxes. Get out of town. You're fired," said space historian Francis French.
Before they left for the moon, Commander Scott arranged a deal with a German stamp dealer to bring hundreds of postage stamp covers on their mission to sell afterward. Worden remembers it this way,"Jim and I were told that this was something that happened on every flight. No big deal. Well, it turned out to be a huge deal." Even though previous crews had profited off lunar souvenirs, it became a public relations nightmare for NASA. The three astronauts never flew again.
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