Walter Cunningham

R. Walter Cunningham
Cunningham in 1964
Born	Ronnie Walter Cunningham (1932-03-16)March 16, 1932 Creston, Iowa, U.S.
Died	January 3, 2023(2023-01-03) (aged 90) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Resting place	Texas State Cemetery
Education	Santa Monica College (AS) University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA)
Spouses	Lo Ella Irby ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1989)​ Dorothy League ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2
Awards	(see § Awards and honors)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USMCR
Time in space	10d 20h 8m
Selection	NASA Group 3 (1963)
Missions	Apollo 7
Mission insignia
Retirement	August 1, 1971
Website	Official website

Ronnie Walter Cunningham (March 16, 1932 – January 3, 2023) was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of the 1977 book The All-American Boys. NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), he was a lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968.