KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA is honoring the life and accomplishments of one of its pioneering astronauts.

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Walter Cunningham was a part of NASA’s historic Apollo 7 mission.

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Cunningham spent nearly a dozen days in low-Earth orbit, in what was the first ever crewed Apollo flight.

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The mission, and Cunningham’s work with NASA, paved the way for the Unites State to land astronauts on the moon.

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Cunningham was 90 years old.

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