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Colonel Walt Cunningham Oral History

Colonel Walt Cunningham Oral History

Object number2007.001.0078
Date10/04/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions21 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
  • Kennedy Administration
DescriptionVideotaped oral history with Colonel Walter Cunningham. America's second civilian astronaut, Cunningham in 1968 was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 7, the first manned mission of the Apollo program. He joined NASA in October 1963, less than one month before the Kennedy assassination. Interview conducted at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas on October 4, 2007 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is twenty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
In addition to this oral history, Col. Cunningham participated in a videotaped public program at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 27, 2011. Walt Cunningham passed away on January 3, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator