Colonel Walt Cunningham Oral History

Object number2007.001.0078

Date10/04/2007

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Col. Walt Cunningham

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions21 Minutes

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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. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator