Walter Cunningham Children: Meet Brian and Kimberly

Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author.

Walter Cunningham was the father of adult children; Brian and Kimberly Cunningham.

Walter Cunningham passed away at a hospital in Houston on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, from natural causes at the age of 90.

Walter Cunningham was NASA’s third civilian astronaut after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See and he piloted the Apollo 7 lunar module on the 1968 mission.

Walter Cunningham was the last surviving member of the Apollo 7 crew. He became a public speaker and radio host after leaving Nasa in 1971.

Walter Cunningham published The All-American Boys, a memoir of his astronaut days, in 1977. He also contributed significantly to and wrote the foreword to the 2007 space history book In the Shadow of the Moon.

Walter Cunningham received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his Apollo 7 mission in 2008. He went on to become a radio talk show host and public speaker, a consultant to start-up technology companies, and the chairman of the Texas Aerospace Commission.