Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham Dies at 90 By Overlook Horizon|2023-01-03T14:39:00-05:00January 3rd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: Artemis, breaking news, nasa, outer space, space, spaceflight| Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space on Apollo 7, the first flight with crew in NASA’s Apollo Program, died early Tuesday morning in Houston. He was 90 years old.