Astronauts

I was honored to meet these genuine American Heroes and to spend some time with them and listen to their story's. They risked their lives not for glory , but for the challenge, and their county's pride. As I spoke with each one I noticed how approachable, mentally sharp and friendly they all were. They were willing to answer your thoughtful questions and shake your hand. Most were by themselves and others had assistants. My photos with the astronauts were all taken by their assistants. They all had signs stating their fees from $95 to $400. My time with these men I saw none charging for a photo taken with them. These photos were taken during the Spacefest IV Convention in Tucson, Arizona on June 01.2012.

Colonel Al Worden became an Apollo astronaut in 1966. He is from Jackson, Michigan, the same home town as Gemini 4 and Apollo 9's Jim McDivitt.<br />
He graduated from West Point in 1955, and was commissioned by the Air Force. Upon joining NASA, he was Richard Gordon's backup as command module pilot on Apollo 12. That meant he was to become CMP on Apollo 15, in 1971, three flights later. This crew, with Dave Scott as mission CDR and James Irwin as LMP, received extensive geolopy training, and would explore the surface for three days, assisted by the first lunar rover.<br />
Worden would remain in orbit, but his command & service Module was now outfitted with a SIM bay, a scientific instrument module, with mapping cameras, a sub-satellite, many environmental experiments. Worden did geology from orbit, while operating the SIM bay.<br />
On the way home, Worden made a 38-minute deep-space EVA to retrieve the wxposed film canisters from the SIM cameras.

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Colonel Al Worden became an Apollo astronaut in 1966. He is from Jackson, Michigan, the same home town as Gemini 4 and Apollo 9's Jim McDivitt.
He graduated from West Point in 1955, and was commissioned by the Air Force. Upon joining NASA, he was Richard Gordon's backup as command module pilot on Apollo 12. That meant he was to become CMP on Apollo 15, in 1971, three flights later. This crew, with Dave Scott as mission CDR and James Irwin as LMP, received extensive geolopy training, and would explore the surface for three days, assisted by the first lunar rover.
Worden would remain in orbit, but his command & service Module was now outfitted with a SIM bay, a scientific instrument module, with mapping cameras, a sub-satellite, many environmental experiments. Worden did geology from orbit, while operating the SIM bay.
On the way home, Worden made a 38-minute deep-space EVA to retrieve the wxposed film canisters from the SIM cameras.

April Dawn Creations

Astronauts

Photography By: Ralph Stenger