Description
Signed by Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden, the “Apollo 11 Bootprint” photograph taken on July 20, 1969.
White matte, retail sticker from Kennedy Space Center on verso. Signed by Worden on the white matte, with “Apollo 15” following his name.
Alfred “Al” Worden (1932-2020) was an American astronaut who served as the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Worden graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1955 and later earned master’s degrees in astronautical and aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1963. During the Apollo 15 mission, Worden orbited the Moon while his crewmates, David Scott and James Irwin, explored the lunar surface. Worden conducted the first deep space extravehicular activity (EVA), retrieving film from the scientific instrument module on the spacecraft. He retired from NASA in 1975 and passed away on March 18, 2020.
