Worden

Astronaut Al Worden, who flew around the moon as part of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, died in his sleep, his family said Wednesday. He was 88.

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Worden circled the moon in the command module while fellow astronauts Jim Irwin and David Scott explored the surface.

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Worden once described flying to the moon as like driving a car, only with some analytical ability.

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Worden wrote two books about his moon mission, including one for children.

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