July 28, 2009

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-139

NASA HONORS APOLLO ASTRONAUT AL WORDEN WITH MOON ROCK

WASHINGTON -- NASA will honor Apollo astronaut Al Worden with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U S space program

Worden will receive the award during a ceremony Thursday, July 30, at 4 p m EDT The ceremony will be held at the Apollo Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, where the moon rock will be displayed

Reporters interested in covering the ceremony should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or Jillian McRae at 321-449-4273

NASA is giving the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs for realizing America's goal of going to the moon The award is a moon rock encased in Lucite, mounted for public display The rock is part of the 842 pounds of lunar samples collected during six Apollo expeditions from 1969 to 1972 Those astronauts who receive the award will then present the award to a museum of their choice, where the moon rock will be placed for public display

Worden served as command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission, which set several moon records for NASA, including the longest lunar surface stay time, the longest lunar extravehicular activity and the first use of a lunar roving vehicle Worden spent 38 minutes in a spacewalk outside the command module and logged a total of 295 hours, 11 minutes in space during the mission

Worden was born in Jackson, Mich He received a bachelor of military science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N Y , in 1955, and Master of Science degrees in astronautical and aeronautical engineering and instrumentation engineering from the University of Michigan in 1963

For more biographical information about Worden, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/worden-am html

NASA Television will broadcast a Video File of the event For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the Apollo Saturn V Center, visit:

http://www kennedyspacecenter com

For information about and pictures of the NASA Ambassador of Exploration Award, visit:

http://www nasa gov/multimedia/imagegallery/AofEphotos html

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