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It has been boldly signed in black ink by NASA astronauts \u003cstrong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"527\"\u003eWalt Cunningham and \u003cstrong data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"552\"\u003eGordon Fullerton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"1004\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"588\"\u003eWalt Cunningham (1932–2023) was the \u003cstrong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eLunar Module Pilot of Apollo 7 (1968), the first crewed Apollo mission following the tragic Apollo 1 fire. Cunningham, along with Wally Schirra and Donn Eisele, helped restore America’s confidence in the Apollo program with their successful 11-day Earth orbital mission. His work paved the way for the Apollo 8 mission and ultimately the Moon landings. 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