Alfred Worden Quotes

United States, Astronaut
February 7, 1932 – March, 18, 2020.

Alfred Merrill Worden was an American astronaut and engineer who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the Command Module Endeavour.

Also known as Engineer

Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.

Alfred Worden
- Home
- Earth
- Look Back
Our first surface experiment was complete, and we’d literally changed the face of the moon.

Alfred Worden
- Moon
- Changed
- Face

Quietly, like a night bird, floating, soaring, wingless. We glide from shore to shore, curving and falling but not quite touching; Earth: a distant memory seen in an instant of repose, crescent shaped, ethereal, beautiful, I wonder which part is home, but I know it doesn't matter... the bond is there in my mind and memory; Earth: a small, bubbly balloon hanging delicately in the nothingness of space.

Alfred Worden
- Earth
- Space
- Balloon
Where you stand on issues, how you live your life, and how much good you can do in the world are greater challenges than a lunar mission.

Alfred Worden
- Challenges
- Mission
- Lunar