Scott Cluthe's Love Cafe

Scott Cluthe has two great guests tonight. he is honored to talk with Col. Al Worden, Apollo 15 Astronaut. Prior to his arrival for duty at the Johnson Space Center, Col. Worden served as an instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilots School at Edwards Air Force Base, California - from which he graduated in September 1965. As an instructor, he trained some of the men who would later become fellow astronauts. He has logged in excess of 4,000 hours flying time--which includes 2,500 hours in jets. Col. Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, and served as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. Worden served as command module pilot for Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971. His companions on the flight were David R. Scott, spacecraft commander, and James B. Irwin, lunar module commander. Apollo 15 was the fourth manned lunar landing mission and the first to visit and explore the moon's Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains, which are located on the southeast edge of Mare Im