b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nAlfred Worden\n_START_SECTION_\nP\xc5\x99ed letem\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nV roce 1955 absolvoval vojenskou akademii (U.S. Military Academy) a nau\xc4\x8dil se l\xc3\xa9tat. Slou\xc5\xbeil na americk\xc3\xbdch vojensk\xc3\xbdch z\xc3\xa1kladn\xc3\xa1ch Moore Air Force Base v Texasu, Tyndall Air Base na Florid\xc4\x9b. V letech 1957\xe2\x80\x931961 byl pilotem na z\xc3\xa1kladn\xc4\x9b v Marylandu. Pak se vr\xc3\xa1til ke studiu na University of Michigan a stal se in\xc5\xbeen\xc3\xbdrem letectv\xc3\xad a astronautiky. N\xc3\xa1sledovaly dva roky p\xc5\xafsoben\xc3\xad jako instruktor ve v\xc3\xbdzkumn\xc3\xa9 pilotn\xc3\xad \xc5\xa1kole. V \xc3\xbanoru 1965 absolvoval tr\xc3\xa9nink ve \xc5\xa1kole zku\xc5\xa1ebn\xc3\xadch pilot\xc5\xaf ve Farnboroughu v Anglii. Po nal\xc3\xa9t\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xad 3300 hodin se rozhodl p\xc5\x99ihl\xc3\xa1sit se ke kosmonaut\xc5\xafm, pro\xc5\xa1el testy a ocitl se v jejich v\xc3\xbdcvikov\xc3\xa9m st\xc5\x99edisku v dubnu 1966. Za\xc5\x99adili jej do programu Apollo. Byl dvakr\xc3\xa1t v z\xc3\xa1lo\xc5\xben\xc3\xad pos\xc3\xa1dce (Apollo 9, Apollo 12), a\xc5\xbe se do\xc4\x8dkal sv\xc3\xa9ho letu v roce 1971.\n_START_SECTION_\nPo skon\xc4\x8den\xc3\xad letu\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nWorden z NASA a letectva ode\xc5\xa1el v hodnosti plukovn\xc3\xadka v roce 1972 a stal se viceprezidentem n\xc3\xa1bo\xc5\xbeensk\xc3\xa9 organizace High Flight Foundation v Colorado Springs a \xc5\x99editelem energetick\xc3\xa9ho programu v Northwood Institute v Palm Beach na Florid\xc4\x9b. Napsal tak\xc3\xa9 knihu o sv\xc3\xa9m letu s n\xc3\xa1zvem Hal\xc3\xb3 Zem\xc4\x9b: Pozdravy z Endeavouru. A pak je\xc5\xa1t\xc4\x9b jednu pro d\xc4\x9bti Cesta na M\xc4\x9bs\xc3\xadc.'