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Milt Windler, Apollo 13 flight director, has died

Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1 17378693503152674 Godspeed, Milt Windler 🚀 # Apollo13 # NASA # Friendswood #

Milt Windler, one of NASA's flight directors during the Apollo 13 crisis, has died, according to a report shared by Ars Technica. Windler was one of the four flight directors who guided the crippled spacecraft safely back to Earth in 1970, and later worked on the Space Shuttle program. Tributes are coming in from the space community, with colleagues and fans writing 'Godspeed' in his honor.

Why now: The death of a key figure from the Apollo 13 mission prompts tributes from the space community

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