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Milt Windler, NASA flight director of Apollo 13 fame, dies at 94
Original: Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 https:// lemmy.world/post/52692447
Milt Windler, the NASA flight director who helped bring the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth in 1970, has died at the age of 94. Windler was one of the four flight directors who led Mission Control's efforts during the emergency, working with Gene Kranz, Glynn Lunney and Gerry Griffin. Tributes are recalling his role in one of NASA's finest hours.
Why now: News of the death of a key figure in the Apollo 13 rescue has prompted tributes and renewed attention to the Apollo era.
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