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Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Original: Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 "...we were making history." https:// arstechni
Milt Windler, the NASA flight director who helped bring the stricken Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth in 1970, has died at the age of 94. Windler led one of the flight control teams during the emergency rescue, an effort remembered as one of NASA's finest hours. He later reflected on the mission, saying the team knew 'we were making history.' Tributes are highlighting his role in the mission's survival.
Why now: News of the death of a key figure from the Apollo 13 rescue has prompted remembrance of his historic role in spaceflight.
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