Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. The retired Air Force three-star general was 93.
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. The retired Air Force three-star general was 93.
David E. Harris, a former Air Force captain who became the first Black pilot for a major U.S. passenger airline in the 1960s after battles by others to enter the industry, died Friday, March 8, at a hospice center in Marietta, Ga. He was 89.
Richard H. Truly, a naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut who helped rebuild NASA’s space shuttle program after the Challenger explosion in 1986 and later oversaw the entire space agency as its top administrator, died Feb. 27 at his home in Genesee, Colo. He was 86.