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Paul Weitz dead: Nasa astronaut who commanded first space shuttle challenger flight dies age 85


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Paul Weitz dead: Nasa astronaut who commanded first space shuttle challenger flight dies age 85

Astronaut who piloted Skylab in the early 1970s died at his retirement home in Arizona

Maya Oppenheim

 

Paul Weitz, the Nasa astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger, has died at the age of 85.

 

The retired astronaut, who piloted Skylab in the early 1970s, died at his retirement home in Flagstaff, Arizona on Monday.

 

No cause of Weitz' death has yet been given.

 

Full story: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/paul-weitz-dead-nasa-astronaut-challenger-space-shuttle-sky-lab-dies-died-a8017211.html

 

-- INDEPENDENT 2017-10-25

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