News Paul Weitz: Skylab and shuttle astronaut dies aged 85

[Notebook]

US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85.
Mr Weitz, who died at a retirement home in Flagstaff, Arizona, also served as the first commander of the space shuttle Challenger.
He was a naval aviator before joining Nasa in 1966.
He was the pilot on the first mission to Skylab, the US space station which orbited Earth from 1973 to 1979.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41740076

Sad news.
Its strange seeing Shuttle era personnel start to pass on, always thought they were younger than me.

N.

 

[Wolf]

R.I.P.

 

[GLS]

RIP

 

[barrygolden]

Paul was one of my favorite astronauts. Really liked the flights he was on