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Ed Stone, who led NASA’s iconic Voyager project for 50 years, passed away at the age of 88

Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who served as project scientist on NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared to do great things in space. He was a valued friend to all who knew him,… Read More »

Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after the Challenger disaster, dies at 76

NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, who was the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster in 1989, died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not specify the cause of death. “I am saddened to have lost groundbreaking Dr. Mary Cleave, a shuttle astronaut,… Read More »

Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after the Challenger disaster, dies at 76

NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, who was the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster in 1989, died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not specify the cause of death. “I am saddened to have lost groundbreaking Dr. Mary Cleave, a shuttle astronaut,… Read More »