Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024, 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
Apollo and Gemini astronaut Tom Stafford has died. Stafford passed away Monday at the age of 93 after an extended illness. Stafford was selected in NASA's second class of astronauts in 1962 and he flew on the Gemini 6A and Gemini 9A missions, followed by Apollo 10, a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 landing. He was the U.S. commander of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975, the first joint crewed mission between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. A retired Air Force lieutenant general, Stafford served on various committees and study groups up until his death.

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