The last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut dies at 90
spent three years as a Rand Corp. scientist, working on classified defense stuwas a fighter pilot, physicist and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement announcing his death.was assigned to lead the Skylab branch – an early space station program – under NASA’sHe went on to a post-NASA career as an investor and executive in several business ventures, becoming a frequent keynote speaker and radio talk show host.
— Reporting by Katharine Jackson in Washington; Additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver; Editing by Chris Reese, Himani Sarkar and Cynthia Osterman
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