Veteran Shuttle Astronaut Steve Nagel Dies, Aged 67 - Steve Nagel - TopicsExpress

Veteran Shuttle Astronaut Steve Nagel Dies, Aged 67 - Steve Nagel (1946-2014). Photo Credit: Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de Veteran shuttle astronaut Steve Nagel died Thursday, 21 August, following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 67. His passing was reported by the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) and drew numerous tributes, including former astronaut Tom Jones, who wrote that he was “an exemplary role model [...] ow.ly/2MfOHd Nagel’s life was a story of triumph over adversity, but aviation was his lifeblood: from his first solo flight on his 16th birthday to being placed on the alternate list for the Air Force Academy, from flying jets in Thailand to instructing the astronauts destined to fly shuttle Enterprise on its Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), and from one of the last members of his astronaut class to draw a flight assignment to a dazzling, four-mission career. He is also the third member of the 61A shuttle crew to have died in 2014, following Wubbo Ockels in May and Hank Hartsfield in July.

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