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Re:Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell has passed away by sylens on Friday August 08, 2025 @04:24PM (#44841331)
For an astronaut, it has to be a triumph to die of old age or natural causes. Doubly so for the crew of Apollo 13.
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Re:Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell has passed away by rjsw on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:06PM (#44843217)
Multiply that by having also been a Naval Aviator in early jet aircraft then a test pilot.
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Re:Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell has passed away by zaken on Saturday August 09, 2025 @12:31AM (#44844044)
I thought it was interesting that astronauts live longer than the general population: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20240001373/downloads/IW...
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