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Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies

December 22, 2017 William Harwood

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor winner who joined NASA during the buildup to the Apollo program, served as capsule communicator when Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the moon and later flew in space twice during the shuttle program, died Thursday. He was 80.

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The last space shuttle external tank in existence, headed from the New Orleans manufacturing plant to the California Science Center for the vertical launch pad display of the retired orbiter Endeavour, has passed through the Panama Canal.

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  • Live coverage: SpaceX to expend Falcon 9 booster to launch Spainsat NG 2 communications satellite
    October 23, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission
    October 22, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
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  • SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
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  • Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
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  • SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch
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  • SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
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  • SpaceX launches 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
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