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Another off the radar astronaut death, STS-9 backup payload specialist Michael Lampton on June 9th this year.

 

Astronauts have been dying at a rapid rate lately and it's probably not over yet. Tom Stafford is in the ICU. Jim Lovell, Joe Engle and maybe even Buzz Aldrin are also possibilities.

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Joe Engle in April 2023. In my opinion, in considerably worse shape than Buzz Aldrin.

 

Also pretty concerned about Lovell now, since his wife died there's been complete radio silence and no info even among my groups regarding his current status these days.

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On 28/11/2022 at 07:11, The Immortal said:
Richard Truly - Has not been around much, did appear in the Challenger Final Flight documentary where another DeathLister said he seemed frail.

Richard Truly dead at 86

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1 minute ago, Hell said:

Richard Truly dead at 86

DDP pick.

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Tuesday 27th. So still not the 29th...

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8 hours ago, Hell said:

Richard Truly dead at 86

Dick Truly Dead is probably something you don't want to hear except on this forum!

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On 29/02/2024 at 07:12, gcreptile said:

Tuesday 27th. So still not the 29th...


That’s too bad. An astronaut having a Leap Day death seems right.

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17 minutes ago, Comped said:

A space autograph/memorabilia collector's website being the one to often break the news of astronaut deaths has always been very odd to me.

 

There seems to be a lot of local Oklahoma based news journalists and networks carrying the story on Twitter but nothing national

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28 minutes ago, Comped said:

A space autograph/memorabilia collector's website being the one to often break the news of astronaut deaths has always been very odd to me.


That site frequently breaks stories like this.

His death is everywhere on Facebook, with local news organisations, U.S. senators and Col. Chris Hadfield all posting about it, so it's not in dispute.

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With Stafford's death, all Apollo 10 crew members have passed away

- It's the 3rd Apollo mission to die out, after Apollo 14 and 12 (quite a bad streak for the even numbered missions).

 

There are only 7 out 24 Apollo astronauts left: Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt (succesful missions 11, 15, 16, 17); as well as Lovell, Anders and Haise - Apollo 8 and/or 13).

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42 minutes ago, Comped said:

A space autograph/memorabilia collector's website being the one to often break the news of astronaut deaths has always been very odd to me.

 

Some of the folks there are in contact with the astronauts/families and related organizations, particularly the founder, so that's where he likely gets that info. I'm not a member, but I know people who are members of that site in my space groups and some of them are in touch with astronauts and their families.

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4 minutes ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

With Stafford's death, all Apollo 10 crew members have passed away

- It's the 3rd Apollo mission to die out, after Apollo 14 and 12 (quite a bad streak for the even numbered missions).

 

There are only 7 out 24 Apollo astronauts left: Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt (succesful missions 11, 15, 16, 17); as well as Lovell, Anders and Haise - Apollo 8 and/or 13).


There are eight. Rusty Schweickart flew on Apollo 9. 

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I was just about to start a sweepstake yesterday between Stafford and Lovell. Guess I was too late. At long last another hit for my main team, a DDP pick of mine and will score in AO too

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2 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

I was just about to start a sweepstake yesterday between Stafford and Lovell. Guess I was too late. At long last another hit for my main team and a DDP pick of mine 

 

Honestly at this point, start a sweepstake for all Apollo astronauts now. There's just eight left.

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For reference:

 

Gemini:

Jim Lovell - 95 (7&12)(8&13)

Buzz Aldrin - 94* (12)(11)

David Scott - 91* (8)(9&15)

 

Apollo:        

         Rusty Schweickart - 88 (9)

         William Anders - 90 (8)

         Harrison Schmitt - 88* (17)

         Fred Haise - 90 (13)

         Charles Duke - 88* (16)

 

*= moonwalker

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Got to be a decent chance Charlie Duke's the last one standing, certainly of the moonwalkers...

 

Stafford has died 59 years to the day since Alexei Leonov's first spacewalk.

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38 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

Stafford has died 59 years to the day since Alexei Leonov's first spacewalk.

And 90 years almost day by day after Gagarin’s birth.

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Not a single french obituary for Stafford… quite shocked 

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43 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Not a single french obituary for Stafford… quite shocked 

It's only been a day.

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