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Astronaut Rick Hauck, who led first flight after Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy, dies at 84


Former NASA astronaut Rick Hauck, who flew on three history-making space shuttle missions, including the "return to flight" following the Challenger tragedy in 1986, has died. He was 84. He orbited Earth 288 times in 18 days, 3 hours and 8 minutes.

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