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Astronaut James Halsell drank wine and sleeping pills, causing a crash that killed 2 girls. District Attorney says Halsell’s experience should have prevented him from drinking and driving while his defense described how he handled the Space Shuttle during an emergency


Alabama Public Radio is observing forty years on the air in 2022. The APR news team is diving into our archives to bring you encore airings of the best of our coverage. So far this month, we’ve featured stories with a space theme. July was the month, back in 1969, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Not all of APR’s NASA related coverage has been upbeat. This archive story by Pat Duggins from last year involves a former astronaut and the death of two sisters in Tuscaloosa.

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