Durrance, a Johns Hopkins research scientist from 1980 to 1997, made influential contributions to the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope and flew on two NASA missions as a payload specialist
Sam Durrance, who as an astronomer was one of the first non-career astronauts to fly after the loss of space shuttle Challenger, has died at the age of 79.
/PRNewswire/ Decorated astronaut Michael López-Alegría has been selected by the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day Planning Committee as the recipient.
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