NASA Astronaut Frank Caldeiro, 51, Dies

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 08:35 in Astronomy & Space

Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, a NASA astronaut and the first person of Argentinean descent to train for a spaceflight, died on Saturday after a two and a half year battle with brain cancer. He was 51.

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