Gordon Fullerton, Space Shuttle Test Pilot, Dies at 76

Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

Gordon Fullerton, an Apollo-era NASA astronaut who was among the first test pilots to fly the space shuttle, died on Wednesday (Aug. 21), three years after suffering a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. He was 76.

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