Dale Gardner, Jetpack-Flying Astronaut Who Salvaged Satellites, Dies at 65

Friday, February 21, 2014 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

Dale Gardner, a NASA astronaut who on the second of his two shuttle missions became the last to fly the Manned Maneuvering Unit jetpack as he helped perform the first space salvage in history, died on Feb. 19, 2014 in Colorado. He was 65.

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