S.S. Alan Poindexter: Orbital ATK Freighter Named for Late Shuttle Astronaut

Friday, July 8, 2016 - 16:01 in Astronomy & Space

A NASA space shuttle commander who died in a 2012 water sports accident is now being re-membered with the christening of a space station-bound commercial cargo vehicle, the company behind the spacecraft, Orbital ATK announced.

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