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NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93

Retired space pioneers Tom Stafford of the U.S. (left) and Alexey Leonov of Russia meet in Moscow in 2011 for the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Russian Yuri Gagarin. (AP)
Retired space pioneers Tom Stafford of the U.S. (left) and Alexey Leonov of Russia meet in Moscow in 2011 for the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Russian Yuri Gagarin. (AP)

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