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

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Russell Lewis

March 18, 2024

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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