NYT - Space Shuttle

1. Richard Truly, 86, Dies; Shuttle Astronaut Who Went On to Lead NASA

   In 1983, he commanded a Challenger shuttle flight. After the 1986 disaster, he was charged with leading NASA’s return to space.

2. Mary Cleave, Who Glimpsed a Blighted Earth From Space, Dies at 76

   After flying on two shuttle missions and viewing a deteriorating world out a spacecraft window, she turned to environmental research for NASA.

3. Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Bumped From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87

   He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was scrubbed from the Apollo flight after being exposed to German measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster.

4. Book Review: ‘The Six,’ by Loren Grush

   In a group portrait of America’s first female astronauts, Loren Grush details the basics of training and the challenges of sexism without lionizing her heroines.

5. Karol Bobko, First to Pilot the Challenger Into Space, Dies at 85

   Almost three years before it exploded, he was aboard the shuttle on its maiden flight. He commanded two other shuttle missions and was the first New York City native to orbit the earth.