Apollo 13 Flight Director Milt Windler, Who Steered Crisis to Safe Return, Dies at 94

Windler's leadership during the 1970 oxygen tank explosion helped demonstrate American ingenuity and teamwork under extreme pressure—a defining moment in spaceflight and an era of national achievement.
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