Astronaut Piers Sellers Dies Of Cancer

British-born NASA climate researcher and astronaut Piers Sellers died in Houston Dec. 23 of pancreatic cancer, a disease he vowed earlier last year would not temper his scientific pursuits. He was 61. Sellers, who launched three times as a NASA shuttle astronaut, was serving as acting director of...

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