Early Shuttle Astronaut Dies
Pioneering space shuttle astronaut William B. Lenoir died Aug. 26 from head injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. He was 71. An electrical engineer who taught at MIT, Lenoir was selected as an astronaut in 1967 and picked as a backup science-pilot for Skylabs 3 and 4. His lone spaceflight was...
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