Milt Windler, NASA Flight Director, Passes Away at 94

Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at the age of 94. Windler died on Thursday, surrounded by his family, according to a brief notice posted online. Named a NASA flight director in 1968 after working on recovery operations during the Mercury and Gemini programs, Windler also led a shift of flight controllers for the Apollo 8 first circumlunar flight and Apollo 10 lunar landing dress rehearsal, as well as the second, third, and fourth moon landings — Apollo 12, Apollo 14, and Apollo 15. He then served as a flight director for all three crewed missions to the United States' first space station, Skylab.