Samuel Durrance, astronaut who flew telescope he constructed, dies at 79

Might 5, 2023 — Samuel Durrance, who as an astronaut was one of many first non-career astronauts to fly with NASA after the lack of the house shuttle Challenger, has died at age 79. Durrance’s loss of life on Friday (Might 5) was the results of issues from a fall, as reported by the Astro…