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Ed Smylie, Nasa engineer whose quick thinking saved the lives of the Apollo 13 crew
Ed Smylie, who has died aged 95, was an American engineer who led the team at Nasa which saved the imperiled crew of the ...
The Press Democrat13d
Ed Smylie, who saved the Apollo 13 crew with duct tape, dies at 95
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, ...
The Washington Post8d
Ed Smylie, engineer who helped save Apollo 13 crew, dies at 95
Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter that kept the three Apollo 13 astronauts alive after an onboard ...
Ed Smylie, engineer who helped save Apollo 13 crew, dies at 95
Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter ...
The New York Times17d
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
His quick thinking earned him a shout-out from Richard Nixon. By Michael S. Rosenwald Ed Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard ...
Seattle Times16d
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
Ed Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion ...
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Kickstart: Saving Apollo 13 with duct tape and plastic bags
When NASA astronauts on Apollo 13 failed in their attempt to land on the moon, NASA engineers were successful in bringing ...