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Ed Smylie, Nasa engineer whose quick thinking saved the lives of the Apollo 13 crew – obituary • May 26, 2025, 4:38 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95 • May 18, 2025, 7:38 AM ET (New York Times)

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Tsiolkovsky crater
Interior of the Apollo 13 lunar module
Apollo 13; damaged service module
Apollo 13; Mission Control Center
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