Joseph Gavin, Who Helped Put First Man on Moon, Dies at 90NY Times wrote:Joseph G. Gavin Jr., who rode herd over the immensely complex design, construction and testing of the first vehicle to visit the moon — a task that included anticipating 400 different landing surfaces, from ice to boulders to dust to potholes — died on Saturday in Amherst, Mass. He was 90.
The cause was acute leukemia and pneumonia, his family said.
Director of LM program has died
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Director of LM program has died
Ad astra per aspera.