--- title: Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with... description: Thomas Stafford, a former NASA astronaut and Air Force general, passed away at the age of 93. He flew in space four times, including piloting the first... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93 | daily.dev og:description: Thomas Stafford, a former NASA astronaut and Air Force general, passed away at the age of 93. He flew in space four times, including piloting the first... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9Cf1jXPfV.png og:image:alt: Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93 **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Thomas Stafford, a former NASA astronaut and Air Force general, passed away at the age of 93. He flew in space four times, including piloting the first rendezvous with another crewed spacecraft and commanding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which marked the beginning of a partnership in space between the United States and Russia. Stafford's career was instrumental in the development of space exploration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#nasa](https://daily.dev/tags/nasa), [#apollo](https://daily.dev/tags/apollo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv"},"datePublished":"2024-03-19T14:10:57.337Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"Thomas Stafford, a former NASA astronaut and Air Force general, passed away at the age of 93. He flew in space four times, including piloting the first...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/59109f11885ca8b4e30be4177a357262?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/59109f11885ca8b4e30be4177a357262?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Ars Technica","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ars Technica","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/80883e0e48a34b5ebcf93777016cb3fe","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/thomas-stafford-who-flew-to-the-moon-and-docked-with-soyuz-dies-at-93-9cf1jxpfv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"nasa,apollo","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ars Technica","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93"}]} ```