--- title: "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 source_url: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2011032 type: article source: "Ars Technica" published: 2024-03-19T14:10:57.337Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z tags: ["nasa", "apollo"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)