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Edward Stone, who guided NASA’s Voyager to distant planets, dies at 88

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Edward C. Stone, who opened a window to the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, which oversaw a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered spacecraft that continue to operate billions of miles from Earth, died in June 9 at his home in Pasadena, California. He was 88. His … Read more

Edward Stone, 88, physicist who oversaw Voyager missions, is dead

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Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who sent NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our solar system’s outer planets and, for the first time, go further to unravel interstellar mysteries, died Sunday at his home in Pasadena, California . 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter Susan C. Stone. Inspired by the launch … Read more