Former astronaut Paul Weitz, who commanded the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Challenger, has died, according to NASA. He was 85. Weitz, who was an astronaut for 28 years and logged more than 790 ...

Selected by NASA in 1966, Weitz went on to fly on the first manned Skylab mission and performed vital space walks to fix the stricken station. He... Former NASA astronaut Paul Weitz, who spent nearly ...

Retired astronaut Paul Weitz died on Monday at age 85, according to the Associated Press. Weitz was one of 19 astronauts picked by NASA in April 1966, according to his NASA biography page. Weitz ...