Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Maroon Flight, 1932-2026 Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 “…we were making history.” Robert Pearlman – Oct 3, 2026 3:45 pm | 1 Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Windler died on Thursday, surrounded by his loving family, according to a brief notice posted online.
- ▪Maroon Flight, 1932-2026 Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 “…we were making history.” Robert Pearlman – Oct 3, 2026 3:45 pm | 1 Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in
- ▪Credit: NASA Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas.
- ▪Windler died on Thursday, surrounded by his loving family, according to a brief notice posted online.
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Maroon Flight, 1932-2026 Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 “…we were making history.” Robert Pearlman – Oct 3, 2026 3:45 pm | 1 Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA Milt Windler, "Maroon Flight," seated at the flight director's console in NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at the age of 94.
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