Apollo 9 Astronaut James McDivitt dies aged 93

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James McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission in 1969, has died at the age of 93 in Tucson, Arizona. The Apollo 9 mission lasted 10 days and occurred just four months before the moon landing.

A Japanese woman born at the dawn of the 20th century and believed to have been the world's oldest person died at age of 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday.

Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane, was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person.

 

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