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Retired space shuttle astronaut, 51, killed by his son in jet ski horror crash (Daily Mail)
the rest, with pictures, at link aboveA retired astronaut was killed after his son crashed into his jet ski with the one he was riding.
Captain Alan G. Poindexter, 51, was on a jet ski with his 22-year-old son yesterday afternoon when his 26-year-old son crashed into them with another one.
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Following military service, he was selected by NASA in 1998. He made his first trip into space in 2002 to the International Space Station.
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Poindexter piloted the Atlantis space shuttle in 2008.
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