He was one of the great symbols of the U.S. space program when it was at its 1960s height.
Apollo 13
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He got his chance to go to the Moon two years later with Apollo 16.
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Bill Paxton, the Emmy Award-nominated actor who played an astronaut in “Apollo 13,” died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, of complications from surgery. He was 61.