US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85.

Mr. Weitz, who died at a retirement home in Flagstaff, Arizona, also served as the first commander of the space shuttle Challenger.

He was a naval aviator before joining Nasa in 1966.

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