米尔特·温德勒是1970年时任务控制中心的四位指挥员之一，他亲自指挥了全天候的救援行动，最终成功将阿波罗13号的宇航员们安全送回地球。如今，这位老专家已与世长辞，享年94岁。根据网上发布的讣告，温德勒于周四在家人的陪伴下安详离世。
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. Windler died on Thursday, surrounded by his loving family, according to a brief notice posted online.
早在1968年，在参与过水星计划和双子星计划的回收工作后，温德勒便被任命为NASA飞行指挥员。此后，他先后指挥了阿波罗8号的首次绕月飞行、阿波罗10号的登月预演，以及阿波罗12号、14号和15号这三次正式的登月任务。后来，他还担任了美国首个空间站“天空实验室”三次载人任务的飞行指挥员。
Named a NASA flight director in 1968 after working on recovery operations during the Mercury and Gemini programs, Windler also led a shift of flight controllers for the Apollo 8 first circumlunar flight and Apollo 10 lunar landing dress rehearsal, as well as the second, third and fourth moon landings — Apollo 12, Apollo 14 and Apollo 15. He then served as a flight director for all three crewed missions to the United States' first space station, Skylab.