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Astronaut William Thornton, who invented space shuttle treadmill, dies at 91

Submit on Friday, January 15th, 2021 17:27

Former NASA astronaut William “Bill” Thornton, who used his own inventions to measure and combat the ill-effects of microgravity while on board two space shuttle missions, has died at the age of 91.

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