Dr. Jose Flores stands with Williams McMichael "Bill" Shepherd, a NASA astronaut who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. The photo was taken shortly before Shepherd launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz TM 31 to the space station.
November 2, 2020
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November 2, 2020 1 a.m.
Scientist, linguist, musician, healer: Renaissance man and son of Moses Lake passes away
MOSES LAKE — Dr. Jose “Joe” Flores, who passed away in his Los Angeles home at the beginning of October, was a gifted athlete, engaging conversationalist and NASA physician with degrees from the nation’s top schools, who would examine astronauts as they left for or returned from the International Space Station.