The designer and creator had a significant role in many timeless Hollywood films.
Cantwell created educational programs for the public to better understand space flights.
Cantwell later was a resource to broadcaster Walter Cronkite during the live coverage of the moon landing in 1969.
He also wrote two sci-fi novels, CoreFires 1 and CoreFires 2.
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