Jay Barbree
Jay Barbree (November 26, 1933 – May 14, 2021) was an American correspondent for NBC News, focusing on space travel. He was the only journalist to have covered every non-commercial human space mission in the United States, beginning with the first American in space, Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 in 1961, continuing through to the last mission of the Space Shuttle, Atlantis's STS-135 mission in July 2011. He was present for all 135 Space Shuttle launches, and every crewed launch for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo eras. In all, he witnessed 166 human space launches.
Jay Barbree | |
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Barbree in 2000, as Master of Ceremonies at the 50th anniversary of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral | |
| Born | November 26, 1933 Blakely, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 2021 (aged 87) Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | News broadcaster, reporter, author |
| Years active | 1957–2017 |
| Spouse |
Jo Barbree (née Reisinger)
(m. 1960) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | 1995: NASA Award – for being the only journalist to have covered all 100 crewed spaceflights. |
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