In Memory

Kel passed away on June 13, 2024 at the age of 88. He retired from NASA after a 20-year career at MSC/JSC.

The link to Kel's  obituary is:  

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kelton+ferguson+obituary+spring+tx&t=newext&atb=v343-1&ia=web

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Andres died on Friday June 7, 2024 at the age of 90.

Biography of Bill Andres.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anders 

John Bruce Williamson, 83, of Pearland, Texas, passed away on June 6, 2024, in Pearland, Texas

Obituary for John - https://www.crowderfuneralhome.com/obituaries/36902/ 

John died on June 3, 2024 at the age of 87.

John, a MIT graduate, began working at the Manned Spacecraft Center in the Flight Operations Directorate almost from its inception in the early 1960’s until 1972 when he left following the post-Apollo RIF.

 The link to John's oral history is:  https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/BoyntonJH/BoyntonJH_3-19-09.htm 

Norman Henry Chaffee III passed away peacefully at his home on May 24th, 2024 at the age of 86.  After his retirement, Norm became the cornerstone of the NASA Alumni League - JSC Chapter and served as Director, Secretary, Vice-President, President and Senior Advisor. 

Memorial Tribute to Norm:

• Saturday, August 17, 2024 (Norm's 87th birthday)
• 12-2 pm
  
• JSC/Giruth Discovery Ballroom
  
• RSVP for attendance required by Aug 1. NAL-JSC members need to log into the NAL-JSC website. RSVP instructions can be found by clicking on the Norm Chaffee Memorial Tribute event.

Norm's obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pasadena-tx/norman-chaffee-11836331 

Link to his oral history:

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/ChaffeeNH/chaffeenh.htm

A written summary of his career that is published on U.S. Space Worker Hall of Fame:  https://hall.spacewalkoffame.org/workers/norman-h-chaffee

Bernie passed away on May 11, 2024. He retired from NASA after a 38-year career at MSC/JSC.

Cookie passed away on April 29, 2024 at the age of 95. She retired from NASA in 1987.

The link to Cookie's  obituary is:  www.crowderfuneralhome.com/obituaries/minnie-cookie-leisenring-2/

George Abbey passed away on March 24, 2024 at the age of 91.

Obituary: https://www.crowderfuneralhome.com/obituaries/george-william-samuel-abbey-sr/

Ed passed away on March 19, 2024 at the age of 90 in Currie, North Carolina. He retired from NASA after a 25-year career at MSC/JSC.

Astronaut Tom Stafford passed away on March 18, 2024 at the age of 94. 

Tom Stafford commanded Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 Moon landing, as well as the Apollo-Soyuz docking with the Russians in 1975. He was selected in the second class of NASA Astronauts and was the Gemini 6A pilot and Gemini 9A commander.

Here is is Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford