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Topic: Doug Ward, NASA Apollo public affairs officer
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Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-29-2014 05:33 PM
   
Who was the NASA PAO on duty when the Apollo 13 accident occurred? |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 503
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-29-2014 05:45 PM
Manning list says Doug Ward. |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-30-2014 07:33 AM
Thanks for the answer Sy - I searched the internet but couldn't find the answer. Someone asked me on YouTube so wanted to find out the answer and not guess. |
David Carey
Member Posts: 936
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 11-05-2014 07:26 PM
Rich Jurek (rjurek349) or David Meerman Scott's (freshspot) book features Doug Ward's commentary as does a nice article on Gizmodo from March 2014. |
Buel
Member Posts: 827
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 06-13-2015 01:28 PM
I have always been in awe of PAO Doug Ward's cool and calm voice during the Apollo missions but have never seen a photo of him.Please can anyone provide any images of Mr. Ward? |
Buel
Member Posts: 827
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 09-21-2015 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by Lunar Module 5:
Who was the NASA PAO on duty when the Apollo 13 accident occurred?
The PAO at the time of the Apollo 13 accident was John McLeaish. Doug Ward had just handed over to him. |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 503
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 09-21-2015 07:12 PM
Attached is a pic I took of the PAO guys during our Apollo 11 splashdown party with the crew at the Hofbraugarten German restaurant.Left to right: John McLeaish, Doug Ward, Paul Haney, Jack Riley and Milt Reim.  |
Buel
Member Posts: 827
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 09-22-2015 12:45 AM
Wow!! Thank you, Sy - That is brilliant! What a pic! |
Buel
Member Posts: 827
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 09-20-2016 03:15 PM
Just found this fascinating interview with Apollo PAO Doug Ward in 1989.
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Rob Bailey
New Member Posts: 3
From: Corpus Christi TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2019
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posted 04-23-2022 07:04 PM
I am glad to report that Doug Ward is still alive. He just participated in an Apollo 16 50th anniversary forum in Houston. He is the last living Public Affairs Officer from Apollo. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1771
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-23-2022 08:44 PM
Ward did a superb job of moderating the ASF Apollo 16 panel (Duke, Haise, and Bostick) on April 2. I talked to him afterwards. He talked about Chris Kraft and said the only time he saw Kraft really worried was when Apollo 8 fired their engine to leave lunar orbit and come home. When they were waiting for comm to be reestablished Kraft was clearly worried – more than Ward had ever seen him. |
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