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Topic: Richard Corbett, Mercury candidate (1926-2016)
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ColinBurgess
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From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-20-2016 04:48 AM
   
Regretfully, another of the 32 candidates for the 1959 role of Mercury astronaut has made his final journey. Colonel Richard Marvin Corbett, USAF (Ret.) passed away on 6 March, aged 89. This leaves just nine of the 32 candidates still with us, including astronauts John Glenn and Jim Lovell (who was later selected in the second astronaut group). Colonel Corbett was of significant assistance to me when I was researching the book, "Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts," and it was sad to learn of his loss. A great man. |
Kite
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posted 03-20-2016 05:01 AM
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GACspaceguy
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Lunar rock nut
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stsmithva
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JohnPaul56
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randy
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star51L
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posted 03-20-2016 09:52 AM
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Delta7
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posted 03-20-2016 10:42 AM
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posted 03-20-2016 10:56 AM
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posted 03-20-2016 10:59 AM
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mach3valkyrie
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posted 03-20-2016 11:14 AM
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East-Frisian
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posted 03-20-2016 11:36 AM
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Panther494
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posted 03-20-2016 11:43 AM
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fredtrav
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Jurg Bolli
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posted 03-20-2016 02:06 PM
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Joel Katzowitz
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Mike Isbell
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posted 03-22-2016 02:43 PM
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Philip
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Jeff
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posted 03-27-2016 07:34 AM
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Wehaveliftoff
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posted 03-27-2016 04:38 PM
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