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Topic: Jon McBride, NASA shuttle pilot (1943-2024)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-07-2024 04:56 PM
   
collectSPACE Astronaut Jon McBride, early NASA space shuttle pilot, dies at 80Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride's death on Wednesday (Aug. 7) was confirmed to collectSPACE by NASA after the space agency heard from his family.  |
GACspaceguy
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posted 08-07-2024 05:05 PM
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MartinAir
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posted 08-07-2024 05:11 PM
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pokey
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posted 08-07-2024 05:21 PM
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mode1charlie
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posted 08-07-2024 05:34 PM
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-07-2024 05:35 PM
From the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where McBride led the astronaut educational programs for 15 years: To honor Jon’s extraordinary life and legacy, we will hold a remembrance ceremony on Tuesday, August 13, at 10 a.m. on the bottom floor of Space Shuttle Atlantis. We invite the public to join us in celebrating the life of this remarkable individual. |
MCroft04
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posted 08-07-2024 05:52 PM
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SpaceAngel
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posted 08-07-2024 05:56 PM
Very sad to hear of McBride's passing. Why didn't he reconsidered to command a space shuttle mission? |
davidcwagner
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posted 08-07-2024 06:50 PM
Met him at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex about 2008. A true gentleman. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-07-2024 07:14 PM
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Originally posted by SpaceAngel:
Why didn't he reconsidered to command a space shuttle mission?
McBride was offered the command of STS-35 (ASTRO-1) but ultimately turned it down. From his NASA oral history: It was tough making that call. I might be the only person in history, I don’t know, who was assigned to a mission that pulled out of it. I think the next week or two they named Vance Brand to replace me.Looking back on it, I still don’t know that I would have changed anything, because I got back to West Virginia, and a lot of my friends back there helped me establish a venture capital company, which we could focus on bringing industry and jobs to West Virginia, which I did for 10 years, and really feel like I made an impact there. We created a lot of business opportunities for people. As it turns out, if I’d have gone to Houston, ASTRO flew, Vance Brand flew. I don't know. It's second-guessing. I'm sure sorry I didn't get to fly as a commander once or twice aboard the Space Shuttle, but the things I got to do were just as remarkable in many ways. |
Jurg Bolli
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posted 08-07-2024 07:30 PM
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saturn1b
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GT76
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AstroCasey
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posted 08-07-2024 09:21 PM
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Blackarrow
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David Carey
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tedc
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posted 08-07-2024 09:38 PM
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Neil DC
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posted 08-07-2024 10:15 PM
Very sad and unexpected news. Met him a couple of times at the Astronaut Encounter events at KSC. Really great guy with a great sense of humor. He will be very much missed. Thank you "Big John". My condolences to his family. |
mach3valkyrie
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posted 08-07-2024 10:49 PM
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Henry Heatherbank
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CJ
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MSS
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posted 08-08-2024 12:17 AM
Jon Andrew RIP. |
crash
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SPACEFACTS
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dom
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posted 08-08-2024 02:10 AM
McBride was proud of his family’s Donegal roots and was a frequent visitor to Ireland. I also think he applied for Irish citizenship? RIP |
gareth89
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SpaceAngel
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posted 08-08-2024 09:47 AM
McBride's passing comes less than two months shy from the 40th anniversary of STS-41-G. |
Lewis007
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Rick Mulheirn
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SpaceAholic
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David C
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