Topic: Frank Frazier, Mercury candidate (1929-2023)
ColinBurgess Member
Posts: 2160 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
posted 08-22-2024 06:58 AM
Although I somehow missed news of his passing in 2023 (and still cannot find it), I have just learned that the ashes of Mercury candidate Frank D. Frazier, USAF, will be sent into space aboard the Celestis Serenity, due for launch in February next year.
His death means that there is only one candidate remaining out of the 32 who were finalists for Mercury astronaut. That last candidate is James Lovell.
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posted 08-22-2024 10:04 AM
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ColinBurgess Member
Posts: 2160 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
posted 08-22-2024 04:32 PM
According to Celestis, Frank's son spoke to them in mid-November last year and said that his father had died two weeks earlier. So his passing was somewhere around the beginning of November 2023.
dss65 Member
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posted 08-22-2024 08:26 PM
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capoetc Member
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posted 08-23-2024 01:01 PM
Here is a nice video tribute to Lt Col Frank D. Frazier, USAF (Ret), from his alma mater.
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Gilbert Member
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