Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 08-24-2007 10:51 AM
Apollo Chief of Landing and Recovery, Jerome "Jerry" Hammack passed away on August 20, 2007. He is seen here with Apollo-8 astronaut Bill Anders during recovery training aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico in October 1968. Hammack also served as the head of the Research and Development Test Coordination Office for the Mercury Program, deputy manager of Vehicles and Missions for the Gemini Program, chief of NASA's Future Programs Division, and chief of the Space Shuttle Program's Safety Division through the loss of Challenger.
Ed Hengeveld
KSCartist Member
Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
posted 08-24-2007 12:22 PM
A timely and kind tribute Ed.
Tim
Lou Chinal Member
Posts: 1306 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007
posted 08-26-2007 05:42 PM
Ed- A good decision on this weeks photo. -Lou