Jay Barbree
Jay Barbree (November 26, 1933 – May 14, 2021) was an American correspondent for
NBC News, focusing on
space travel. He was the only
journalist to have covered every non-commercial human
space mission in the United States, beginning with the first American in space,
Alan Shepard aboard ''
Freedom 7'' in 1961, continuing through to the last mission of the Space Shuttle, ''
Atlantis's''
STS-135 mission in July 2011. He was present for all 135
Space Shuttle launches, and every crewed launch for the
Mercury,
Gemini, and
Apollo eras. In all, he witnessed 166
human space launches.
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