George William Samuel Abbey (August 21, 1932 – March 24, 2024) was an American NASA administrator and United States Air Force pilot. Graduating from the...
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George Abbey may refer to: George Abbey (NASA) (1932–2024), American director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston George Abbey (footballer) (born 1978)...
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Austin Abbey (1852–1911), artist and illustrator George Abbey (NASA) (1932–2024), American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) official...
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Sally Ride (section NASA astronaut)
a phone call from George Abbey, NASA's director of flight operations, who informed her that she had been selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 8....
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Don Lind (category Recipients of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal)
Apollo-era managerial preferences, his contentious relationship with George Abbey, NASA budgetary problems and delays in the Space Shuttle program, Lind waited...
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The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the highest award that can be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States...
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Hammond Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight, George Abbey The Buran Spacecraft designed as an equivalent to the US Space Shuttle...
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Rhea Seddon (category NASA civilian astronauts)
official word from George Abbey, NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations on January 16. The names of the 35 successful candidates in NASA Astronaut Group 8...
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Lunar Gateway (redirect from NASA gateway)
required, it can be launched on a commercial launcher". George Abbey, a former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, said, "The Gateway is, in essence...
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a commander on the next. NASA management wanted a woman and an African American flown as soon as possible, so George Abbey selected Sally Ride and Guion...
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Josef Schmid (flight surgeon) (category Belmont Abbey College alumni)
German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves. He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12...
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Mercury Seven (redirect from NASA Astronaut Group 1)
Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their names were publicly announced by NASA on April 9, 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom...
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carried on both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University. Included are...
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Bonnie J. Dunbar (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA)
were rumors that NASA had deliberately assigned her to the mission as an insult to the Germans. Dunbar reported this to George Abbey, who drafted a memo...
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Rogers Commission Report (category NASA oversight)
by a NASA associate administrator who reported directly to the NASA administrator. George Rodney, formerly of Martin Marietta, was appointed to this position...
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Here Comes the Sun (category George Harrison songs)
English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written and sung by George Harrison, and is one of his best-known compositions...
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NASA Astronaut Group 12 (the GAFFers) was a group of 15 astronauts announced by NASA on June 5, 1987. Andrew M. Allen (born 1955), U.S. Marine Corps (3...
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Anna Lee Fisher (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA)
January 1978, Fisher received a call from George Abbey informing her that she had been selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 8, and would commence on...
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Kathryn D. Sullivan (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA)
selection panel chaired by George Abbey. She was successful, and her selection as one of the six women among the 35 members of NASA Astronaut Group 8 was publicly...
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Tula Oblasts. The explosion in Toropets resulted in a small earthquake and NASA satellites detected the fire from space. According to Reuters, the blast...
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the theme music also being played; Beverly Thurmond, NASA food scientist; Laura Louviere of NASA. Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith, produced by Patrick Uden...
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Anne Neville (category Burials at Westminster Abbey)
1500". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 8 October 2016. "Westminster Abbey » Anne Neville, wife of Richard III". Westminster-abbey.org. Archived from the...
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Don Puddy (category NASA flight controllers)
Donald Ray Puddy (May 31, 1937 – November 22, 2004) was a NASA engineer and manager. He joined NASA in 1964, eventually becoming the agency's tenth flight...
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000 undergraduate and graduate degrees in the past twenty years. George W.S. Abbey – Former Director of the Johnson Space Center Brigadier General Russell...
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Moon landing conspiracy theories (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA)
the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. The most notable claim of...
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Chaplains of the United States Air Force (2012–2015) Terry W. Virts, retired NASA astronaut and colonel Jack Weinstein, retired lieutenant general Daniel P...
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Orson Welles (redirect from George Orson Welles)
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in...
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Jay Greene (category NASA flight controllers)
Jay Henry Greene (May 17, 1942 – October 8, 2017) was a NASA engineer. Between 2000 and 2004, he served as Chief Engineer at Johnson Space Center, where...
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Across the Universe (category Song recordings produced by George Martin)
notes, then C♯, B, A, B). In February 1968, the Beatles convened at the EMI Abbey Road studios to record a single for release during their absence on their...
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trembling leaves and so forth. In 1620 he gave a demonstration in Westminster Abbey to the king and his courtiers on the power of cold. On a summer day, Shachtman...
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