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Longtime Merritt Island Resident, Incomparable Space Correspondent Jay Barbree Dead at 87

May 23, 2021 Space Coast Daily 0

LONGTIME MERRITT ISLAND resident and NBC space correspondent Jay Barbree passed away May 14, 2021, at age 87. Barbree 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. […]

Cocoa Beach Library Hosts Author Jay Barbree

January 27, 2015 Ellen Morton 0

New York Times bestselling author Jay Barbree will return to the Cocoa Beach Library to sign copies of his new book, “Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.7. […]

Space Journalist Jay Barbree Book Signing Set Dec. 22

December 14, 2014 Scott Gunnerson 0

Jay Barbree, a New York Times bestselling author who covered every U.S. manned space mission at Kennedy Space Center for NBC News, will participate in a book-signing event this month in Titusville. […]

Barbree to Speak About Neil Armstrong Book At Florida Tech

August 20, 2014 Space Coast Daily 0

Jay Barbree, who for more than 50 years has documented the space program from Brevard County as NBC’s space correspondent, will speak about the topic he knows best – and one of the giants in the field, Neil Armstrong – during a dinner and lecture starting at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 in the Hartley Room on the campus of Florida Institute of Technology. […]

City of Cape Canaveral To Mark 50th Anniversary

March 20, 2013 Space Coast Daily 0

The city of Cape Canaveral will marjk its 50th Anniversary with a Southern Style BBQ and Heritage Day on Saturday, March 23 at Manatee Sanctuary Park. […]

Cocoa Beach Library Hosts Author Jay Barbree

Space Journalist Jay Barbree Book Signing Set Dec. 22

Barbree to Speak About Neil Armstrong Book At Florida Tech

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