Biography
Jay Barbree (November 26, 1933 β 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.
Filmography
all 12
self 12
Movies 6
TV Shows 6
Self - NBC Space Correspondent (voice)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films (2019)
Movie
Self
Apollo: Back to the Moon (2019)
TV
Self
Apollo: Back to the Moon (2019)
Movie
Self - NBC News Reporter
Moon Shot (2016)
TV
Self
Space Voyages (2013)
TV
Self - Space Correspondent
NASA: Triumph and Tragedy (2009)
TV
Self - Space Correspondant
When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions (2008)
TV
6
Self - Space Correspondant
When We Left Earth (2008)
Movie
Self - Participant
Sputnik Mania (2007)
Movie
Self
Secrets of the Moon Landings (2007)
Movie
Self - NBC News Reporter
Moon Shot (1994)
Movie
Self - Correspondent, NBC News
History's Secrets
TV
Ratings
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1994
2008
2013
2019
2019
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1933-11-26
Deathday2021-05-14 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceBlakely, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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