The First American Journalist In Space

Keith’s note: Next week a SpaceX Falcon Heavy with be launched. On board will be the Celestis Heritage payload. Inside will be some ashes of my long time friend and collaborator Frank Sietzen. It would seem that Frank is about to become the first American journalist in space. Frank was also the first SpaceX employee in Washington DC.
Ad Astra Frank.
Frank Clark Sietzen, Jr., Celestis

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

4 responses to “The First American Journalist In Space”

1. Bob Mahoney says:

   June 17, 2019 at 7:05 pm

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   A voice deeply missed.

   Ad Astra, indeed.

2. Phil says:

   June 17, 2019 at 7:28 pm

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   At least one other journalist was first, Keith.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

   Sorry for your loss, but no need to trample on the legacy of others.

3. fcrary says:

   June 17, 2019 at 8:13 pm

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   No offense intended, but wasn’t Akiyama Toyohiro the first journalist in space (on Mir back in 1990)?

   Edit: Sorry, you wrote “American journalist”. I don’t know how I missed that.

4. RocketScientist327 says:

   June 17, 2019 at 10:32 pm

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   Ad Astra Frank – you are missed.