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George W.S. Abbey Rocket Park

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
December 9, 2021
George W.S. Abbey Rocket Park

NASA to Dedicate, Rename Rocket Park for Former Director George Abbey
“Media are invited to attend the dedication of Rocket Park at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for former director George W.S. Abbey in a ceremony at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Dec. 10. Home to one of only three Saturn V rockets on display in the world, the facility will now be known as George W.S. Abbey Rocket Park. The Apollo rocket housed inside a protective building there is the only one comprised of all flight-certified hardware capable entering orbit around the Moon. The 36-story Saturn V was restored over the course of two years, from 2005 to 2007, and has been on loan to Johnson from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum collection since 1977. Outside, additional artifacts from the early human spaceflight program are on display.”

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2 responses to “George W.S. Abbey Rocket Park”

  1. SouthwestExGOP says:
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    You would wonder what facility or part of the Johnson Space Center would be named after George Abbey. He had a Machiavellian management style (please read Mike Mullane’s book!!) and was inscrutable on the best days. It would be interesting to see who attends the ceremony and who does not.

    George also had a very interesting rise to Center Director – he did not rise through the Engineering Directorate, was never a flight controller, and was not an astronaut. He was just an organization man.

    • Richard H. Shores says:
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      And he didn’t care who he stepped on to rise in the management ranks. One bit of scuttlebutt I heard, which wasn’t proven, he had a big hand in getting rid of Deke Slayton.