![]() Nothing like the "mutiny" that occurred on Apollo 7, which did impact the ongoing careers of its crew. ![]() This was a needful correction that did not get any of the crew in trouble after the flight. The ground planners had lost track of that, and were not respecting agreements made pre-flight about how tasks would be assigned. It was a reminder that while the ground may assume command of a flight, the crew actually controls the events taking place on the vehicle. I don't focus on the Jerry Carr who, early on in Skylab 4, decided that it would be best to just ditch a vomit bag and not report an early SAS episode, recorded by the onboard taping system (shades of the White House of the time) saying that "I think they (Houston) would want us to do that, yeah." That was Jerry making a bad decision, that he owned up to as bad almost immediately.Īnd the strike? It wasn't one. Being a calm, helpful voice to the distressed crew during Apollo 13. I always recall Carr as a cheerful, happy voice from the ground, given to joking and laughing along with Pete Conrad during Apollo 12. Beano never made it onto the console that mission. They had some really good engineers lined up for Apollo 13's CapCom corps, including Carr, Jack Lousma, Joe Kerwin and, as PDI LMP, Al Bean. He showcased his deep engineering knowledge of the Apollo spacecraft on that flight. Jerry, IIRC, also served several shifts at the CapCom console during Apollo 13. There was no prior LMP to act as CapCom for Apollo 11, but they had a future LMP, Charlie Duke. These were Carr on Apollo 12, and Gordon Fullerton on Apollo 17. Of the six landings, only two had CapComs who were not either the LMP from the prior mission, or would be an LMP on a future flight. Jerry was the launch and also the PDI CapCom on Apollo 12. But I think I recall him even better from his duties as a CapCom during the early, exciting days of Apollo. I recall Jerry Carr from Skylab, of course. We will miss him greatly.įor more information about Carr’s NASA career, visit: We will remember him most as a devoted husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle. We are all enormously proud of his legacy as a true space pioneer and of the lasting impact of his historic mission aboard America’s first space station. He loved his family, he loved his country and he loved to fly. Throughout his life and career, Jerry Carr was the epitome of an officer and a gentleman. Statement from the Carr and Musick Families “We remember and honor his life and his contributions to the nation.” “Recalling the view back to Earth, Carr credited his Skylab crewmate Edward Gibson with the observation that, from space, ‘You can see no boundaries on the Earth, no man-made boundaries, that the barriers that man puts up between himself and his fellow man, that the only boundaries you can see are the natural ones, the rivers, the lakes, things like that.’ A naval aviator selected for the astronaut class in 1966, he served as Capcom for Apollos 8 and 12 and broke spaceflight duration records on Skylab 4, the final mission to the orbital workshop. ![]() Marine Corps, Carr was a test pilot who logged more than 5,300 hours of jet flying time on aircraft including the F-9, F-6A Skyray, and F-8 Crusader. ![]() "We send our condolences to the family and loved ones of astronaut Gerald 'Jerry' Carr, whose work provided a deeper understanding of life on Earth and in space. “NASA and the nation have lost a pioneer of long duration spaceflight," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Statement from Administrator Jim Bridenstine You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time.Statements on the Passing of Gerald ‘Jerry’ CarrĪstronaut Gerald Carr, who commanded the last Skylab mission, died Aug. Please note that you will still see advertising, but it will not be personalised to you. You can choose not to receive personalised ads by clicking “Reject data collection and continue” below. Read more about how we personalise ads in the BBC and our advertising partners. When you consent to data collection on AMP pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK. We use local storage to store your consent preferences on your device. Read more about the essential information we store on your device to make our web pages work. To make our web pages work, we store some limited information on your device without your consent. The lightweight mobile page you have visited has been built using Google AMP technology. You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC pages. ![]()
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