Stuart Roosa
Stuart Roosa | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 9d 0h 1m |
Selection | NASA Group 5 (1966) |
Missions | Apollo 14 |
Mission insignia | |
Retirement | February 1, 1976 |
Signature | |
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American
Biography
Early life and education
Roosa was born on August 16, 1933, in
Military service
Roosa began his career as a
From July 1962 to August 1964, Roosa was a maintenance flight test pilot at
NASA career
Roosa was one of 19 people selected as part of the
On
Following Apollo 14, Roosa served as backup Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16 and Apollo 17, and based on crew rotations, would probably have commanded one of the last missions had they not been cancelled. He was assigned to the Space Shuttle program until his retirement as a colonel from the Air Force in 1976.[3]
Roosa logged 5,500 hours of flying time; 5,000 hours in jet aircraft. He also logged 217 hours in space.[3]
Post-NASA career
Roosa attended Harvard Business School's six-week Advanced Management Program in 1973.[2] He retired from the military as a colonel in 1976. After leaving NASA and the Air Force, Roosa held a number of positions in international and U.S. businesses.[9] He was the founder and president of Gulf Coast Coors in 1981 until his death.[9]
Death
On December 12, 1994, Roosa died at age 61 in Washington, D.C., from complications of pancreatitis.[3] He was survived by his wife Joan, three sons and a daughter, and seven grandchildren.[3]
Roosa is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[10][11] His wife Joan died on October 30, 2007, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was interred at Arlington with her husband.[12]
Organizations
Roosa's memberships include the
Awards and honors
Roosa's honors include the
He was one of five Oklahoman astronauts inducted into the
In media
- In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Roosa was played by George Newbern.[18]
- The book Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot (2011), by Willie G. Moseley, is a biography on Roosa's life.[19]
- In 2013, footage of Roosa's son holding a photo of Roosa with two of his granddaughters[20] appears in USAA insurance television ads promoting availability to family members.
See also
References
- ^ NASA Apollo 14 page
- ^ a b "STUART ALLEN ROOSA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.), NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED)" (PDF). Biographical Data (Press release). Johnson Space Center, Houston: NASA. December 1994. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Steitz, David E.; Herring, Kyle (December 12, 1994). "Press release 94-210: Apollo Astronaut Stuart Allen Roosa Dies". NASA Public Affairs (Press release). Washington, DC: NASA. Archived from the original on May 2, 1999. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ "Piloted the command module on Apollo 14 mission". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ "Roosa's flight experience". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ Thompson, Ronald (April 5, 1966). "19 New Spacemen Are Named". The High Point Enterprise. High Point, North Carolina. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-1852335755.
- ^ "Houston, We Have Moon Trees". Peeling Back the Bark. Forest History Society. February 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Dispatch Staff (December 24, 1994). "Mississippian Stuart Roosa set his goals in the stars and achieved them well". Clarion–Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi: Gannet. The Commercial Dispatch. p. 10. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burial Detail: Roosa, Stuart A (section 7A, grave 73) – ANC Explorer
- ^ "Stuart A. Roosa". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0803226654.
- ^ "State Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts 9". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. December 19, 1980. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stuart A. Roosa". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Sheppard, David (October 2, 1983). "Space Hall Inducts 14 Apollo Program Astronauts". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stuart A. Roosa - Astronaut Scholarship Foundation". astronautscholarship.org. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ Meyer, Marilyn (October 2, 1997). "Ceremony to Honor Astronauts". Florida Today. Cocoa, Florida. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Credits, From the Earth to the Moon (1998 miniseries)
- ISBN 978-1935001768.
- ^ "USAA TV Spot, 'Earned'". iSpot TV.
External links
- Astronautix biography of Stuart Roosa
- Stuart Roosa at IMDb
- Roosa at Encyclopedia of Science
- Joan Barrett Roosa Obituary
- "Houston, We Have Moon Trees". Peeling Back the Bark blog, the Forest History Society.