Space Camp Founder Ed Buckbee Dies at 89
April 26, 2026
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2:16Now PlayingSpace Camp Founder Ed Buckbee Dies at 89
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as posted by the channelEd Buckbee, the man who was present at the birth of the American space program and then ran the famous camp that inspired a new generation of astronauts, has died at 89. A West Virginia native who served in the Army after college, Buckbee began his career with NASA in 1961 working as a public information officer at the dawn of the American Space Age. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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