NASA Honors Apollo Astronaut Donn Eisele

Oct. 18, 2007

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
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Steve Vinik/Scott Medvin
Broward County Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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NASA HONORS APOLLO ASTRONAUT DONN EISELE

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - NASA will honor the late astronaut retired
Air
Force Col. Donn F. Eisele with the presentation of an Ambassador of
Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program.
Eisele's wife Susan Eisele-Black will accept the award at 4 p.m. EDT
on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the Broward County Library, 100 South Andrews
Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. Eisele-Black chose the library as the
location to display the award.

NASA is giving the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the first
generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space
programs for realizing America's vision of going to the moon. NASA
also is recognizing several other key individuals who played
significant roles in the early space programs.

The award is a moon rock encased in Lucite and mounted for public
display as inspiration to a new generation of explorers who will help
us return humans to the moon and eventually on to Mars and beyond.
The award is part of the 842 pounds of samples collected during the
six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972.

In 1968, Eisele was the command module pilot for the 11-day flight of
Apollo VII with fellow astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Walter
Cunningham. Cunningham is expected to attend Tuesday's ceremony. For
Eisele's complete biography, visit:

http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/eisele-df.html

For more information about the Broward County libraries, visit:

http://www.broward.org/library/welcome.htm

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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