Some said they learned more from the media than they did from NASA. NASA's blackout on recovery operations backfired in a way because some of the astronauts' family members said they too were being kept in the dark, and they talked freely with reporters. Then his spirits stiffened.Īn astronaut was assigned to each family to keep them abreast of developments and to do whatever else they could. In the first weeks, Jarvis grieved for his son and at times broke down emotionally when he talked about the tragedy. 27 before they would drive to the Cape the next morning to see their first close-up launch as their son made his first trip into space. The Jarvises were entertaining friends Jan. They moved to Central Florida in 1975 from Mohawk, N.Y. Gregory Jarvis, 41, a payload specialist who was to conduct fluid dynamics experiments, flew to Orlando when he could to visit his father and stepmother. He and his wife of 11 years, Marcia, had no children. The astronaut will be buried at Hermosa Beach, Calif., where he was an engineer with the Hughes Aircraft Co. 'I don't know whether that will be here, or Dover or where.' 'I plan, if possible, so far as my own family is concerned, to have a service for him before he goes to the West Coast,' Jarvis said. Jarvis said NASA indicated this may be done at a military facility in Dover, Del.Īt present, there are no plans for a joint ceremony. NASA told the families it will release the remains for burial in late April or early May.

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