One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Ron Cordes
By Meredith McCulloch
Ron Cordes worked on the Apollo program from 1966 to 1969, working with the team building the Saturn 1-B (first stage) rocket. His chief project was Apollo 7 which was the first crewed Apollo mission using the CSM, the Command Service Module. Apollo 7 laid the groundwork for Apollo 11 one year later.
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Patriot Golf Course Now Open for Public Access
Submitted by Hanscom Air Force Base
Hanscom’s Patriot Golf Course, located on the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center grounds in Bedford, Massachusetts, will officially allow public access beginning July 15.
A waiver authorizing members of the public to play at the course was signed by the director of Air Force Services last month. As part of the process to open the course to the public, Hanscom’s Force Support Squadron sought concurrence from officials at other local nine-hole courses, as well as local community leaders and Bedford VA leadership.
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Bard Crawford
By Meredith McCulloch
Bard Crawford earned three degrees at MIT, ending with a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics. After graduation, he immediately went to work at Instrumentation Laboratory (later Draper Labs) to work on the guidance and control systems for Apollo, specifically the reentry guidance system. He lived in Lexington prior to moving to Carleton Willard Village in 2009.
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Aldie Johnson
By Meredith McCulloch
The late Aldie Johnson attended Iowa State University, earning a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He went to Avco in 1957 where he became the Department Head of the Structures Department at Avco Rad in Wilmington. He was responsible for Experimental Testing at the time AVCO was developing the heat shields for Apollo.
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Strong Team Effort Leads Wedgewood Swim and Dive to Win over Wayland
By Mark and Annemarie Silver
The Wedgewood Swim and Dive Team pulled off a close win at home against Wayland on Saturday, July 13th. It was a true team effort leading Wedgewood to the 453 to 411 point win.
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Hanscom Field Advisory Commission ~ Short Takes, June 2019
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
The Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC) members met on June 18 to discuss several important airfield issues, including:
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Bedford Arbor Resources Committee’s Town Tree Meeting ~ JGMS Plans
By Julie McCay Turner The Bedford Arbor Resources Committee (BARC) meeting on June 9 included a hastily-convened 'Town Tree Meeting' to discuss a plan that would remove more than three dozen trees around the John Glenn Middle School. "An innovation proposed by the DPW...
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One Giant Leap ~ Celebrating Apollo 11: David DeMoura
By Meredith McCulloch
After graduation from UMass Dartmouth, David DeMoura went to work on the Saturn V for Boeing. “It was a great job,” he said, “especially for the first job out of school.”
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One Giant Leap~ Celebrating Apollo 11: Harvey Malchow
By Meredith McCulloch
Harvey Malchow worked on the Apollo project from 1967 to 1970 while he was at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, a key player in the Apollo Guidance and Navigation systems development. (The I-Lab later evolved into the Draper Laboratory). Malchow’s main contribution to the project was in creating a theoretical model of the earth’s sun-lit atmosphere.
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An Obituary: Michael W. Merrick ~ Update
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
A “Celebration of Life” honoring Michael W. Merrick will take place from 3 to 6 pm on Saturday, August 3 in the Great Room at Old Town Hall, 120 South Road, Bedford.
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