The Chroniclers Ceremony

Peter Cosgrove was honored as a Chronicler during a ceremony May 3, 2019, at Kennedy Space Center’s NASA News Center in Florida. Cosgrove passed away earlier in 2019, and his award was accepted by members of his family on his behalf. Cosgrove was a photographer with the Associated Press, and his career in photojournalism spanned 50 years. He covered four Apollo Moon mission crew recoveries and more than 100 space shuttle launches. Also inducted as members were journalists Jim Banke and Todd Halvorson, and radio broadcaster Vic Ratner. They were selected by a committee of their peers on March 25. The Chroniclers recognizes retirees of the news and communications business who have helped spread news of American space exploration from Kennedy for 10 years or more.