Mary Bubb
Mary Bubb (née Mary Elizabeth Chaffin, 17 September 1920 - 28 March 1988) was one of the first space journalists reporting on launches out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Bubb was the only woman reporter for military publication Daily Pacifican during World War II and the first woman space reporter. NASA lists Bubb alongside Walter Cronkite and John Noble Wilford as one of their "Chroniclers," an honor recognizing broadcasters, journalists, authors, public relations representatives, and public affairs officers who covered Kennedy Space Center for at least a decade. Biography Early life Born in Falmouth and growing up in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Chaffin attended University of Massachusetts where she graduated with degrees in history and psychology. Chaffin enlisted in the Women's Army Corps on 28 October 1943. After completing basic training, she was deployed to Oro Bay, New Guinea and Manila, the Philippines. Chaffin was the only woman reporter for the military publication Daily Pacifican, including reporting on General Tomoyuki Yamashita's trial. After World War II, Chaffin was rejected from a job at The Boston Globe before writing for Worcester Telegram (now the Telegram & Gazette), then the Jamestown Sun in New York. Inaugural Space Journalism at Cape Canaveral A Fairchild editor spotted