Woman recalls NASA job lifelong friendship with astronaut

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — When 94-year-old Margaret Gsell looks at the moon, she remembers the most interesting period of her life.

Gsell worked as an illustrator at NASA in the late 1960s, perhaps into the early 70s, when the space agency was focused on getting to the moon. She's not sure of the exact years now, 50 years later, but she is sure of what her experiences at that time have meant to her life.

"Every time I see the moon up there nowadays I always think, my friends have walked around up there," the Chambersburg woman said, sitting in front of a wall of photos and memorabilia celebrating her astronaut friends at her Menno Haven cottage.