Edmond native’s legacy lives on in space and Earth

“Morris Hill” on Mars named after the late Richard Morris, a 1992 Edmond Memorial High School graduate who was a mission manager on NASA’s Mars rover project.

 
BY BEN LUSCHEN | Published: July 17, 2012   

A young Richard Morris stood in his Edmond living room, light saber drawn. It was the 4-year-old’s birthday, and the plastic sword was a gift. The moment is frozen forever, not in carbonite, but as a framed photograph in his mother’s home.

photo - Richard Morris.  PHOTO PROVIDED (FROM THE JET PROPULSION LAB WEBSITE.) <strong></strong>
Richard Morris. PHOTO PROVIDED (FROM THE JET PROPULSION LAB WEBSITE.)

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Even as a child, when Morris looked to the stars, he saw possibility.

“He always wanted to be involved with the space program,” stepfather Joe Warren said. “Of course, when he was...
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