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Rocco Petrone, Apollo launch director, dies at 80 [i]Rocco Petrone, who served as NASA associate administrator, Marshall Space Flight Center director and Apollo program manager, died on Thursday (Aug. 24) at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California. He was 80. Petrone personally directed the first five manned Apollo launches, culminating in the Apollo 11 first lunar landing. In 1969, he was chosen by NASA to lead Apollo, giving Petrone overall responsibility for the management of the moon flights.[/i]
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