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Topic: NASA launch directors from Mercury to shuttle
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astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-21-2011 06:37 PM
I know that Bob Seick, Mike Leinbach, Al Sofge, and George Page served as launch directors for the Space Shuttle Program but does anyone have a complete list of launch directors for all the shuttle flights? |
J.L Member Posts: 674 From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA Registered: May 2005
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posted 08-21-2011 07:49 PM
Add Al O'Hara and Gene Thomas to that list. |
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-21-2011 08:32 PM
Jim Harrington, Ralph Roe, Doug Lyons, Pete Nickolenko. |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-21-2011 09:02 PM
And David King from 1999-2000. |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-02-2016 11:24 AM
Do any collectSPACE members have a complete list of the Launch Directors for the space shuttle missions (including those listed above)?Do any members know who the Launch Directors were for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions? I know that Rocco Petrone was a Launch Director for an Apollo flight, but not sure which one? I would like to have a complete list for all the launches. Thank you. |
Headshot Member Posts: 864 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-05-2016 07:24 AM
Good question. I would be interested in having, or being directed to where a could find, a list of the Launch Directors for the Gemini missions. |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-12-2016 10:37 AM
During my free time over the weekend I was able to do some digging in my notes and came up with the following for Space Shuttle Launch Directors. Here is my list: - George Page: STS-1, STS-2, and STS-3.
- Al O'Hara: STS-4, STS-5, STS-6, STS-7, STS-8 and STS-9.
- Bob Sieck: STS-41B, 41-C, 41-D, 41-G, 51-A, 51-C,51-D, 51-B, 51-G, 51-F, 51-I.
- James (Gene) Thomas: STS-51-J, 61-A, 61-B, 61-C and STS-51-L.
- Bob Sieck: STS-26, 27, 29, 30, 28, 34, 33, 32, 36, 31, 41, 38, 35, 37,39, 40, 43, 48, 44, 42, 45, 49, 50, 46, 47, 52, 53, 54, 56, 55, 57, 51, 58, 61, 60, 62, 59, 65, 64, 68 and STS-66.
- Jim Harrington: STS-63, 67, 71, 70, 69, 73, 74, 72, 75, 76,77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 94, 85, 86 and 87.
- David King: STS-89, 90 and ST-91.
- Ralph Roe: STS-95, 88, 96 and 93.
- David King: STS-103, 99 and 101.
- Mike Leinbach: STS-106, 92, 97, 98, 102, 100, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113,107, 114, 121, 115, 116,117,118,120,122, 123,124, 126, 119, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 and STS-135.
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will be our new Launch Director for our Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
Hopefully this list is helpful to all collectSPACE members?Do any members know who the Launch Directors were for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions? |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-07-2017 11:10 AM
Launch Director for Project Mercury flights was Paul Donnelly. Launch Director for Project Gemini flights was George Page (same George Page for shuttle).Rocco Petrone was Launch Director for Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Walter Kapryan Launch Director for Apollo 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Sklyab 2, 3, 4 and ASTP. | |