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astro-nut
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posted 08-21-2011 06:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 08-21-2011 07:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for J.L   Click Here to Email J.L     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Add Al O'Hara and Gene Thomas to that list.

Tom
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posted 08-21-2011 08:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jim Harrington, Ralph Roe, Doug Lyons, Pete Nickolenko.

Ken Havekotte
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posted 08-21-2011 09:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And David King from 1999-2000.

astro-nut
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posted 12-02-2016 11:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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posted 12-05-2016 07:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 12-12-2016 10:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 01-07-2017 11:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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