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posted 05-29-2020 04:35 PM               

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Arnold Deane "Arnie" Aldrich, a member of the Space Task Group and a capcom for the early Mercury missions, died on May 28, 2020 at age 83.

Aldrich's profile, as published by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA):

Aldrich joined the Space Task Group at Langley Field in 1959 following graduation from Northeastern University. He held a number of key flight operations management positions during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.

He served as Skylab deputy program manager; Apollo Spacecraft Program Office deputy manager during the Apollo Soyuz Test Project; Orbiter Project manager during development of Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis; and Space Shuttle Program manager.

Following the Challenger accident, Aldrich was appointed director of the National Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle Program) at NASA Headquarters where he led recovery and return-to-flight efforts. He then served as AA for Aeronautics and Space Technology and, later, AA for Space Systems Development.

In 1994, Aldrich left NASA and joined Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California. He was vice president, Commercial Space Business Development and then vice president, Strategic Technology Planning. With the merger of Lockheed and Martin Marietta, he became director of Program Operations at Lockheed Martin's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.

He retired in 2007 and became an aerospace consultant. Aldrich received numerous honors including the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

Aldrich took part in Johnson Space Center's Oral History Project, 2000 to 2008.

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