Contributor
Swanson, Glen E., 1963-
Imprint:Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2002.
Description402 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Note:Originally published: Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office, 1999.
Note:James E. Webb (second administrator of NASA, 1961-1968) -- Thomas O. Paine (NASA's third administrator, 1969-1970) -- Wernher von Braun (German-born post-war emigré to America and one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration from the 1930s-1970s) -- Robert R. Gilruth (early NASA leader, responsible for much of Project Mercury and the development of the Johnson Space Center in Texas) -- George E. Mueller (NASA's associate administrator for space flight, 1963-1969) -- Eugene F. Kranz (flight director with NASA 1960-1994) -- Arthur J. Rogers, Jr. (project engineer with NASA 1960-early 1990s) -- James H. "Harry" Guin (engineer with NASA, 1963-1978, 1988-1993, testing engines for space flight) -- Glynn S. Lunney (aeronautical research engineer with NASA's manned space flight programs, 1958-1985) -- Geneva B. Barnes (secretary with the federal service, assigned to NASA 1962-1994, frequently in public relations positions) -- Charles M. Duke, Jr. (test pilot and NASA astronaut, 1966-1976, he was the 10th person to walk on the moon with the Apollo 16 mission in 1972) -- Harrison H. Schmitt (geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey's astrogeology branch and NASA astronaut with the Apollo program, 1965-1976, serving as lunar module pilot for Apollo 17) -- George M. Low (aeronautical engineer from RPI, he joined NASA in 1958, working primarily on the manned space flight programs Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, became a deputy director and leading figure in early devopment of the Space Shuttle, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz project) -- Maxime A. Faget (an original member of the first NASA manned space flight team in 1958, chief designer of the Mercury spacecraft and major player in the design of every space craft through the Shuttle, retired 1981)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
