The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology.

APPENDIX 2


COMMITTEES


Special Committee on Space Technology (Stever Committee)

Date of organization: January 12, 1958

Date of first meeting: February 13, 1958

Recommendations submitted to NASA: October 28, 1958

  • H. Guyford Stever, Chairman
  • Norman C. Appold
  • Abraham Hyatt
  • Wernher von Braun
  • Hugh L. Dryden
  • Robert R. Gilruth
  • H. Julian Allen
  • Abe Silverstein
  • H. W. Bode
  • Milton U. Clauser
  • Dale R. Corson
  • James R. Dempsey
  • Samuel K. Hoffman
  • W. Randolph Lovelace II
  • William H, Pickering
  • Louis N. Ridenour
  • James A. Van Allen
  • Carl B. Palmer, Secretary

Working Group on Space Research Objectives

  • James A. Van Allen, Chairman
  • Dale R. Corson
  • Norman C. Appold
  • Robert Cornag
  • Robert P. Haviland
  • John R. Pierce
  • Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
  • Ernest O. Pearson, Jr., Secretary

Working Group on Vehicular Program

  • Wernher von Braun, Chairman
  • Samuel K. Hoffman
  • Norman C. Appold
  • Abraham Hyatt
  • Louis N. Ridenour
  • Abe Silverstein
  • Krafft A. Ehricke
  • M. W. Hunter
  • C. C. Ross
  • Homer J. Stewart
  • George S. Trimble, Jr.
  • William H. Woodward, Secretary

Working Group on Reentry

  • Milton U. Clauser, Chairman
  • H. Julian Allen
  • Mac C. Adams
  • Alfred J. Eggers, Jr.
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • Alexander H. Flax
  • Lester Lees
  • Harlowe J. Longfelder
  • J. C. McDonald
  • S. A. Schaaf
  • John P, Stapp
  • R. Fabian Gornason, Secretary
  • Harvey H. Brown, Secretary

Working Group on Range, Launch, and Tracking Facilities

  • James R. Dempsey, Chairman
  • Robert R. Gilruth
  • Paul T. Cooper
  • L. G. deBey
  • Carl E. Duckett
  • Robert F. Freitag
  • J. Allen Hynek
  • John T. Mengel
  • Grayson Merrill
  • Carl B. Palmer, Secretary

Working Group on Instrumentation

  • William H. Pickering, Chairman
  • Louis N. Ridenour
  • H. W. Bode
  • Robert W. Buchheim
  • Harry J. Goett
  • Albert C. Hall
  • Eberhardt Rechtin
  • William T. Russell
  • Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
  • Bernard Maggin, Secretary

Working Group an Space Surveillance

  • H. W. Bode, Chairman
  • William H. Pickering
  • Wilbur B. Davenport, Jr.
  • W. B. Hebenstreit
  • Richard D. Leghorn
  • K. G. Macleish
  • William B. McLean
  • Alan H. Shapley
  • Fred L. Whipple
  • Carl B. Palmer, Secretary

Working Group on Human Factors and Training

  • W. Randolph Lovelace II, Chairman
  • A. Scott Crossfield
  • Hubert M. Drake
  • Don D. Flickinger
  • Edward B. Giller
  • James D. Hardy
  • Wright Haskell Langham
  • Ulrich C. Luft
  • Boyd C. Myers II, Secretary

Working Group on Lunar Exploration

Date of formation: February 5, 1959

First meeting attended by representatives of NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and the University of California (names of representatives are currently unavailable).


DOD-NASA Saturn Ad Hoc Committee

Date of formation: March 17, 1959


Research Steering Committee on Manned Space Flight (Goett Committee)

Date of formation: April 1-8, 1959

Date of first meeting: May 25-26, 1959

Date of last meeting: December 8-9, 1959

  • Harry J. Goett, Chairman
  • Alfred J. Eggers, Jr.
  • Bruce T. Lundin
  • Laurence K. Loftin, Jr.
  • De E. Beeler
  • Harris M. Schurmeier
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • George M. Low
  • Milton B. Ames, Jr. part time


Booster Evaluation Committee

Date of organization: April 15, 1959

Dates of first meetings: September 16-18, 1959

  • Herbert F. York and Hugh L. Dryden, Co-chairmen
  • Abe Silverstein
  • Richard E. Horner
  • Joseph V. Charyk
  • And a representative of the United States Army


New Projects Panel of the Space Task Group

Date of organization: Early July, 1959

Date of first meeting: July 12, 1959

  • H. Kurt Strass, Chairman
  • Alan B. Kehlet
  • William S. Augerson
  • Jack Funk
  • Caldwell C. Johnson
  • Harry H. Ricker, Jr.
  • Robert G. Chilton
  • Stanley C. White


Saturn Vehicle Team (Silverstein Committee)

Date of formation: November 27, 1959

Recommendations submitted to NASA: December 15, 1959

Abe Silverstein, Chairman

(Names of committee members are unavailable.)


Space Exploration Program Council

Date of organization: January 1960

Date of first meeting: February 10-11, 1960

Date of fifth meeting: January 5-6, 1961

  • Harry J. Goett
  • Wernher von Braun
  • William H. Pickering
  • Ira H. Abbott
  • Abe Silverstein
  • Don R. Ostrander
  • Albert F. Siepert
  • Richard E. Horner, Chairman
  • Robert L. King, Secretary (succeeded by John I. Cumberland)

Other officials, including T. Keith Glennan, Hugh L. Dryden, Abraham Hyatt, Robert C. Seamans. Jr., Aaron Rosenthal, and Donald H. Heaton, attended from time to time.


Advanced Vehicle Team (of Space Task Group)

Date of formation: May 25, 1960

  • Robert O. Piland, Head
  • H. Kurt Strass
  • Robert G. Chilton
  • Jack Funk
  • Alan B. Kehlet
  • R. Bryan Erb
  • Owen E. Maynard
  • Richard B. Ferguson
  • Alfred B. Eickmeier


Integration of the Saturn and Saturn Application Programs Study Group

Date of formation: September 2, 1960

  • Lloyd Wood
  • Richard B. Canright
  • Alfred M. Nelson
  • John L. Sloop
  • Oran W. Nicks
  • Fred D. Kochendorfer
  • George M. Low


Evaluation Board

(to consider industry proposals for Apollo spacecraft feasibility studies)

Date of appointment: October 4, 1960

Recommendations submitted to Robert R. Gilruth, Director, STG: October 24, 1960

  • Charles J. Donlan, Chairman
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • Robert O. Piland
  • John H. Disher
  • Alvin Seiff
  • John V. Becker
  • H. H. Koelle
  • Harry J. Goett, ex officio
  • Robert R. Gilruth, ex officio


Working Group on the Manned Lunar Landing Program

Date of organization: October 17, 1960

  • George M. Low
  • Eldon W. Hall
  • Oran W. Nicks
  • John H. Disher


Apollo Technical Liaison Groups

Date of organization: November 22, 1960

First meetings of the groups: January 6, 11, and 12, 1961

Joint meeting of the groups: April 10, 1961

Second meetings of the groups: April 10-14, 1961

Group for Configurations and Aerodynamics

  • Alan B. Kehlet, Chairman, STG
  • Hubert M. Drake, Flight Research Center (FRC)
  • Edward L. Linsley, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
  • Eugene S. Love, Langley Research Center (LaRC)
  • Edwin Pounder, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Clarence A. Syvertson, Ames Research Center (ARC)
  • William W. Petynia, Secretary, STG

Group for Guidance and Control

  • Richard R. Carley, Chairman, STG
  • James D. Acord, JPL
  • John M. Eggleston, LaRC
  • Edmund J. Habib, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
  • Euclid C. Holleman, FRC
  • Helmut A. Kuehnel, STG
  • G. Allen Smith, ARC
  • Wilbur G. Thornton, MSFC
  • James P. Nolan, Jr., Secretary, STG

Group on Heating

  • Kenneth C. Weston, Chairman, STG
  • Harvey A. Connell, MSFC
  • Thomas V. Cooney, FRC
  • Werner K. Dahm, MSFC
  • Glen Goodwin, ARC
  • John W. Lucas, JPL
  • Robert L. Trimpi, LaRC
  • Leo T. Chauvin, Secretary, STG

Group on Human Factors

  • Richard S. Johnston, Chairman, STG
  • David Adamson, LaRC
  • Bruce A. Aikenhead, STG
  • C. Patrick Laughlin, STG
  • Robert F. Seldon, Lewis Research Center (LRC)
  • Harald A. Smedel, ARC
  • G. Dale Smith, NASA Hq.
  • Milton O. Thompson, FRC
  • Lee N. McMillion, Secretary, STG

Group for Instrumentation and Communications

  • Ralph S. Sawyer, Chairman, STG
  • Dennis E. Fielder, STG
  • Heinz W. Kampmeier, MSFC
  • Eberhardt Rechtin, JPL
  • Kenneth C. Sanderson, FRC
  • Wilford E. Sivertson, LaRC
  • Robert E. Tozier, LRC
  • Friedrich O. Vonbun, GSFC
  • J. Thomas Markley, Secretary, STG

Group for Mechanical Systems

  • Richard B. Ferguson, Chairman, STG
  • Peter J. Armitage, STG
  • Herman F. Beduerftig, MSFC
  • Robert R. Godman, LRC
  • Joseph M. Hallissy, Jr., LaRC
  • Perry V. Row, FRC
  • John B. Lee, Secretary, STG

Group for Onboard Propulsion

  • Maxime A. Faget, Chairman, STG
  • Henry Burlage, Jr., NASA Hq.
  • William Cohen, NASA Hq.
  • Norman E. DeMar, FRC
  • Duane F. Dipprey, JPL
  • David M. Hammock, MSFC
  • Edmund R. Jonash, LRC
  • Alexander A. McCool, MSFC
  • Joseph G. Thibodaux, Jr., LaRC
  • Robert H. Rollins, Secretary, STG

Group on Structures and Materials

  • Robert O. Piland, Chairman, STG
  • Roger A. Anderson, LaRC
  • William J. Carley, JPL
  • Jack B. Esgar, LRC
  • Erich E. Goerner, MSFC
  • Charles A. Hermach, ARC
  • Robert E. Vale, STG
  • Herbert G. Patterson, Secretary, STG

Group on Trajectory Analysis

  • Jack Funk, Chairman, STG
  • Donald R. Bellman, FRC
  • Victor C. Clarke, Jr., JPL
  • James F. Dalby, STG
  • Seymour C. Himmel, LRC
  • Rudolph F. Hoelker, MSFC
  • William H. Michael, Jr., LaRC
  • Stanley F. Schmidt, ARC
  • Kenneth R. Squires, GSFC
  • Donald C. Cheatham, Secretary, STG


Manned Lunar Landing Task Group

(Low Committee)

Date of organization: January 5-6, 1961

Date of first meeting: January 9, 1961

Date of second meeting: January 16, 1961

Report submitted to Robert C. Seamans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator: February 7, 1961

  • George M. Low, Chairman
  • Eldon W. Hall
  • A. M. Mayo
  • Ernest O. Pearson, Jr.
  • Oran W. Nicks
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • H. H. Koelle


Ad Hoc Committee on Space

(Wiesner Committee)

Report submitted to President-elect John F. Kennedy: January 10, 1961

  • Jerome B. Wiesner, Chairman
  • Kenneth BeLieu
  • Trevor Gardner
  • Donald F. Hornig
  • Edwin H. Land
  • Max Lehrer
  • Edward H. Purcell
  • Bruno B. Rossi
  • Harry J. Watters


Ad Hoc Task Group for a Manned Lunar Landing Study

(Fleming Committee)

Date of formation: May 2, 1961

Report submitted to Robert C. Seamans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator: June 16, 1961

  • William A. Fleming, Chairman
  • Addison M. Rothrock, Deputy Chairman
  • Albert J. Kelley
  • Berg Paraghamian
  • Walter W. Haase

Spacecraft

  • John H. Disher
  • Merle G. Waugh
  • Kenneth S. Kleinknecht
  • Alan B. Kehlet

Launch Vehicles

  • Eldon W. Hall
  • Melvyn Savage
  • H. H. Koelle
  • Norman Rafel
  • Alfred M. Nelson

Facilities

  • Samuel Snyder
  • Secrest L. Berry
  • Robert D. Briskman

Life Sciences

  • James P. Nolan, Jr.
  • A. H. Schwichtenberg

Advanced Technology

  • Ernest O. Pearson, Jr.

Space Sciences

  • William Shipley
  • Robert Fellows


Lundin Committee

Date of formation: May 25, 1961

Study completed and submitted to Robert C. Seamans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator: June 10, 1961

  • Bruce T. Lundin, Chairman
  • Walter J. Downhower
  • Alfred J. Eggers, Jr.
  • George W. S. Johnson
  • Laurence K. Loftin, Jr.
  • Harry O. Ruppe
  • William J. D. Escher, Secretary
  • Ralph W. May, Jr., Secretary


Ad Hoc Task Group for Study of Manned Lunar Landing by Rendezvous Techniques

(Heaton Committee)

Date of organization: June 1961

Report submitted to Robert C. Seamans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator: August 1961

  • Donald H. Heaton, Chairman
  • Richard B. Canright
  • L. E. Baird
  • Norman Rafel
  • Joseph E. McGolrick

Launch Vehicle Performance and Logistics

  • Wilson B. Schramm
  • L. H. Glassman
  • John L. Hammersmith
  • R. Voss

Guidance and Control

  • Paul J. DeFries
  • Robert D. Briskman
  • William H. Phillips
  • J. Yolles

Orbital Launch Operations

  • John C. Houbolt
  • Hubert M. Drake
  • H. H. Koelle
  • James P. Nolan, Jr.
  • Warren J. North
  • Harry O. Ruppe

Advanced Technology

  • William H. Woodward


Manned Lunar Landing Coordination Group

Date of first meeting: July 6, 1961

  • Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
  • Ira H. Abbott
  • Don R. Ostrander
  • Charles H. Roadman
  • William A. Fleming
  • DeMarquis D. Wyatt (part time)
  • George M. Low (attended first meeting in place of Silverstein)
  • Abe Silverstein


DOD-NASA Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group

(Golovin Committee)

Date of organization: July 20, 1961

  • Nicholas E. Golovin, Director
  • Lawrence L. Kavanau
  • Warren Amster
  • Edward J. Barlow
  • Aleck C. Bond
  • David L. Carter
  • Matthew R. Collins, Jr.
  • Otto J. Glasser
  • Eldon W. Hall
  • Harvey Hall
  • Milton W. Rosen (served until August 18, 1961)
  • Wilson B. Schramm
  • Levering Smith
  • Lewis J. Stecher, Jr. (appointed August 29, 1961)
  • Kurt R. Stehling
  • H. J. Weigand
  • Francis L. Williams
  • William W. Wolman


Source Evaluation Board

(for evaluation of contractors' proposals for the Apollo spacecraft)

Date of appointment: July 28, 1961

Report submitted to James E. Webb,

NASA Administrator: November 24, 1961

  • Walter C. Williams, Chairman
  • Robert O. Piland
  • Wesley L. Hjornevik
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • James A. Chamberlin
  • Charles W. Mathews
  • Dave W. Lang
  • Oswald H. Lange

Nonvoting members: George M. Low, James T. Koppenhaver, Brooks C. Preacher

Technical Subcommittee

Date of appointment: August 7, 1961

Evaluation of proposals began: October 9, 1961

Reported submitted to Source Evaluation Board: November 1, 1961

  • Robert O. Piland, Chairman, STG
  • Robert G. Chilton, STG
  • Caldwell C. Johnson, STG
  • Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, STG
  • Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., STG
  • Andre J. Meyer, Jr., STG
  • Stanley C. White, STG
  • Alvin Seifi, ARC
  • John V. Becker, LaRC
  • William A. Mrazek, MSFC

Technical Subpanels

Report submitted to Technical Subcommittee: October 25, 1961

Systems Integration

  • Caldwell C. Johnson, Chairman, STG
  • William M. Bland, STG
  • John D. Hodge, STG
  • Alan B. Kehlet, STG
  • Owen E. Maynard, STG
  • Alan B. Shepard, Jr., STG
  • Hubert M. Drake, FRC
  • Stanley R. Reinartz, MSFC
  • John J. Williams, STG

Propulsion

  • David M. Hammock, Chairman, STG
  • Arthur M. Busch, STG
  • Robert H. Rollins, STG
  • Robert R. Brashears, JPL
  • Joseph G. Thibodaux, Jr., LaRC
  • Edmund R. Jonash, LRC
  • John W. Conlon, STG

Flight Mechanics

  • Robert G. Chilton, Chairman, STG
Aerodynamics
  • Alan B. Kehlet, Group Leader, STG
  • Clarence A. Syvertson, ARC
  • Edward L. Linsley, MSFC
  • Eugene S. Love, LaRC
  • Bruce G. Jackson, STG
  • Warren J. North, NASA Hq.
Trajectory Analysis
  • Jack Funk, Group Leader, STG
  • John P. Mayer, STG
  • Luigi Cicolani, ARC
  • Kenneth R. Squires, GSFC
  • Tecwyn Roberts, STG
Guidance and Control
  • Robert G. Chilton, Group Leader, STG
  • Morris V. Jenkins, STG
  • Richard R. Carley, STG
  • John M. Eggleston, LaRC
  • Euclid C. Holleman, FRC
  • Thomas V. Chambers, STG
  • Welby T. Risler, STG

Structures, Materials, and Heating

  • Robert E. Vale, Chairman, STG
  • Kenneth C. Weston, STG
  • Glen Goodwin, ARC
  • Roger A. Anderson, LaRC
  • Harry L. Runyan, Jr., LaRC
  • Richard H. Kemp, LRC
  • George J. Vetko, MSFC

Human Factors

  • Richard S. Johnston, Chairman, STG
Crew Considerations
  • Richard S. Johnston, Group Leader, STG
  • C. Patrick Laughlin, STG
  • Gerard J. Pesman, STG
  • Walter M. Schirra, Jr., STG
  • Harald A. Smedal, ARC
  • Lee N. McMillion, STG
Training and Crew Participation
  • Robert B. Voas, Group Leader, STG
  • Virgil I. Grissom, STG
  • Harold I. Johnson, STG
  • Richard F. Day, FRC
  • Milton O. Thompson, FRC
Radiation
  • David Adamson, Group Leader, LaRC
  • Francis W. Casey, Jr., STG
  • C. Patrick Laughlin, STG
  • William L. Gill, STG

Instrumentation and Communications

  • Ralph S. Sawyer, Chairman, STG
Instrumentation
  • Alfred B. Eickmeier, Group Leader, STG
  • Jacob C. Moser, STG
  • Kenneth C. Sanderson, FRC
  • Harvey Golden, MSFC
  • Marion R. Franklin, Jr., STG
  • John A. Dodgen, LaRC
Communications
  • Ralph S. Sawyer, Group Leader, STG
  • Dennis E. Fielder, STG
  • Richard Z. Toukdarian, JPL
  • Robert E. Tozier, LRC
  • William R. Stelges, STG

Onboard Systems

  • Richard B. Ferguson, Chairman, STG
Auxiliary Power Supplies
  • Richard B. Ferguson, Group Leader, STG
  • Preston T. Maxwell, STG
  • Robert N. Parker, STG
  • Joseph M. Hallissy, Jr., LaRC
  • Thomas Williams, STG
Environmental Control Systems
  • Richard B. Ferguson, Group Leader, STG
  • James R. Hiers, STG
  • Frank H. Samonski, Jr., STG
  • Walter M. Schirra, Jr., STG
  • Edward L. Hays, STG
  • James F. Saunders, STG
Landing and Recovery Systems
  • John W. Kiker, Group Leader, STG
  • Peter J.Armitage, STG
  • M. Scott Carpenter, STG
  • James K. Hinson, STG
  • Rodney G. Rose, STG
  • Samuel T. Beddingfield, STG
Mechanical Systems
  • Richard F. Smith, STG
  • John Janokaitis, STG
  • Perry V. Row, FRC
  • Herman F. Beduerftig, MSFC
  • Walter J. Kapryan, STG

Ground Operational Support Systems and Operations

  • Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Chairman, STG
Ground Operational Support Systems
  • Robert D. Harrington, Group Leader, STG
  • Howard C. Kyle, STG
  • John W. Small, Jr., STG
  • Friedrich O. Vonbun, GSFC
  • Gerald W. Brewer, STG
  • Robert B. Voas, STG
Operations
  • Christopher C. Krait, Jr., STG
  • Sigurd A. Sjoberg, STG
  • B. Porter Brown, STG
  • L. Gordon Cooper, STG
  • Philip R. Maloney, STG
  • Robert F. Thompson, STG
  • Paul C. Donnelly, STG
  • Emil P. Bertram, MSFC

Technical Development Plan

  • Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, Chairman, STG
  • Alan B. Kehlet, STG
  • Donald C. Cheatham, STG
  • Donald K. Slayton, STG
  • H. Kurt Strass, STG
  • John H. Disher, NASA Hq.

Reliability

  • F. John Bailey, STG
  • John C. French, STG
  • Edward H. Olling, STG
  • Harold D. Toy, STG
  • K. Fred Okano, NASA Hq.

Manufacturing

  • Joseph V. Piland, Chairman, STG
  • Jack Kinzler, STG
  • William J. Nesbitt, STG
  • T. Schaus, Air Force Systems Command
  • Clyde Thiele, LaRC
  • Norman Levine, MSFC
  • Frank M. Crichton, STG
  • Archibald E. Morse, Jr., STG

Business Subcommittee

Date of organization: August 16, 1961

Evaluation of proposals began: October 9, 1961

Report submitted to the Source Evaluation Board: November 3, 1961

  • Glenn F. Bailey, Chairman, STG
  • Phillip H. Whitbeck, STG
  • John D. Young, NASA Hq.
  • Douglas E. Hendrickson, STG
  • George F. MacDougall, Jr., STG
  • John M. Curran, NASA Hq.
  • Wilbur H. Gray, STG
  • John H. Glenn, Jr., STG
  • Thomas F. Baker, STG

Business Assessment Panels

Organization and Management
  • Thomas W. Briggs, Chairman, STG
  • J. B. Trenholm, Jr., Air Force Systems Command
  • Henry P. Yschek, STG
  • Pinkney McGathy, STG
  • Allen L. Granfield, STG
  • James A. Bennett, STG
  • Bryant L. Johnson, STG
  • Nickolas Jevas, STG
  • J. Thomas Markley, STG
  • Dugald O. Black, STG
  • Walter W. Haase, NASA Hq.
  • Ralph E. Cushman, NASA Hq.
  • Earl E. McGinty, NASA Hq.
  • Don Hardin, MSFC
  • Peter F. Korycinski, LaRC
Logistics
  • Lawrence Jacobson, Chairman, NASA Hq.
  • Paul H. Kloetzer, STG
  • Richard F. Baillie, STG
  • Walter D. Wolhart, STG
  • A. Martin Eiband, STG
Subcontract Administration
  • Harry L. Watkins, STG
  • Wayne W. Corbett, STG
  • John B. Lee, STG
  • James S. Evans, Western Operations Office
  • Eldon W. Kaser, ARC
Cost
  • Charles J. Finegan, Chairman, NASA Hq.
  • A. E. Hyatt, STG
  • J. Howard Allison, STG
  • Lester A. Stewart, STG
  • James H. Sumpter, Jr., Army Audit Agency
  • Irving J. Sandler, AF Auditor General's Office
  • Adaron B. Jordan, AF Systems Command

MSFC-MSC-LOC Coordination Panels

(originally designated MSFC-MSC Coordination Panels);

Date of establishment: October 3, 1961

Date of first meeting: November 8, 1961

Panels reported to:

Space Vehicle Review Board (MSFC-MSC-LOC Space Vehicle Review Board), which consisted of the Directors of the three Centers (Wernher von Braun, Robert R. Gilruth, and Kurt H. Debus); division directors and other key technical personnel; NASA Headquarters representatives; observers; specialists; panel representatives invited to attend by the Directors of MSFC, MSC, and LOC.

Electrical Systems Integration Panel

MSC
  • Milton G. Kingsley, Co-chairman
  • Lyndon Robinson
  • R. C. Irvin, Co-secretary
  • Robert E. Munford
  • W. E. Williams
LOC
  • Daniel D. Collins
MSFC
  • Hans J. Fichtner, Co-chairman
  • Richard G. Smith
  • Robert M. Aden
  • David B. Gardiner, Jr.,
  • Co-secretary James Vann

Instrumentation and Communication Panel

MSC
  • Alfred B. Eickmeier, Co-chairman
  • Clyde Whittaker, Co-secretary
  • Robert F. Thompson
  • James L. Strickland
  • Howard C. Kyle
  • Gordon Woosley
  • William R. Stelges
LOC
  • Daniel D. Collins
MSFC
  • Otto A. Hoberg, Co-chairman
  • Harvey Golden, Co-secretary
  • Heinz W. Kampmeier
  • Herman F. Kurtz
  • James Vann

Mechanical Integration Panel

MSC
  • Lyle M. Jenkins, Co-chairman
  • Robert P. Smith, Co-secretary
  • Percy Hurt
  • Robert E. Vale
  • Samuel T. Beddingfield
LOC
  • Andrew J. Pickett
  • Robert Moore
MSFC
  • Hans R. Palaoro, Co-chairman
  • Robert O. Barraza, Co-secretary
  • Jack H. Furman
  • Tom Isbell
  • Earl M. Butler
  • Wallace Kistler
  • Desmond Beck
  • Fred G. Edwards

Flight Mechanics, Dynamics, Guidance, and Control Panel

MSC
  • Calvin H. Perrine, Jr., Co-chairman
  • Robert J. Ward, Co-secretary
  • Robert G. Chilton
  • Aaron Cohen
  • John P. Mayer
LOC
  • A. H. Knothe
MSFC
  • R. F. Hoelker, Co-chairman
  • Lewis L. McNair, Co-secretary
  • Thomas G. Reed
  • Hans H. Hosenthien
  • F. Brooks Moore
  • John W. Massey

Launch Operations Panel

MSC
  • John J. Williams
  • Melvin Dell
  • Philip R. Maloney
  • Paul C. Donnelly
LOC
  • Rocco A. Petrone, Chairman
  • Emil P. Bertram, Secretary
  • Robert E. Gorman
MSFC
  • Robert E. Moser
  • Joachim P. Kuettner

Mission Control Operations Panel

MSC
  • John D. Hodge, Co-chairman
  • Dennis E. Fielder, Co-secretary
  • Howard C. Kyle
  • Tecwyn Roberts
  • Gordon Woosley
  • Eugene F. Kranz
LOC
  • Rudolf H. Bruns
  • Emil P. Bertram
  • Walter W. Kavanaugh
MSFC
  • Fridjof A. Speer, Co-chairman
  • Ernest B. Nathan, Co-secretary
  • James T. Felder
  • Wallace Kistler
  • E. W. King
  • Ludie G. Richard
  • Grady Williams

Crew Safety Panel

MSC
  • Alfred Mardel, Co-chairman
  • Art White, Co-secretary
  • Donald K. Slayton
  • Sigurd A. Sjoberg
  • Warren J. North
  • C. K. Anderson
LOC
  • Emil P. Bertram
MSFC
  • Joachim P. Kuettner, Co-chairman
  • E. W. King, Co-secretary
  • James Powell
  • Friedrich W. Brandner
  • Jerry L. Mack
  • George Butler, Jr.
  • Wallace Kistler
  • Robert M. Hunt
  • James P. Lindberg, Jr.
  • Frank Bryan

MSFC-MSC Advanced Program Coordination Board

Date of first meeting: October 20, 1961

Attended first meeting:

MSC
  • Robert R. Gilruth
  • Walter C. Williams
  • Aleck C. Bond
  • Maxime A. Faget
  • Kenneth S. Kleinknecht
  • J. Thomas Markley
  • Charles W. Mathews
  • Robert O. Piland
  • G. Merritt Preston
  • Paul E. Purser
  • James A. Chamberlin
  • Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
MSFC
  • Wernher von Braun
  • Paul J. DeFries
  • Fred E. Digesu
  • Ernst D. Geissler
  • Joachim P. Kuettner
  • Charles A. Lundquist
  • Jerry C. McCall
  • William A. Mrazek
  • J. Unger
  • H. H. Koelle

Rosen Working Group

Date of organization: November 6, 1961

Recommendations submitted to D. Brainerd Holmes, Director, Office of Manned Space Flight:

November 20, 1961

  • Milton W. Rosen, Chairman
  • Richard B. Canright
  • Eldon W. Hall
  • Elliott Mitchell
  • Norman Rafel
  • Melvyn Savage
  • Adelbert O. Tischler
  • William A. Mrazek
  • Hans H. Maus
  • James B. Bramlet
  • John H. Disher
  • David M. Hammock


Manned Space Flight Management Council

Date of formation and first meeting: December 21, 1961

  • D. Brainerd Holmes
  • Robert R. Gilruth
  • Walter C. Williams
  • Wernher von Braun
  • Eberhard F. M. Rees
  • George M. Low
  • Milton W. Rosen
  • Charles H. Roadman
  • William E. Lilly
  • Joseph F. Shea


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