Space Task Group

From The Space Library

The Space Task Group was formed on October 5th 1958 by Robert Gilruth. The group became the founding core of what would become NASA's manned spaceflight team. Original members included:

Executive Council

• Robert Gilruth
• Charles Donlan
• Max Faget
• Paul E. Purser
• Charles W. Mathews
• Charles H. Zimmerman

Langley Center members

• William M. Bland Jr.
• John P. Mayer
• Robert G. Chilton
• Jerome B. Hammack
• Jack C. Heberlig
• William T. Lauten Jr.
• Alan B. Kehlet
• Aleck C. Bond
• Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
• Howard C. Kyle
• George F. MacDougall Jr.
• Harry H. Ricker Jr.
• Edison M. Fields
• Claiborne R. Hicks Jr.
• Ronald Kolenkiewicz
• John B. Lee
• Herbert G. Patterson
• Frank C. Robert
• William C. Muhly
• Paul D. Taylor
• Shirley J. Hatley
• Norma L. Livesay
• Nancy C. Lowe
• Betsy F. Magin
• Joseph J. Rollins
• Ronelda F. Sartor
• Jacquelyn B. Stearn
• Julia R. Watkins
• Shirley P. Watkins

Members from the Lewis Center

• Elmer H. Buller
• A. M. Busch
• W. R. Dennis
• M. J. Krasnican
• Glynn S. Lunney
• Andre J. Meyer
• W. R. Meyer
• W. J. Nesbitt
• Gerard J. Pesman
• Leonard Rabb
• John H. Disher
• Kenneth C. Weston