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... , but I didn’t interact with the decision process extensively. '''Rusnak:''' Is there anything you’d like to say about Walt Kapryan? I’m just curious about him personally. '''Aldrich:''' Walt ... it in orbit once successfully. But all of its systems we’d already worked. It seemed to me that Apollo 8 was a much bigger challenge for the trajectory people because this ... probably more impressive to me than Apollo 8 was, I would think, that you could decide to go land next to that thing—we’d only been to the Moon to land ...

... :''' Well, of course, the RCS also caused a little bit of a problem on Gemini 8, but that was on orbit rather than coming in, where the thruster stuck open. '''Arabian ... thing… These atmospheric electricity guys… were eleated over that. "Oh, look, they triggered lightning." They'd been studying trigger lightning… and here’s an actual case. It was a big deal ... ’ve certainly had a fascinating career. '''Annexstad:''' Oh, I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. '''Butler:''' I’d like to give Kevin a chance now to ask you a couple of questions. '''Rusnak ...

... 2004''' /The questions in this transcript were asked during an oral history session with Harold D. Beck. Beck has amended the answers for clarification purposes. As a result, this transcript does ... turning out the planning products for other Apollo missions, the follow-on missions. After Apollo 8, we were concentrating on additional things like the lunar rendezvous capability. '''Wright:''' Were you able ... or memories that you have that you’d share with us? '''Beck:''' There were of course many. One of the most memorable experiences was Apollo 8. I am not sure exactly why ...

... being conducted for the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Sandra Johnson is the interviewer and is assisted by Rebecca Wright. I want to ... , for examples. Several of them went down to NASA Kennedy Space Center Florida and they’d spend all week every week down there preparing for that first flight, getting the Space ... , everybody does these dumps. In the daytime, you wouldn’t notice it, and on STS-8, when they did the dump, they also were doing an orbital maneuvering system burn, which ...

... . That was the foregone conclusion, that they were building this new Space Center outside Washington, D.C., and this group was just temporarily housed at Langley to eventually move there. I ... an airplane ticket in return. '''Butler:''' Wow. That's great. '''Cassetti:''' And then when I'd get back, I would take my receipt of that and whatever else—travel was much ... and the command module worked perfectly, essentially, and then right after that, they sent Apollo 8 to the moon, which was quite an outstanding decision, a challenge. '''Cassetti:''' It was super ...

... active Junior ROTC Reserve Officer’s Training Corps program in the high schools in Washington, D.C. The program was mandatory for tenth graders and voluntary for eleventh and twelfth graders ... exposure was in 1953, when this integrated Boy Scout troop traveled by train from Washington, D.C., to Irvine, California, to participate in a Boy Scout Jamboree, fifty thousand boys out ... —well, when Frank Borman and Bill William A. Anders and the other gentleman on Apollo 8 James A. Lovell , when they did the Bible read of Genesis, you know, that was ...

... . 21. ''( GSFC SSR, 2/28/73; SBD, 2/9/73, 227)'' Rep. Kenneth J. Gray (D-Ill.) introduced H.R. 4225 for himself and Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr ... the name of Jet Propulsion Laboratory to H. Allen Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory . ''(CR, 2/8/73, H932; Sen Com on Public Works)'' French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau spoke via Ats ... its defeat of 1971 in the building of an SST prototype.” ''(W Star & News; 2/8/73, A10) January 1973 January February 1973 February Feb 1 1973 1 Feb 2 1973 ...

... be added to that for NASA's aeronautical R&D. Major emphasis on the civilian national space pro-gram would continue. ''(CR, 8 Oct 74, D1210-11, H10146-69; 17 Feb 75 ... for purchase of 25 production aircraft) ; $175 million for F-15 air superiority fighter R&D, and $8.6 million for Navy v/STOL development. ''(PD, 14 Oct 74, 1250; CR, 23 Sept 74, D1125; 24 Sept 74, D1130; Au Wk, 23 Sept 74,17-8)'' 8-9 October: Marshall Space Flight Center hosted its Second Annual Re-search and Technology Review ...

... = background: ddf; datastyle = text-align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Charles D. Walker header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Aug 29 1948 header4 = label4 = Birth Place data4 = label5 ... as a crew member on Space Shuttle missions 41-D, 51-D, and 61-B, accumulating 20 days of experience in space and traveling 8.2 million miles. Aboard these Space Shuttle missions ... STS-8 shuttle flights during 1982 and 1983. In May 1986, Mr. Walker was appointed Special Assistant to the President of McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, working in Washington, D.C Mr ...

... previously rejected segments. Inventors were Robert J. Schwinghamer, Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC , and Leslie D. Foster, formerly of Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC and currently with Comprehensive Designers, Inc. ‘‘( ... and (5) goal of one basic aircraft for two services was being met. ‘‘(CR, 9/8/66, 21207)’’ September 1966 September Sep 1 1966 1 Sep 2 1966 2 Sep ...

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