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SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

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Table 2-1. Three Phases of Manned Spaceflight Management, NASA Headquarters

 

Phase 1

1969-1970

 

 

Administrator/Deputy Administrator

Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (George E. Mueller; Dale D. Myers, Jan. 1970)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Charles W. Mathews)

Executive Secretary, Manned Spaceflight Experiments Board (William 0. Armstrong; Douglas R. Lord, mid-1969; Abram S. Bass, early 1970)

Director, Manned Spaceflight Safety (Jerome F. Lederer); moved to Office of Organization and Management, March 1970)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Management) (Frank A. Bogart; Harry H. Gorman, June 1970).

Director Manned Spaceflight Program Control (Jerald R. Kubat; Bogart, acting, June 1969; Charles E. Koenig, Nov. 1969); moved to Office of Institutional Operations, early 1970 (see below)

Director, Manned Spaceflight Field Center Development (Robert F. Freitag)

Director, Manned Spaceflight Management Operations/Manned Spaceflight Institutional Operations (Maynard E. White; Bogart, acting, fall 1969; Gorman, acting, early 1970)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Technical) (Charles J. Donlan)

Director, Space Medicine (James W. Humphreys, Jr.)

Director, NASA Life Sciences (Humphreys); added Dec. 1970

Director, Mission Operations (John D. Stevenson)

Director, Technical and Management Support (James Costantino, acting); added fall 1969

Director, Advanced Manned Missions Program (Donlan, acting; Philip E. Culbertson, Feb. 1970)

Deputy Director, Advanced Manned Missions Program (Lord); dropped early 1970

Director, Program Control (Merle G. Waugh); dropped early 1970

Director, Manned Spacecraft (Robert L. Lohman, acting); dropped early 1970

Director, Systems Engineering (Brian T. Howard; J. W. Timco, late 1970)

Director, Mission Planning and Operations/Program Studies (Jack W. Wild)

Director, Payloads (Armstrong)

Director, Transportation Systems (Daniel Schnyer); dropped early 1970

Director, Supporting Development/Advanced Development (Eldon W. Hall)

Director, Apollo Applications/Skylab Program (William C. Schneider)

Deputy Director, Apollo Applications/Skylab Program (John H. Disher)

Director, Project Integration (Culbertson; Thomas E. Harris, Feb. 1970)

Director, Program Control (J. Pemble Field, Jr.)

Director, Test (Melvyn Savage)

Director, Reliability, Quality, and Safety (Haggai Cohen)

Director, Systems Engineering (Donald R. Hagner)

Director, Operations (John E. Edwards; Wyendell B. Evans, July 1969)

Director, Apollo Program (Samuel C. Phillips; Rocco A. Petrone, Aug. 1969)

Deputy Director, Apollo Program (George H. Hage); dropped Aug. 1969

Director, Engineering (William E. Stoney)

Director, Management (Thomas E. Jenkins; John S. Potate, late 1969)

Director, Missions (Hage; Chester M. Lee, Aug. 1969)

Director, Program Control (James B. Skaggs; Potate, May 1970)

Director, Test (LeRoy E. Day; Charles H. King, Jr., April 1970)

Director, Operations (John K. Holcomb)

Director, Quality and Reliability (George C. White, Jr.)

Director, Systems Engineering (Robert L. Wagner)

Director, Apollo Lunar Exploration (Lee R. Scherer)

Deputy Director, Apollo Lunar Exploration (Donald U. Wise); added mid-1969

Assistant Director, Automated Spacecraft (Benjamin Milwitky)

Assistant Director, Flight Systems Development (William T. O'Bryant)

Assistant Director, Lunar Science (R. J. Allenby)

Assistant Director, Lunar Sample Program (Vert R. Wilmarth; John Pomeroy, early 1970)

Director, Space Station Task Force (Mathews, acting); added May 1969

Deputy Director, Space Station Task Force (Lord)

Leader, Technical Integration Group (Lohman)

Leader, Operations Group (Robert O. Aller)

Leader, Experiment Payloads Group (Rodney W. Johnson)

Director, Space Shuttle Task Force (Mathews, acting; Donlan, acting, Nov. 1970).

Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Task Force (Day)

Director, Vehicle Development (William A. Summerfelt)

Director, Systems Engineering (Clarence C. Gay, Jr.)

Director, Program Development (Joseph M. Clemente, acting; Richard J. Allen, late 1970)

 

 

Phase II

1971-mid-1975

 

 

Administrator/ Deputy Administrator

Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Myers; Schneider, acting, March 1974; John F. Yardley, May 1974)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Mathews; position temporarily dropped, Dec. 1971; Schneider, July 1974)

Executive Secretary, Manned Spaceflight Experiments Board (Bass); moved to Office of Mission and Payload Integration, late 1973

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Management) (Gorman); dropped Sept. 1974

Director, Resources Management/Administration (James L. Vance)

Director, Administration (M. Keith Wible); moved to Office of Resources Management, mid-1975 (see above)

Director, Budget and Program Analyses (Gorman, acting, early 1971; Schneider, acting, late 1974)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight (Technical) (Donlan)

Director, Engineering and Operations (Robert N. Lindley); dropped late 1972

Director, Mission and Payload Integration (Culbertson); added April 1973

Director, NASA Life Sciences (Humphreys; Charles A. Berry, Sept. 1971; David Winter, May 1974)

Director, Advanced Missions Programs (Culbertson; Disher, March 1974)

Deputy Director, Advanced Missions Programs (Freitag); added April 1973

Director, Advanced Development (Hall; Freitag, acting, fall 1973; Savage, early 1974)

Director, Special Projects (Lester K. Fero); added mid-1973

Director, Payload Planning (Armstrong); dropped late 1972

Director, Program Studies/Advanced Studies (Wild)

Director, Systems Engineering (Timco); dropped late 1972

Director, Skylab Program (Schneider; Hanes, July 1974)

Deputy Director, Skylab Program (Disher); dropped early 1974

Director, Program Budget and Control (Field); dropped early 1974

Director, Project Integration (Hanes); dropped early 1974

Director, Engineering (Savage); dropped early 1974

Director, Operations (Evans; Aller, 1973); dropped early 1974

Director, Systems Engineering (Hagner; George M. Anderson); dropped early 1974

Director, Apollo Program (Petrone); combined with Apollo-Soyuz Test Project late 1972; dropped early 1973

Director, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (Lee); independent office, Jan. 1973

Deputy Director, ASTP (Aller); added March 1974

Director, Apollo Missions (Lee); dropped Jan. 1973

Director, Apollo/ASTP Program Budget and Control (Potate; John J. Kelly, 1972); moved to Office of Resources Management, mid-1975 (see above)

Director, Apollo/ASTP Engineering (Stoney; King, Jan. 1973)

Director, Apollo/ASTP Operations (Holcomb)

Director, Apollo Lunar Exploration (Scherer; O'Bryant, acting, late 1971); dropped 1973

Assistant Director, Flight Systems Development (O'Bryant); dropped 1973

Assistant Director, Lunar Science (Allenby); dropped 1973

Assistant Director, Lunar Sample Program (Pomeroy); dropped 1973

Director, Apollo Systems Engineering (Wagner); dropped 1972

Director, Space Station Task Force/Sortie Lab Task Force (Nov. 1972)/Spacelab Program (Oct. 1973) (Lord)

Director, Program Integration/Engineering and Operations (Lohman)

Director, Program Budget and Control (William J. Hamon; Lord, acting, April 1973; Anthony L . Liccardi, mid-1973); moved to Office of Resources Management, mid-1975 (see above)

Leader, Operations Group (Aller); dropped late 1971

Director, Concept Verification Test (William E. Miller, Jr.); added 1973

Director, Experiment Accomodations (Johnson); added 1973

Director, Space Shuttle Program (Donlan, acting; Myron S. Malkin, April 1973)

Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Program (Day)

Director, Program Budget and Control (Allen); moved to Office of Resources Management, mid-1975 (see above)

Director, Vehicle Development/Engineering (Summerfelt; R. L. Wetherington, acting, mid-1974; James T. Rose, fall 1974)

Director, Systems Operations (Gay; Day, acting, late 1971; Edward P. Andrews, April 1972)

Director, Environmental Effects (James King); added July 1974

Director, Payloads (Day, acting); added mid-1971; dropped mid-1973

 

 

 

 

 

Phase III

Fall 1975-1978

 

 

Administrator/Deputy Administrator

Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight /Spaceflight (Feb. 1976)/Space Transportation Systems (Nov. 1977) (Yardley)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight /Spaceflight /Space Transportation Systems (Schneider; Glynn S. Lunney, Nov. 1976; Schneider, Aug. 1977; Richard G. Smith, Aug. 1978)

Director, Resources Administration (Vance; C. Ronald Hovell, Jan. 1978)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight /Spaceflight /Space Transportation Systems (Technical) (Donlan; position temporarily dropped, June 1976; Culbertson, Nov. 1977)

Director, Mission and Payload Integration (Culbertson); moved to Office of Planning and Program Integration, Jan. 1976

Director, Life Sciences (Winter); moved to Office of Space Science, Oct. 1975

Director, Reliability, Quality, and Safety (Cohen)

Deputy Associate Administrator, Manned Spaceflight /Spaceflight (Operations) (Gerald D. Griffin); dropped May 1976

Director, Advanced Programs (Disher)

Deputy Director, Advanced Programs (Freitag)

Director, Advanced Development (Savage)

Director, Advanced Studies (Wild; Freitag, acting, early 1976); Johnson, late 1976)

Director, Advanced Concepts (Ivan Bekey); added Nov. 1978

Director, Spacelab Program (Lord)

Deputy Director, Spacelab Program (James C. Harrington); added 1976

Director, Experiment Accommodations (Johnson); dropped 1976

Director, Engineering and Operations (Lohman)

Director, Integration and Test (Alfred L. Ryan); added 1976

Director, Space Shuttle Program (Malkin)

Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Program (Day)

Director, Engineering (Rose; L. K. Edwards, 1976; Malkin, acting, early 1978; Sidney C. Jones, Jr., mid-1978)

Director, Systems Operations (E. W. Land)

Director, Space Transportation System Operations (Lee)

Deputy Director, Space Transportation Systems Operations (Aller; Andrews, Sept. 1977)

Director, Mission Analysis and Integration (Armstrong); added Jan. 1976

Director, Systems Engineering and Logistics (C. H. King); added early 1976

Director, Planning and Requirements/Pricing, Launch Agreements, and Customer Service (Jon M. Smith); added early 1976

Director, Flight Operations (Aller, acting); added early 1976; combined with Ground Operations to form Integrated Operations, early 1977 (see below)

Director, Integrated Operations (Edgar L. Harkleroad; added early 1977

Director, Expendable Launch Vehicles Program (Joseph B. Mahon)

Deputy Director, Expendable Launch Vehicles Program (Aller)

Chief, Program Review and Resource Management (Edward J. Kunec)

Director, Small and Medium Launch Vehicles Program (Joseph E. McGolrick)

Manager, Atlas-Centaur (F. R. Schmidt)

Manager, Titan III (B. C. Lam)

Manager, Delta (Peter Eaton)

Manager, Scout (Paul E. Goozh)

Manager, Atlas F (Jay A. Salmanson)

Director, Interim Upper Stage/Upper Stages (Wild)

Chief, Space Transportation Systems Support Projects (Aller, acting; William D. Goldsby, winter 1978); added mid-1978

 

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