Apollo Alumni
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Apollo Alumni James Kelly NASA CAREER (1996- Present) APOLLO EXCERPTS: Mission Control Position: Electrical Power Systems SSR Jim Kelly was going to night school and needed a job, and when he was offered a position as a security guard by NASA, he jumped at the opportunity. He did well, and was promoted to shift supervisor. It was at that point, however, when someone figured out that he was too young to carry a gun. He moved to the badging station, where he met the people who would soon help him move into the Vehicle Systems Staff Support Room (SSR) next door to Mission Control. Kelly served as an electrical power systems specialist, and became the best of friends with EECOM John Aaron. Less than two weeks before the launch of Apollo 12, Aaron served as the best man at Kelly’s wedding to wife Brenda. Together, Kelly and Aaron pieced together the all-important power-up checklist during the Apollo 13 crisis in April 1970. Kelly was also an important player when a problem with the Command Module Kitty Hawk’s docking mechanism threatened the Apollo 14 lunar landing. Kelly retired from NASA in 1974, and worked in management for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Hometown: Alton, Illinois Bill Moon NASA CAREER (1971-2002) APOLLO EXCERPTS: Served as understudy during the flight of Apollo, 14. Worked with the EECOM console for Apollos 15-17. Remained with Mission Control team early in the Space Shuttle era. Apart of the launch team for the historic flight of STS-1. Bill Reeves NASA CAREER (1967- 2001) APOLLO EXCERPTS: Flight Controller, Flight Control Division, Lunar Module Systems Branch, Electrical and Instrumentation Systems Section (1967-1973) Mission Manager, NASA Earth Resources Aircraft Program, Aircraft Applications NASA Space Shuttle Flight Director, Mission Operations Directorate, Flight Director Office (1983-1990) Manager Space Shuttle/Space Station Integration, Space Shuttle Program Office, Space Shuttle Integration and Operations Office (1991-1993) NASA Space Shuttle Flight Director, Mission Operations Directorate, Flight Director Office (1993-2001). Milt Heflin APOLLO EXCERPTS: NASA JSC 1966-2013, retired as JSC Associate Director (Technical) in 2013. Ground Test Vehicle Engineer and Test Conductor for the Development and Qualification of Apollo Command Module Water Recovery Hardware and Procedures. NASA Team Director during Apollo Program, for the Rockwell/NASA Postlanding Apollo Command Module Reaction Control System (Subsystem) Deactivation/Pyrotechnic Safing Team. Apollo recovery engineer for 8 splashdowns, supporting crew returns on aircraft carriers. Lead Recovery Engineer embarked on the primary recovery ship for Apollo 16, Apollo 17, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and the Apollo-Soyuz Missions. Space Shuttle Flight Director for 20 missions, seven as Lead Flight Director. Flight Director call sign “Sirius.” Deputy Chief and Chief of the Flight Director Office, Deputy Manager of the JSC Projects Office and charter member and Deputy Manager of the EVA (Extravehicular Activity) Project Office Deputy Director of Mission Operations, leading approximately 3,500 government and contractor personnel, and responsible for planning, training, and flying human spaceflight missions. Worked STS-53, the last mission fully controlled from the Apollo MOCR. Denny Holt NASA CAREER (1967-2004) APOLLO EXCERPTS: Apollo Spacecraft Recovery Specialist, Landing and Recovery Division, FOD (1967 – 1969); Served as NASA Rep and advisor onboard US Navy ships and USAF contingency aircraft Apollo Flight Controller, Space Radiation, Flight Control Division, (FOD) (1969 – 1972) SkylB Flight Controller, ATM Solar Experiments, Flight Control Division, FOD (1973 – 1974) Post -Apollo until retirement Shuttle Simulation Supervisor & Crew Training Instructor, Training Division, FOD (1974 – 1980) Chief, Shuttle Guidance and Propulsion Branch, Systems Division, MOD (1982 – 1983) Chief, Shuttle Payload Operations Branch, Operations Division, MOD (1984 - 1985) Manager, Systems Engineering & Operations Integration, Space Station Projects (1988 – 1993) Flight Manager, Space Shuttle Program Integration, Space Shuttle Program (1993 – 2001) Mission Director for Hubble Space Telescope Servicing, Space Shuttle Program 1998 – 2001) .