Aaron Cohen
contributorProgram Leadership & Administration
NASA engineer who moved from Apollo spacecraft systems into management of Space Shuttle Orbiter development and later directed Johnson Space Center.
- Primary role
- Space Shuttle orbiter project manager and Johnson Space Center director
- Lifespan
- 1931–2010
- Relationships
- 6
- Sources
- 3
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Cohen worked on Apollo command-service-module systems, managed the Shuttle Orbiter project through design, test, and first flight, and later led Johnson and served as acting deputy administrator.
His program work carried crewed-spacecraft engineering experience from Apollo into the reusable Shuttle era.
Aaron Cohen’s archive record spans Systems engineer, Space Shuttle Orbiter project manager, Center director through work connected with NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA Johnson Space Center. The linked record places that work within Apollo, Space Shuttle.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Systems engineer
- Space Shuttle Orbiter project manager
- Center director
Programs
- Apollo
- Space Shuttle
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo 11Worked in the Apollo command and service module program office
- STS-1Managed the Space Shuttle Orbiter project through development of the vehicle flown on the first mission
- NASA Manned Spacecraft CenterCanonical organization
- NASA Johnson Space CenterCanonical organization
- ApolloSpaceflight program
- Space ShuttleSpaceflight program
Sources
Original references supporting this record. Each source opens on its publisher’s website.