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
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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
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- August 10, 2026
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- August 10, 2026