George E. Mueller
contributorProgram Leadership & Administration
NASA associate administrator who oversaw Gemini and Apollo, instituted integrated management and all-up Saturn flight testing, and initiated early Skylab and Space Shuttle development.
- Primary role
- NASA Office of Manned Space Flight administrator
- Lifespan
- 1918–2015
- Relationships
- 7
- Sources
- 3
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Mueller reorganized human-spaceflight program management across NASA centers and contractors, supported testing complete Saturn stages together instead of one stage at a time, and directed the Office of Manned Space Flight through Apollo's development and first lunar landing.
His management and test strategy compressed the development schedule while forcing spacecraft, launch-vehicle, center, and contractor work into one integrated flight program.
George E. Mueller’s archive record spans Electrical engineer, Associate administrator for Manned Space Flight, Program manager through work connected with NASA Headquarters. The linked record places that work within Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Electrical engineer
- Associate administrator for Manned Space Flight
- Program manager
Organizations
Programs
- Gemini
- Apollo
- Skylab
- Space Shuttle
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo 8Oversaw the Office of Manned Space Flight when Apollo first carried a crew on Saturn V to lunar orbit
- Apollo 11Oversaw NASA's human-spaceflight programs through the first crewed lunar landing
- NASA HeadquartersCanonical organization
- GeminiSpaceflight program
- ApolloSpaceflight program
- SkylabSpaceflight program
- Space ShuttleSpaceflight program
Sources
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