Gerald D. Griffin
contributorFlight Operations & Mission Control
NASA flight director who led Apollo lunar missions and later directed Johnson Space Center during the early Shuttle era.
- Primary role
- Apollo flight director and Johnson Space Center director
- Lifespan
- 1934–present
- Relationships
- 10
- Sources
- 3
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Griffin moved from Gemini guidance and control to Apollo flight direction, led Apollo 12, 15, and 17, supported Apollo 13, and later managed Johnson as Shuttle and space-station work expanded.
His career linked hands-on mission operations with center-level responsibility for crewed-spaceflight programs.
Gerald D. Griffin’s archive record spans Flight controller, Flight director, Center director through work connected with United States Air Force, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA Johnson Space Center. The linked record places that work within Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, Space Station Freedom.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Flight controller
- Flight director
- Center director
Programs
- Gemini
- Apollo
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station Freedom
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo 7Began serving as an Apollo flight director on the first crewed Apollo mission
- Apollo 12Served as lead flight director
- Apollo 17Served as lead flight director for the final Apollo lunar landing
- United States Air ForceCanonical organization
- NASA Manned Spacecraft CenterCanonical organization
- NASA Johnson Space CenterCanonical organization
- GeminiSpaceflight program
- ApolloSpaceflight program
- Space ShuttleSpaceflight program
- Space Station FreedomSpaceflight program
Sources
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