JoAnn H. Morgan
contributorFlight Operations & Mission Control
Kennedy Space Center instrumentation engineer who supported launch operations from the early United States programs through Apollo and later became a senior center executive.
- Primary role
- Launch instrumentation engineer and Kennedy Space Center executive
- Lifespan
- 1940–present
- Relationships
- 7
- Sources
- 2
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Morgan developed and operated launch measurement and data systems, served at the instrumentation console for Apollo 11, and later led computing, communications, safety, and center-management organizations during a 45-year career.
Her technical and leadership career expanded both launch-operations capability and women's access to engineering and executive responsibilities at Kennedy Space Center.
JoAnn H. Morgan’s archive record spans Instrumentation controller, Measurement and data systems engineer, Safety and Mission Assurance director, Kennedy Space Center associate director through work connected with United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency, NASA Kennedy Space Center. The linked record places that work within Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Instrumentation controller
- Measurement and data systems engineer
- Safety and Mission Assurance director
- Kennedy Space Center associate director
Programs
- Project Mercury
- Gemini
- Apollo
- Space Shuttle
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo 11Served as the launch instrumentation controller and the only woman in the firing room for liftoff
- United States Army Ballistic Missile AgencyCanonical organization
- NASA Kennedy Space CenterCanonical organization
- Project MercurySpaceflight program
- GeminiSpaceflight program
- ApolloSpaceflight program
- Space ShuttleSpaceflight program
Sources
Original references supporting this record. Each source opens on its publisher’s website.