Sy Liebergot
contributorFlight Operations & Mission Control
NASA flight controller responsible for Apollo spacecraft electrical, environmental, and consumables systems.
- Primary role
- Apollo electrical and environmental flight controller
- Lifespan
- 1936–present
- Relationships
- 8
- Sources
- 2
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Liebergot monitored Apollo command-service-module power, oxygen, and environmental systems, served at EECOM during Apollo 13, supported Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz, and later directed neutral-buoyancy trainer work.
His console role joined detailed systems knowledge with immediate resource decisions during spacecraft emergencies and international operations.
Sy Liebergot’s archive record spans EECOM flight controller, Skylab EGIL, Senior project engineer through work connected with North American Aviation, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. The linked record places that work within Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, International Space Station.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- EECOM flight controller
- Skylab EGIL
- Senior project engineer
Organizations
Programs
- Apollo
- Skylab
- Apollo-Soyuz
- International Space Station
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo 13Served as EECOM when the oxygen-tank explosion began the spacecraft emergency
- Apollo-Soyuz Test ProjectServed as lead EECOM for the joint mission
- North American AviationCanonical organization
- NASA Manned Spacecraft CenterCanonical organization
- ApolloSpaceflight program
- SkylabSpaceflight program
- Apollo-SoyuzSpaceflight program
- International Space StationSpaceflight program
Sources
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