NASA flight director who surpassed the landing on the moon of Apollo

AROUND THE NATION – Legendary NASA flight director Glynn Lunney, who oversaw the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 84.

NASA announced the death of Lunney, who died Friday.

In addition to being the flight director of the landing on the moon, he was also the chief flight director of the Apollo 7 mission, which was Apollo’s first manned flight, and the Apollo 10 mission, which went be the general rehearsal for the first landing on the moon, NASA said.

“Throughout his career, he was a key leader in NASA’s human spaceflight operations, beginning as a member of the original space task force at NASA’s Langley Research Center established shortly after the formation of the NASA Langley Research Center. NASA to manage American efforts to put humans in space. After moving to Houston, the task force eventually became the manned spacecraft center, now NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, “NASA said in a press release.

Mark Geyer, director of the space center, said Lunney, who was born in 1936 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was the right person for the right time.

“Glynn was the right person for the right moment in history. His unique leadership and extraordinarily quick intellect were critical to the success of some of the most iconic successes in human spaceflight, “he said.” Although he retired from the agency many years ago. , is forever a member of the NASA family “.

Before retiring from NASA in 1985, he worked as a manager of the Space Shuttle program and other programs such as Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab.

NASA did not say what he died of.