Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913 – August 17, 2000) was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of...
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Territory May H. Gilruth, (1885–1962), American artist Robert R. Gilruth (1913–2000), American aviation and space pioneer George Ritchie Gilruth MD FRSE (d...
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security specialist David E. Garfin[broken anchor] - biophysicist Robert R. Gilruth - directed the U.S. Moon landing Leonid Hurwicz - economist, academician...
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tasked with managing America's human spaceflight programs. Headed by Robert Gilruth and based at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, it managed...
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sovereignty. About three months prior to the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Robert Gilruth, director of the MSC and a member of the Committee on Symbolic Activities...
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one particular meeting was critical. The Space Task Group was led by Robert Gilruth, not the fictional character Al Harrison, who was created to simplify...
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was found. Robert F. Thompson, director of Mercury operations, was dispatched to USS Randolph by Space Task Group Director Robert Gilruth and spoke with...
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significant longitudinal trim changes during transonic flight. John Stack and Robert Gilruth at NACA recommended that Bell mount the elevator on an adjustable horizontal...
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Force flag. The Apollo 15 crew and Robert Gilruth (director of the Manned Spacecraft Center) were awarded the 1971 Robert J. Collier Trophy, an annual award...
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Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center), following his mentor Robert R. Gilruth, and held the position until his retirement in 1982. Later, Kraft...
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