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A first-hand account of the beginnings ofthe human space program
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Lunney was a major factor in the success of all of the human space activi-ties conducted in the first three decades and particularly in the exemplary work he did as Flight Director for Apollo XIII. Christopher Kraft First Flight Director, JSC Center Director and author
Here is the inside story of how Apollo/Soyuz worked and succeeded, from the man who ran the project. General Thomas Stafford Commander of Gemini, Apollo and Apollo/Soyuz In addition to the six fantastic lunar landing missions, the Apollo XIII rescue and the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project with the Soviet Union stand out as huge accomplishments of the Apollo era. Glynn Lunney held principal leadership roles in all of these endeavors. Here he provides first-hand ac-counts of the challenges, strategies and programmatic execution which lead to these successes and continued forward momentum in the evolution of human space flight. Arnold D. Aldrich, NASA operations leader and Program Manager
On Apollo XIII---And Glynn walked in, took over this mess. And he just brought calm to the situation. I’ve never seen such an extraordinary exam-ple of leadership in my entire career. Absolutely magnificent. Ken Mattingly Command Module Pilot for Apollo XIII, but bumped to Apollo XVI
Few have contributed more to the success of America’s human space flight program than Glynn Lunney. I am eternally grateful to him for his leadership, his guidance and most of all, his friendship. Jerry C. Bostick Leader of the “Trench,” Project Manager