George Mueller
NASA official (1918-2015) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 97
George Edwin Mueller, was an American electrical engineer who was an associate administrator at NASA, heading the Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969.
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George Mueller gives a briefing to Kennedy six days before his assassination.
A tense moment during the AS-101 launch. Standing, from left to right are George Mueller, Wernher von Braun, and Eberhard Rees (Director for Research and Development at MSFC).
Charles W. Mathews (Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight), Wernher von Braun (Director, Marshall Space Flight Center), George Mueller, and Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (Director, Apollo Program) after the Apollo 11 liftoff.Awards
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Hailed as one of NASA's "most brilliant and fearless managers", he was instrumental in introducing the all-up testing philosophy for the Saturn V launch vehicle, which ensured the success of the Apollo program in landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth by the end of 1969. Mueller also played a key part in the design of Skylab, and championed the Space Shuttle's development, which earned him the nickname, "the father of the Space Shuttle."
