John Hodge (engineer)
British aerospace engineer
John Dennis Hodge (10 February 1929 – 19 May 2021)[1] was a British-born aerospace engineer. He worked for the CF-105 Avro Arrow jet interceptor project in Canada.
John Hodge | |
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 John Hodge before the Gemini 4 mission. | |
| Born | 10 February 1929 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England |
| Died | 19 May 2021 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Northampton Engineering College, University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | NASA |
In 1959, he became a member of NASA's Space Task Group, which later became the Johnson Space Center. During his NASA career, he worked as a flight director and planner.[2]
When he returned to NASA in the 1980s, he worked as a manager on the Space Station Freedom project, which later became the International Space Station. He also was an administrator at the United States Department of Transportation.
Hodge died on 19 May 2021 in Herndon, Virginia, aged 92.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leinfelder, Andrea (2021-05-28). "NASA flight director John Hodge remembered for dodging disaster in Gemini 8 mission". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ "Hodge, John D." (PDF). NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Biographical Data Sheet.
Other websites
change- "Hodge, John D." (PDF). NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. 10 April 1999. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- Murray, Charles; Catherine Bly Cox (1989). Apollo: The Race to the Moon. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-61101-1.
- Swenson, Jr., Loyd S.; James M. Grimwood & Charles C. Alexander (1989). This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. NASA. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23.
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