Apollo 13 - Apollo 13 Review Board

Apollo 13 Review Board

NASA Administrator Thomas Paine and Deputy Administrator George Low sent a memorandum to NASA Langley Research Center Director Edgar Cortright on April 17, 1970, (date of spacecraft splashdown) advising him of his appointment as chairman of an Apollo 13 Review Board to investigate the cause of the accident. A second memorandum to Cortright from Paine and Low on April 21 established the board as follows:

Members:

• Mr. Edgar M. Cortright, Chairman (Director, Langley Research Center);
• Mr. Robert F. Allnutt (Assistant to the Administrator, NASA Hqs.);
• Mr. Neil Armstrong (Astronaut, Manned Spacecraft Center);
• Dr. John F. Clark (Director, Goddard Space Flight Center);
• Brig. General Walter R. Hedrick, Jr. (Director of Space, DCS/RED, Hqs., USAF);
• Mr. Vincent L. Johnson (Deputy Associate Administrator-Engineering, Office of Space Science and Applications);
• Mr. Milton Klein (Manager, AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office);
• Dr. Hans M. Mark (Director, Ames Research Center).

Counsel:

• Mr. George Malley (Chief Counsel, Langley Research Center)

OMSF Technical Support:

• Mr. Charles W. Mathews (Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight)

Observers:

• Mr. William A. Anders (Executive Secretary, National Aeronautics and Space Council);
• Dr. Charles D. Harrington (Chairman, NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel);
• Mr. I. I. Pinkel (Director, Aerospace Safety Research and Data Institute, Lewis Research Center).

Congressional Liaison:

• Mr. Gerald J. Mossinghoff (Office of Legislative Affairs, NASA Hqs.)

Public Affairs Liaison:

• Mr. Brian Duff (Public Affairs Officer. Manned Spacecraft Center)

Cortright sent the Report of the Apollo 13 Review Board to Thomas Paine on June 15, 1970.