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I am selling a signed Gerald Griffin 8x10 photograph.
Griffin is an Americanaeronautical engineerand formerNASAofficial, who served as aflight directorduring theApollo programand director ofJohnson Space Center, succeedingChris Kraftin 1982.
When Griffin was nine years old his family moved toFort Worth, Texas. Upon graduation fromTexas A&Mhe was commissioned as an officer in theUnited States Air Force. He served four years on active duty, first in flight training, then flying as a weapon systems officer in jet fighter-interceptors. In 1960 Griffin left active duty and began his space career as a systems engineer/flight controller at the USAF Satellite Test Center inSunnyvale, California.
In 1964 Griffin joined NASA inHoustonas a flight controller inMission Control, specializing in guidance, navigation and control systems duringProject Gemini. In 1968 he was named a Mission Control flight director and served in that role for all of the Apollo Program crewed missions, including all nine crewed missions out to the Moon, six of which included lunar landings. Griffin\'s \"Gold\" team conducted half of the lunar landings made during Apollo: Apollos14,15,16, and17. His team was scheduled to conduct the landing ofApollo 13, but when the landing was cancelled as a result of the oxygen tank explosion, his team played a key role in the safe return of the astronauts.
After the Apollo Program was completed Griffin served in other roles at NASA, first in multiple positions atNASA HeadquartersinWashington, D.C., then as the deputy director of the Dryden (now Armstrong)Flight Research Centerin California, then as deputy director of theKennedy Space Centerin Florida. In 1982 he returned to Houston as director of the Johnson Space Center.
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