Robert R. Gilruth

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Robert Rowe Gilruth was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

1913 — 2000  WikimediaWikidata
Robert Rowe Gilruth
astronaut, engineer, aircraft pilot, military flight engineer, 


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    Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left), MSC Director, presents President John F. Kennedy with a mounted model of the Apollo spacecraft.Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left), MSC Director, presents President John F. Kennedy with a mounted model of the Apollo spacecraft.
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