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John W. Aaron (born 1943) is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning soon after launch, and also played an important role during the Apollo 13 crisis. [1]
The Steely Resolve of John Aaron: Saving Apollo 12. On a fateful day in November 1969, amidst the glowing fervor of the space race, an unforeseen disaster during the Apollo 12 mission showcased the exceptional capabilities of a man whose calm resolve would go on to become legendary.
Nov 11, 2019 · “Then this young man from a little college in Oklahoma named John Aaron, who was at that point around 25, I'd guess, made a call,” says Griffin.
Nov 19, 2014 · Miles below, John Aaron, a 24-year-old NASA engineer who hailed from Oklahoma, stared into his monitor and its garbled data.
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo: Directed by David Fairhead. With John Aaron, Stephen Bales, Jerry Bostick, James Burke. At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Interview with lead "EECOM" controller responsible for the environmental systems of the spacecraft during Apollo 13. Electrical, Environmental and Consumables controller. Interview from 1995 ...
Jan 26, 2000 · John W. Aaron Interviewed by Kevin M. Rusnak Houston, TX – 26 January 2000. Rusnak: Today is January 26, 2000. This interview with John Aaron is being conducted at the Johnson Space Center for the JSC Oral History Project. The interviewer is Kevin Rusnak, assisted by Carol Butler and Rob Coyle.
Jul 17, 2019 · John Aaron, who was a 26-year-old subsystems flight controller for the command module, was done with his shift after the landing, but didn’t want to go home yet. He stepped outside...
Nov 14, 2019 · Apollo 12’s telemetry was restored by the quick thinking of NASA flight controller John Aaron, who recalled a similar disruption during a test the previous year. “I had witnessed, in a ground test on Apollo 7, the signature of the problem that was right in front of me,’’ Aaron said.
John Aaron was a mainstay in Mission Control for many years, securing his legacy as a "steely-eyed missile man" during the Apollo XIII crisis. In his article, Andrew L. Warren describes how the hardscrabble boy from southwestern Oklahoma became a NASA legend.
