Tecwyn Roberts | |
|---|---|
 Tecwyn Roberts c.1974 | |
| Born | 10 October 1925 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 27 December 1988 (aged 63) Crownsville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | aerospace engineer |
| Spouse | Doris Sprake |
| Children | Michael Roberts |
| Parent | William Roberts Grace Roberts (nee Pritchard) |
Tecwyn Roberts (10 October 1925 – 27 December 1988) was a Welsh[1] spaceflight engineer who in the 1960s played important roles in designing the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and creating NASA's worldwide tracking and communications network.[2][3]
Roberts served as NASA's first Flight Dynamics Officer with Project Mercury that put the first American into space. He later joined NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where he served as Director and Manager of the Goddard Space Flight Center's global tracking and communications system supporting NASA's manned and unmanned low earth orbiting flight programs.[4]
- ^ Pillinger, Colin. "Red, white and blue Moon." Times Higher Education, 16 July 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Tecwyn Roberts." llanddaniel.co.uk. Retrieved: 5 May 2011.