David Garratt Hoag | |
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 David Hoag in 1971 | |
| Born | October 11, 1925 |
| Died | January 19, 2015 (aged 89) Natick, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Electrical Engineering,1946; M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1950) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Awards | Col. Thomas L. Thurlow Award (1969) NASA Public Service Award (1969) Navy Certificate of Merit (1970) Louis W, Hill Space Transportation Award (1972) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
David Garratt Hoag (October 11, 1925 – January 19, 2015) was an American aeronautical engineer who was Director of the Apollo Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, later renamed the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. The Program was responsible for the Apollo Primary Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems on the Apollo command module and the lunar landing spacecrafts.[1] The Guidance and Navigation system included an inertial measurement unit, optical alignment telescope and space sextant, and Apollo guidance computer, which was used during the Apollo missions.[2][3]
- ^ Craven, Jasper. "David Hoag, 89; developed systems for Apollo missions". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Sears, Norman (26 September 2017). Memorial Tributes: Volume 21. National Academies Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-309-45928-0. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Hoag, David G." MIT Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2024.