Glynn Lunney

Biography

Glynn Stephen Lunney was a NASA engineer born on November 27, 1936. As a flight director, he played a pivotal role in historic events like the Apollo 11 lunar ascent and the Apollo 13 crisis. Later, he managed the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first US-Soviet space collaboration, and the Space Shuttle program, before leaving NASA in 1985. He received the National Space Trophy in 2005 for his contributions to US human spaceflight.