For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer, flight controller and flight director. Childhood in Langley, Virginia; education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; short career in U.S. Air Force; decision to join NASA; duties in Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station programs; problem-solving on Skylab missions; team-building among members of Skylab operations shifts and flight crews; importance of “science czar” position; Skylab’s contributions to space exploration and to science more generally.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA flight controller, communications officer, and manager. Childhood in Lufkin, Orange, and Huntington, Tex.; education at Stephen F. Austin State University and Lamar State College of Technology; career as mathematics teacher at Port Neches-Groves High School and in U.S.

African-American former student of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood and early education in South Dallas, Texas; decision to enroll at North Texas in 1964; off-campus life in “Shack Town” and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; difficulty of making transition to life as a college student; decision to drop out in 1968; career with City of Dallas; experiences with “Trailblazers” organization.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. Childhood in Lawton, Oklahoma; education at Cameron Agricultural Junior College and New Mexico State University; decision to join NASA; duties in Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and International Space Station programs, including work at remote sites around the globe; difficulties with Skylab launch and problem-solving on mission; team-building among members of Skylab operations shifts; Skylab flight crews; importance of “science czar” position; Skylab’s contributions to space exploration and to science more generally.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA Mission Control flight director. Early childhood and education in Toledo, Ohio; Air Force career; career with NASA, including flight control missions in Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs, with particular attention to Skylab’s challenges; NASA’s institutional history and culture.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer and manager. Childhood in San Antonio and Orange, Texas; education at Lamar State College of Technology; decision to join NASA; work on engine development program, Apollo propulsion systems and duties in mission control; duties in Skylab and Space Shuttle programs; turf battles among Johnson Space Center and other NASA centers and contractors.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA communications engineer and assistant flight director. Memories of childhood in New Britain, Conn.; service in Korean War-era Air Force; 1963 decision to join NASA; communications work for Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, and Space Shuttle program missions; trouble-shooting for Skylab missions; lessons learned from Skylab program; personnel issues at Johnson Space Center (JSC); turf battles between JSC and other NASA centers.

African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood in Houston, Texas, and undergraduate education at Wiley College; employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton; graduate studies in Music, and then in Education, at NTSU; career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College; perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas over forty years; experiences of wife, Gloria, and daughter, Debbie Denmon, at North Texas.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer. Education at Texas A&M University and South Texas School of Law; decision to join NASA; work in flight control operations and communications support on Apollo program; Skylab “wet workshop”; problem-solving on Skylab mission launches; monotony inherent in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it; Skylab’s contributions to space exploration.

For the Skylab Oral History Project. NASA engineer and manager. Childhood in Dodson, Texas, and Vinson, Oklahoma; education at Bethany Nazarene College and Southwestern Oklahoma State University; career with NASA in mission control, space shuttle development, and software development, and International Space Station programs; duties on various Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions; Skylab program’s importance to NASA and space exploration; perceptions of NASA’s working and management culture.