NASA Orion Spacecraft Development Oral Histories by Engineers and Managers Recounting Fascinating Program Stories: Featuring Program Manager Mark Geyer and Astronaut Rex Walheim

The oral histories of fourteen engineers and managers for the NASA Orion crew capsule program provide fascinating insights into the highs and lows of the extraordinary program, with hundreds of anecdotes and stories. Each history provides unique information about the specialty of the individual.

James Bray * Crew Module Director, Orion * Lockheed Martin (Prime Contractor) * Charles W. Dingell * Technical Lead/Chief Engineer, Orion * Lead, CEV Phase 1 * Daniel Dumbacher * Deputy Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development, NASA Headquarters * James M. Free * Deputy Associate Administrator for Technical, Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters * Deputy Director & Director, Glenn Research Center * Director, Space Flight Management, Glenn Research Center * Manager, Orion Office, Glenn Research Center * Test and Verification Manager, Orion CEV * Manager, Orion Service Module * Mark S. Geyer * Deputy Director, Johnson Space Center * Program Manager, MPCV Orion * Deputy Program Manager, Constellation Program * Manager, System Engineering and Integration, Development Program Division, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters * Mark A. Kirasich * Deputy Program Manager, MPCV Orion * Manager, Orion Program * Julie A. Kramer-White * Chief Engineer, MPCV (CEV) Orion * Charles M. Lundquist * Deputy Manager, Orion Program * Manager, Crew & Service Module, MPCV Program * Deputy Director, Constellation Program Office Test & Verification * Deputy Director, Constellation Program Office Systems Engineering and Integration * Paul F. Marshall * Assistant Program Manager, MPCV Orion * Assistant Manager, MPCV Strategy Integration * Don E. Reed * Manager, Flight Test Management Office, MPCF (CEV) Orion * H. Kevin Rivers * Deputy Director, Research Directorate, Langley Research Center * Manager, MPCV Orion Launch Abort System Office * Rex J. Walheim * Astronaut Representative, Orion Program * Chief, Exploration Branch, Astronaut Office * Space Shuttle Astronaut, STS-110, STS-122, STS-135 * Carol L. Webber * Director, Orion Program, Exploration Mission 1 & 2, Lockheed Martin (Prime Contractor) * Scott B. Wilson * Manager, Production Operations, Orion Program, Kennedy Space Center