This page contains two photographs: the first is of Rows C and D of the Apollo 14 Firing Room (LCC 2) during the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT); the second, a layout for Area A of that firing room.

Apollo 14 CDDT – Firing Room, Rows C and D

The picture below shows the launch team members for Apollo 14 during the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT).  Most of the people in in Rows C and D have been numbered.

Following the picture is a list of the numbers with the corresponding individuals’ names.  You will note a few of the numbered individuals have not been identified, or their identification is uncertain.

Please provide any additional names or corrections of either numbered or unnumbered people, either by email (see the floating tab on the left side of the page) or by the online comments (see the bottom of the page).  In your email or comment, please include the person’s row and number as well as the name .  For instance,  ”Row C, 8.  John Doe.”  If you are using email, please also state the page title, “Apollo 14″.

Row D	Row C
1. Art Sawyer	8. ?
2. Nels Roseland	9. Jones A. Gaillard
3. Frank Bryan	10. Charles H. Hood
4. Roy Lealman	11. Ken Mecham
5. Lionel “Ed” Fannin	12. ?
6. Don Oswald	13. ?
7. Bill Holmes	14. Hayward Ducharme
On Bill’s right, John Cully	15. Bob Bruner
	16. Edd Witt

Layout of Firing Room Area A for Apollo 14

The following photo contains the layout for Apollo 14 Firing Room Area A.  It is followed by the staff names associated with each workstation.  Only Workstations 26 (on Row D) and 20 (on Row C) remain unidentified.

If you know either of those individuals, please contact us, either by email (see the floating tab on the left side of the page) or by the online comments (see the bottom of the page).  In your email or comment, please specify row and number along with name (e.g., “Row D, 26 is Arnold Blftsnk”).  If you are using email, please also state the page title, “Apollo 14”.

Apollo 14 Firing Room Area A Staffing

Although the rows above start with D and end with A, the rows below are listed in the opposite order because the leaders are on Row A.

Row A

1. Isom A. “Ike” Rigell, Chief Engineer, KSC Launch Vehicle Operations
2. Dr. Hans F. Gruene, Director, KSC Launch Vehicle Operations
3. Richard G. Smith, MSFC Saturn V Program Manager
4. Graydon F. Corn, Chief, Propellants Branch, Launch Vehicle Operations
5. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director
6. Walt Kapryan, KSC Launch Director
7. Dr. Kurt Debus, Director, KSC
8. Dr Robert Gray, Deputy Director of KSC Launch Operations
9. John J. Williams, Director, KSC Spacecraft Operations
10. Colonel James McDivitt, MSC Apollo Program Manager
11. John “Jack” W. King, KSC Public Affairs

Row B

1. Eugene M. Sestille, Chief Launch Vehicle Test Conductor for Apollo 14
2. Norman M. Carlson, Launch Vehicle Test Conductor
3. John R. Copeland, Launch Vehicle Test Conductor
4. Richard H. Thornburg, Space Vehicle Test Supervisor
5. Charles F. Henschel, Chief Space Vehicle Test Supervisor for Apollo 14
6. Paul C. Donnelly, Associate Director of Launch Operations, serving as Launch Operations Manager
7. Robert E. Moser, head of the Test Planning Office, Launch Operations Directorate
8. John Heard, Manager for the Command Service Module
9. John Beeson, Manager for the Lunar Module
10. David Dysart, North American Rockwell, Assistant Manager for the Command Service Module
11. Charles Bartola, Grumman, Assistant Manager for the Lunar Module
12. Dennis A. Hajduk, Boeing, Space Vehicle Test Engineer

Row  C – Names and titles from Source 1, Order from Sources 3 and 4

1. Jones A. Gaillard, Boeing Senior Test Conductor
2. Billy R. Melton, Boeing, Test Conductor
3. Donald L. Baker, Boeing Test Conductor Engineer
4. Charles H. Hood, Test Conductor Engineer
5. John Perry, North American Rockwell, Test Conductor, second stage
6. Kay L. Mecham, North American Rockwell, Assistant Test Conductor
7. James R. Schofield, McDonnell Douglas Test Conductor, third stage
8. John T. Webb, McDonnell Douglas Assistant Test Conductor
9. Edd C. Witt, IBM Complex Manager
10. William R. Rezanka, IBM Test Conductor, Instrument Unit
11. Hayward Ducharme, IBM Operations Engineer
12. Joseph F. Battaglia, Spacecraft LC-39 Operations Branch
13. Harold Sims, Spacecraft Acceptance Checkout Equipment Branch
14. Kenneth W. Smith, Spacecraft Acceptance Checkout Equipment Branch
15. Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, Astronaut Communicator
16. Fred W. Haise, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 13 mission, Astronaut Communicator
17. Dr. Alan C. Harter, KSC’s Chief of Medical Services
18. Dr. John T. Teegan, Launch Site Medical Operations Branch, MSC
19. Dr. Charles A. Berry, Director of Medical Research and Operations, MSC
20. ??

Row D

Table – Kelly Fiorentino and John Conaway, Instrumentation
0. David C. Moja, Electrical Networks (sat on end of row, no console)
1. Nels Roseland, Electrical Networks
2. Frank G. Bryan, Engineering Staff Chief
3. Roy Lealman, Electrical G&C Systems Chief
4. Lionel E. “Ed” Fannin, Mechanical and Propulsion Systems Chief
5. Marion D. Edwards, Instrumentation Chief
6. Donald R. Oswald, Quality Assurance Chief
7. David F. Jaehne, Technical Assistant, Quality Assurance
8. William C. Holmes. Boeing Launch Operations Site Manager
9. John J. Cully, Boeing Saturn V Program Manager
10. Albert C. Martin, NAR, Operations Manager, second stage
11. Harold Eaton Jr., McDonnell Douglas Saturn/Apollo Program Director
12. George M. Smith, IBM, Test Operations Manager
13. Floyd M. Falkenberry, Bendix Systems Safety
14. Arthur J. Williams, Bendix Systems Safety
15. Sherman J. Evans, KSC Security and Safety Office
16. Steve W. Tatham, KSC Security and Safety Office
17. Robert E. Woods, KSC Safety Office
18. Lt. R. P. Wellborn, Range Safety of the Air Force Eastern Test Range
19. Max G. Taylor, Chief Instrumentation Controller, Technical Support Directorate
20. Joseph R. Smith, alternate Instrumentation Controller
21. Joseph N. Barfus, Chief Test Support Controller
22. Richard M. Gramling, Chief Test Support Manager
23. Jansen R. Davenport, Communications Controller
24. Robert G. Young, Display Coordinator
25. Raymond L. Clark, Director, Technical Support Directorate
26. ??

 

Sources

1. Kennedy Space Center Spaceport News Article for Apollo 14, “KSC Government-Industry Team Puts It All Together” Jan 28, 1971.
2. Photo, Firing Room 2 During Apollo 14 Countdown Demonstration Test
3. Photo, Firing Room 2 During Apollo 12 Countdown Demonstration Test
4. Kennedy Space Center Organization Chart, Oct 2, 1967
5. Recollection of team members; Frank G. Bryan, Engineering Staff Chief, Isom A. Rigell, Chief Engineer, KSC Launch Vehicle Operations, John (Jack) W. King, KSC Public Affairs, Eugene M. Sestille, Chief Launch Vehicle Test Conductor for Apollo 14, others