Apollo 11 as CMP, and Haise as LMP. Anders had flown with Lovell on Apollo 8. In early 1969, he accepted a job with the National Aeronautics and Space Council effective August 1969, and announced that he would retire as an astronaut at that time. Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup CMP in case Apollo 11 was delayed past its intended July launch date, at which point Anders would be unavailable. Lovell, Haise, and Mattingly were later assigned as the prime crew of Apollo 13. During Projects Mercury and Gemini, each mission had
Women of the Apollo Program Fact (DBTF) for systems and software design. Hamilton published over 130 papers, proceedings and reports about the 60 projects and six major programs in which she was involved. Eventually, she became director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. This division was responsible for developing the computer and software used on the Apollo 11 mission, under contract to NASA. Women of the Apollo Program The Women of the Apollo Program is a book written by Robyn Friend, illustrated by David Katz, about 4 women who participated in the United States space program during the Apollo Program. Female