Jul 16, 2026

Today In 1969


Launch Control Center personnel rise to watch through a window
as Apollo 11 lifts off from the pad, 3½ miles away


JoAnn Hardin Morgan (born December 4, 1940) is an American aerospace engineer who was the first female engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center and the first woman to serve as a senior executive at Kennedy Space Center.

For her work at NASA, Morgan was honored by U.S. President Bill Clinton as a Meritorious Executive in 1995 and 1998. Prior to her retirement in 2003, she held various leadership positions over 40 years in the human space flight programs at NASA.

Morgan served as the director of the External Relations and Business Development during her final years at the space center.

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