Canada Post / Apollo 11 Stamps Celebrate First Moon Landing .... And The Canadian Contributions To The Mission
.... When the world marks the 50th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon, it will be paying tribute to American ingenuity and what arguably is one of that country's finest moments. But it was one of Canada's proudest moments too, in part to 30 Canadian technicians and engineers working at NASA, including James Chamberlin & Owen Maynard.
Many Canadians are unaware that their countrymen working at NASA were instrumental in delivering the Apollo 11 astronauts to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 - and getting them safely back home to Earth. .... Ontario born, Owen Maynard (1924-2000) was one of Canada's top aircraft engineers before being hired by NASA in 1959. Maynard went on to head the Systems Engineering Division for the Apollo spacecraft program – effectively making him the chief engineer. He sketched early designs of the main Apollo command module and is credited as the person at NASA most responsible for the design of the lunar lander. He also served as Chief of the Mission Operations Division and was responsible for planning the sequence of missions that led to Apollo 11. .... British Columbia born, Jim Chamberlin (1915-1981) was a leading figure in aircraft design in Canada before moving to the U.S. in 1959 to work for NASA. He became head of engineering for Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program for the United States, and project manager and chief designer for the Gemini spacecraft that preceded Apollo. He helped determine the type of spacecraft that would transport the Apollo 11 astronauts and was one of the first at NASA to recognize that flying directly to the moon wasn't the best option. Instead, Chamberlin favoured having a smaller landing module travel to lunar orbit attached to the main spacecraft, then descend to the moon's surface and later reconnect with the main spacecraft. This approach, known as lunar orbit rendezvous, became fundamental to the Apollo program ....
Canada Post / Apollo 11 Stamps Celebrate First Moon Landing .... And The Canadian Contributions To The Mission
.... When the world marks the 50th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon, it will be paying tribute to American ingenuity and what arguably is one of that country's finest moments. But it was one of Canada's proudest moments too, in part to 30 Canadian technicians and engineers working at NASA, including James Chamberlin & Owen Maynard.
Many Canadians are unaware that their countrymen working at NASA were instrumental in delivering the Apollo 11 astronauts to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 - and getting them safely back home to Earth. .... Ontario born, Owen Maynard (1924-2000) was one of Canada's top aircraft engineers before being hired by NASA in 1959. Maynard went on to head the Systems Engineering Division for the Apollo spacecraft program – effectively making him the chief engineer. He sketched early designs of the main Apollo command module and is credited as the person at NASA most responsible for the design of the lunar lander. He also served as Chief of the Mission Operations Division and was responsible for planning the sequence of missions that led to Apollo 11. .... British Columbia born, Jim Chamberlin (1915-1981) was a leading figure in aircraft design in Canada before moving to the U.S. in 1959 to work for NASA. He became head of engineering for Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program for the United States, and project manager and chief designer for the Gemini spacecraft that preceded Apollo. He helped determine the type of spacecraft that would transport the Apollo 11 astronauts and was one of the first at NASA to recognize that flying directly to the moon wasn't the best option. Instead, Chamberlin favoured having a smaller landing module travel to lunar orbit attached to the main spacecraft, then descend to the moon's surface and later reconnect with the main spacecraft. This approach, known as lunar orbit rendezvous, became fundamental to the Apollo program ....