Apollo Science Stations and More: The science stations which were left on the moon by all of the Apollo landing expeditions, the related space walk activities on the Lunar surface and my own involvement in the prelaunch activities
In 1961, following university, Keith Wright joined De Havilland Propellers at Stevenage as a Trials Assistant writing test and operations procedures for Blue Streak, the first stage of Europe’s first satellite launch vehicle. In December of 1966 he joined Bendix Aerospace in Michigan, USA to work on launch operation planning for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP).
He subsequently moved to Florida where he participated in ALSEP pre launch operations for Apollo’s 10 to 16 which involved working with the Lunar landing crews. He moved to Hawker Siddeley Dynamics in England in 1972 where he was involved in the early phase of the development of Europe’s first communications satellite. In 1975 he joined the European Space Agency in Holland where he was responsible for the systems safety assurance of Spacelab which was to be part of the American space shuttle system. It subsequently flew on repeated missions in the shuttle payload bay.
In July of 1984, in preparation for the pending expansion of ESA's human space flight activities, he transferred to the newly formed Product Assurance Systems Division of the Product Assurance and Safety Department. Here as he was responsible for developing the ESA system safety policy and safety assurance requirements, and for the subsequent establishment of the new Systems Safety Assurance Section. He retired from ESA in 1975. He has since retained his enthusiasm for space flight spending a number of years on the governing Council of the British Interplanetary Society and giving space themed talks to schools and clubs.
This evening will be held at the Grosvenor Arms, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JA
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