Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. • • When Apollo 11 was in the sky, Morgan and the other engineers in Cape Canaveral handed off the mission to their colleagues at Mission Control in Houston. Morgan wrapped up her work and packed for a vacation; she and Larry were going to take a boat out on the water.
     www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/joann-morgan-moon-landing-apollo/594370/

     JoAnn Morgan's Apollo Story - The Atlantic

2. People also ask

   Did JoAnn Morgan and husband go on vacation after the launch?

   • Morgan and her husband went on vacation immediately after the launch. Engineer JoAnn Morgan worked the instrumentation controller in the firing room during launch. She was the first female engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and the first woman to run a console in the Launch Control Center during a launch.

   The Women Who Helped Make Apollo 11's Giant Leap For Mankind - F…

   www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/07/19/the-women-who-helped-make-apollo-11s-giant-leap-for-mankind/

   See all results for this question

   Who is JoAnn Morgan?

   • Her name is JoAnn Morgan, and she was the only woman inside the control room for the historic Apollo 11 launch. KSC Firing Room 1 for Apollo 11, post-launch. Credit: NASA . At the time, JoAnn was a 28-year-old instrumentation controller and she was the first woman permitted to be inside the firing room during an Apollo launch.

   The Rocket Women of Apollo: JoAnn Morgan, Instrumentation Controller

   rocket-women.com/2019/07/the-rocket-women-of-apollo-joann-morgan-instrumentation-controller/

   See all results for this question

   Why does JoAnn Morgan remember a close-up of Apollo 11?

   • JoAnn Morgan [Image Credit: Apollo 11 documentary (2019), NASA] JoAnn remembers that close-up. It was in a scheduling meeting for Apollo 11 and she vividly remembers that videographer being there. Why? Because cameras weren’t allowed in these meetings where controlled information was being discussed.

   The Rocket Women of Apollo: JoAnn Morgan, Instrumentation Controller

   rocket-women.com/2019/07/the-rocket-women-of-apollo-joann-morgan-instrumentation-controller/

   See all results for this question

   What happened to Joann on the Apollo 11 lunar landing?

   • As for the Apollo 11 lunar landing, JoAnn’s job was considered complete. Launch marks the beginning of the mission. But after the first couple of critical events that the launch team is devoted to (which includes launch through translunar injection), the Mission Control team in Houston takes over.

   The Rocket Women of Apollo: JoAnn Morgan, Instrumentation Controller

   rocket-women.com/2019/07/the-rocket-women-of-apollo-joann-morgan-instrumentation-controller/

   See all results for this question

   How many hours a day did Morgan work?

   • This was especially true in the timeframe between Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Those five or six years were very intense for Morgan, working 12 to 16 hours a day. There were even times when JoAnn and her husband would basically pass on the street.

   The Rocket Women of Apollo: JoAnn Morgan, Instrumentation Controller

   rocket-women.com/2019/07/the-rocket-women-of-apollo-joann-morgan-instrumentation-controller/

   See all results for this question

   Are We really going to launch a rocket to the Moon?

   • Oh, we’re really going to do it, she thought to herself. We’re really going. The United States was about to launch three men to the moon, and Morgan, an instrumentation controller at NASA, had a front-row seat: the launch-control room at Kennedy Space Center, where dozens of engineers guided the rocket carrying the Apollo 11 crew toward space.

   JoAnn Morgan's Apollo Story - The Atlantic

   www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/joann-morgan-moon-landing-apollo/594370/

   See all results for this question

3. www.forbes.com › sites › kionasmithThe Women Who Helped Make Apollo 11's Giant Leap For Mankind

   www.forbes.com › sites › kionasmith

   • Cached

   Jul 19, 2019 · Morgan and her husband went on vacation immediately after the launch. NASA Engineer JoAnn Morgan worked the instrumentation controller in the firing room during launch.

4. rocket-women.com › 2019 › 07The Rocket Women of Apollo: JoAnn Morgan, Instrumentation ...

   rocket-women.com › 2019 › 07

   • Cached

   Jul 28, 2019 · But JoAnn’s husband was a great support system. This was especially true in the timeframe between Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Those five or six years were very intense for Morgan, working 12 to 16 hours a day. There were even times when JoAnn and her husband would basically pass on the street. [2] That workload was relentless.

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

5. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2018Tracking Down JoAnn Morgan, a Semi-Hidden Figure of U.S ...

   www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2018

   Tracking Down JoAnn Morgan, a Semi-Hidden Figure of U.S. Space History. Morgan was the only woman inside the control room at the historic launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. A glimpse of her is seen...

6. www.npr.org › 2019/07/05 › 738860204JoAnn Morgan: The Only Woman In The Firing Room During ... - NPR

   www.npr.org › 2019/07/05 › 738860204

   Jul 5, 2019 · Dozens of technicians and flight controllers piled into the firing room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to count down the launch of Apollo 11. Among the sea of people, JoAnn Morgan was the only...

7. spacecoastdaily.com › 2023 › 03WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: JoAnn Morgan Was Only Woman in Launch ...

   spacecoastdaily.com › 2023 › 03

   • Cached

   Mar 6, 2023 · As the Apollo 11 mission lifted off on the Saturn V rocket, propelling humanity to the surface of the Moon for the very first time, JoAnn Morgan was the only woman in the launch firing room....

8. ascienceenthusiast.com › joann-morgan-the-onlyMeet JoAnn Morgan: the only woman inside the control room for ...

   ascienceenthusiast.com › joann-morgan-the-only

   • Cached

   Jul 17, 2019 · As for the #Apollo11 landing, Jo Ann’s job was complete, so she and her husband took a boat out to Longboat Key and watched the lunar landing on TV with champagne in hand. After watching the landing, her husband reached over and said, “Hon, you’re gonna be in the history books.” pic.twitter.com/CaQHK7E2Jp