which he advocated as a means for NASA to learn more about operating in space before attempting a lunar landing.

In 1962, he was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by President John F. Kennedy.

Soon the Apollo program was born, and Gilruth was made head of the NASA center which ran it, the new Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) (now the Johnson Space Center).

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