John Hodge
British aerospace engineer
Died when: 92 years 98 days (1107 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
John Dennis Hodge (10 February 1929 – 19 May 2021) was a British aerospace engineer.He worked for the CF-105 Avro Arrow jet interceptor project in Canada.
When it was cancelled in 1959, he became a member of NASA's Space Task Group, which later became the Johnson Space Center.
During his NASA career, he worked as a flight director and planner.As the on-shift flight director of the Gemini 8 spaceflight crewed by Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott as it entered a spin, Hodge was credited with the safe landing of these astronauts.
When he returned to NASA in the 1980s, he worked as a manager on the Space Station Freedom project, which later became the International Space Station.
He also served as an administrator at the United States Department of Transportation.
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