* Clifford E. Charlesworth; Directed Space Missions
Clifford E. Charlesworth, 59, former director of space operations at the Johnson Space Center and a flight director of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. Charlesworth, who retired in 1988, also served as flight director for other space missions. He served as deputy manager for the Skylab Program, manager of the Earth Resources Program Office at Johnson Space Center and deputy manager of the Shuttle Payload Integration and Development Program Office. In Houston on Saturday of unknown causes pending an autopsy.
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