Samuel Cochran Phillips was a United States Air Force general who served as Director of NASA's Apollo program from 1964 to 1969, as commander of the Space and Missile Systems Organization from 1969 to
Phillips c. 1970s
Sam Phillips at RAF Honington in his P-51 Mustang, named "Dana" after his daughter
Phillips (right) briefs the governor of Colorado, John A. Love, on the Minuteman missile
Phillips (right) monitors the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission
The Phillips report was a document summarizing a review conducted in November–December 1965 by a NASA team headed by Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Apollo crewed Moon landing p
Samuel C. Phillips
…before what was to have been the first manned Apollo mission, a Congressional investigation uncovered the existence of what came to be known as "the Phillips Report". NASA Administrator James E. Webb was called before Congress and when questioned by Senator Walter Mondale, he testified that he was unaware of the…
Deputy Administrator Seamans, Administrator Webb, Manned Space Flight Administrator Mueller, and Apollo Program Director Phillips testify before a Senate hearing on the Apollo accident.