Charles Mauldin

Charles Mauldin

Charles was born in Birmingham, AL, and went to Auburn, participating in the ROTC and graduating in December 1960 (majoring in electrical engineering). He would be picked up for work at Marshall, and in his military tenure he was stationed at a missile site near Boston. On returning to Marshall he would be assigned to the Components Test Laboratory, designing control test equipment from 1963 to '68. Charles would also briefly work at the Kennedy Space Center early in 1968 following a call for volunteers to prepare the first Saturn V rockets-- his work there would take him to the Astrionics lab, and he would work on launch support for the designs which he worked on. He also worked on the LRV "Quick Response Team" & dealt with several unique issues. Following the LRV work, (around 1973) he would participate in SRB systems integration for the space shuttle, eventually becoming the chief for that position, and participating in 61 launches (including STS-4 and the Challenger disaster, which he discusses in closer detail). After Challenger, Charles would become the Director of Systems Safety and Reliability, a role which he would retain for his last 7 years of employment (1987-94).

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2007-11-09

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