John Ofenloch

Dublin Core

Title

John Ofenloch

Subject

Space Vehicles--- Atmospheric entry
Astronautics--Human factors
Space stations

Description

John Ofenloch was born in Chicago, Ilinois and was raised there. He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Christian Brother's University in Memphis, Tennessee. When he graduated college, he accepted a job with North American Aviation in Downey, California. In Downey was the North American Aviation Space and Information Division which had the contract for the Apollo Command Service Module. Ofenloch's responsibility while he was out there was the Apollo Command Module Earth re-entry. His job was to make sure that the Command Module was capable of bringing the astronauts back safely to Earth. After he was through with the tests of the command module, he went to Brown Engineering in Huntsville, AL to work with zero gravity and the effects on the humans and the vehicle.

Source

Oral History Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections

Date

2018-04

Rights

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Format

.MP4

Language

EN

Type

Interviews
Video

Identifier

Friday__April_13__2018_at_12_01_49_PM_default_f0989c24
MC_136_

Temporal Coverage

2000s

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Stokes, Jack

Interviewee

Ofenloch, John

Duration

0:32:04

Files



Citation

“John Ofenloch,” The UAH Archives and Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://libarchstor.uah.edu/oralhistory/items/show/225.