Aaron Cohen
- Category : 1931-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (2,10,20,29)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Individualism 2
Biography
American senior government official, who served as Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA between 19 February 1992 and 1 November 1992.
Cohen joined NASA in 1962 and served in key leadership roles critical to the success of the flights and lunar landings of the Apollo Program. From 1969 to 1972, Cohen was the manager for the Apollo Command and Service Modules. He oversaw the design, development, production and test flights of the space shuttles as manager of NASA's Space Shuttle Orbiter Project Office from 1972 to 1982. After serving as Director of Engineering at Johnson for several years, he was named director of the center in 1986, serving in that post until 1993. In 1984 he was awarded the ASME Medal.
After his retirement from NASA, Cohen taught mechanical engineering design at Texas A&M University. In 2000, he was appointed Professor Emeritus, and in 2010, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters.