Donald Cooper
PROGRAMS:
COMPANIES:
LOCATIONS:
Kennedy Space Center
- VAB
- RPSF
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Hangar AF
POSITIONS:
Electrical Tech 1985 to 1995
Quality Assurance Representative 1995 to 2010
COMMENTS:
I began my career working for Morton Thiokol in Nov 1985. During the Challenger Recovery efforts I was attached to the Recovery ships as a diver and after Challenger I was involved in the Recovery efforts as a diver for the Atlas rocket hit by lightning during launch. After all the Recovery efforts were over I worked on the Challenger redesign effort building GSE Equipment for NASA ( Leak Check System, Sine Bar System, Slump Tool Measurement, Tempsonics System for Segment Joint Mate) and on the Atlas 1st Stage Pod Recovery System. Once we Return to flight I returned to my job as a Electrical Tech at Hangar AF Disassembly Operations until 1995. In 1995 I went to work as a QAR for SMA office for Thiokol until 2010.