Biographies | Chester M. Lee

Chester M. Lee

Captain Lee joined NASA after completing almost 24 years with the U.S. Navy. His Naval duty included planning and participation in the establishment of Cape Canaveral, which involved range clearance safety, organization, instrumentation, and the establishment and support of down-range instrumentation sites; various assignments in the Special Projects Office (Polaris); and assignment to the Range and Space Ground Support Office, Directorate of Research and Engineering, DOD.

In 1965 he joined NASA as Chief Mission Planning in Mission Operations, OMSF. In August 1966 he was appointed Assistant Apollo Mission Director. In January 1973 Lee was appointed Program Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

Captain lee was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service medal for his contribution on the Apollo 8 mission. He died February 23, 2000.

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