{{Short description|Former NASA flight director (b. 1932)}} [[File:Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control.jpg|300px|thumb|Milt Windler (white shirt, at left) and other NASA leaders observe [[Deke Slayton]] holding the adapter improvised to scrub [[carbon dioxide]] from [[Apollo 13]].]]
'''Milton ''' "'''Milt'''" '''Windler''' (born January 10, 1932, in [[Hampton, Virginia]]) is a retired [[NASA]] [[Flight Director]]. He is best known for his work as one of the four flight directors of [[Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team]], all of whom were awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Richard M. Nixon]] for their work in guiding the crippled spacecraft safely back to Earth. Previously a jet fighter pilot,<ref>Kranz, 308</ref> he began working at NASA in 1959 during [[Project Mercury]]. Originally working in the [[Splashdown|recovery]] division, he was promoted to flight director by [[Chris Kraft]] to support [[Eugene Kranz]], who had acquired additional responsibilities in the months following the [[Apollo 1]] fire.<ref>Kranz, 214</ref> Windler also served as flight director for [[Apollo 8]], [[Apollo 10]], [[Apollo 11]], [[Apollo 14]], [[Apollo 15]], and all three [[Skylab]] missions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-08_Flight_Directors.htm|title=Flight Directors|website=history.nasa.gov|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the [[Apollo Program]], Windler worked in the [[Space Shuttle]] Project Office on [[Remote manipulator|Remote Manipulator]] Systems Operations until 1978. He is a recipient of the [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flare-rocketry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97:apollo-14-commemoration&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18|title=Apollo 14 Commemoration|website=flare-rocketry.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref>
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==Sources== *[https://books.google.com/books?id=s9eOX7Sr6KkC&q=Cliff%20Charlesworth ''Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond''] Gene Kranz, Simon and Schuster, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-7432-0079-0}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160617225552/http://flare-rocketry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97:apollo-14-commemoration&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18 New Mexico State University Apollo 14 Commemoration] *[https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-08_Flight_Directors.htm NASA Roster of Flight Directors for the Apollo Program]
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