# Milton Windler

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Former NASA flight director (b. 1932)

Milt Windler (white shirt, at left) and other NASA leaders observe [Deke Slayton](/source/Deke_Slayton) holding the adapter improvised to scrub [carbon dioxide](/source/Carbon_dioxide) from [Apollo 13](/source/Apollo_13).

**Milton** "**Milt**" **Windler** (born January 10, 1932, in [Hampton, Virginia](/source/Hampton%2C_Virginia)) is a retired [NASA](/source/NASA) [Flight Director](/source/Flight_Director). He is best known for his work as one of the four flight directors of [Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team](/source/Apollo_13_Mission_Operations_Team), all of whom were awarded the [Presidential Medal of Freedom](/source/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom) by President [Richard M. Nixon](/source/Richard_M._Nixon) for their work in guiding the crippled spacecraft safely back to Earth. Previously a jet fighter pilot,[1] he began working at NASA in 1959 during [Project Mercury](/source/Project_Mercury). Originally working in the [recovery](/source/Splashdown) division, he was promoted to flight director by [Chris Kraft](/source/Chris_Kraft) to support [Eugene Kranz](/source/Eugene_Kranz), who had acquired additional responsibilities in the months following the [Apollo 1](/source/Apollo_1) fire.[2] Windler also served as flight director for [Apollo 8](/source/Apollo_8), [Apollo 10](/source/Apollo_10), [Apollo 11](/source/Apollo_11), [Apollo 14](/source/Apollo_14), [Apollo 15](/source/Apollo_15), and all three [Skylab](/source/Skylab) missions.[3] Following the conclusion of the [Apollo Program](/source/Apollo_Program), Windler worked in the [Space Shuttle](/source/Space_Shuttle) Project Office on [Remote Manipulator](/source/Remote_manipulator) Systems Operations until 1978. He is a recipient of the [NASA Exceptional Service Medal](/source/NASA_Exceptional_Service_Medal).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kranz, 308

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kranz, 214

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Flight Directors"](https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-08_Flight_Directors.htm). *history.nasa.gov*. Retrieved 2017-09-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Apollo 14 Commemoration"](http://flare-rocketry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97:apollo-14-commemoration&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18). *flare-rocketry.com*. Retrieved 2017-09-10.

## Sources

- [*Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond*](https://books.google.com/books?id=s9eOX7Sr6KkC&q=Cliff%20Charlesworth) Gene Kranz, Simon and Schuster, 2000, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7432-0079-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-0079-0)

## External links

- [New Mexico State University Apollo 14 Commemoration](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)

- [NASA Roster of Flight Directors for the Apollo Program](https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-08_Flight_Directors.htm)

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